New York's arrest-free search policies are well known. Less well known is the Florida city that's used quotas to stop and frisk 11-year-old boys and centenarian retirees—56,922 people in all, half the population. A new investigation finds how deep Miami Gardens' excesses really go.
Mountain biking down a track barely as wide as your tire on the side of a towering cliff is "fun" to some people. It looks more like an elaborate failed suicide attempt to me. Watch it full-screen for extra nausea. [via Kottke]
It's time to depose our weakling President Obama and replace him with our new leaders, The Warriors of Goja. Judging from their performance on an Indian talent show they are invincible gods who will conquer the world, eventually.
After reading this weird news story, you will never have to read another weird news story ever again. It has everything: an insane premise, crazy people, crushing irony, sex, crime, and sex crime. It seems an Irish woman died after an allergic reaction to a dog—a dog she had sex with. Yes. Really.
Rapidly unspooling Fox News ejectee Glenn Beck donned his finest pair of tinfoil underwear on Thursday and delivered this sermon against Glee.
The Tale of the Made-Up Boyfriend or Girlfriend is one as old as time itself—or at least as old as The Brady Bunch—but I guarantee you've never heard it told like this.
A man in Maricopa County, Arizona, was suspected of cockfighting, and infamous self-promoter Sheriff Joe Arpaio wanted him arrested. Usually you would just get a search warrant and arrest this person, peacefully, if there was enough evidence.
As sure as the sun will rise, Gary Busey will act like a man possessed in front of a video camera. The erratic behavior and jerky facial tics are all just part of his very weird, terrifying charm.
If Canadians are known for one thing, it's their bacon. If they're known for two things, it's their willingness to brave unfathomable temperatures for the purposes of a viral video. This is that second thing.
Two groups reached an agreement with the Obama administration today which will release 22 million White House emails that were previously "lost" by the Bush Administration. These messages span 94 days. That's 234,042 emails per day. Crazy!
There are many perils to life in Congress: the humidity, town halls yelling... But worst must be when screw-loose ex-staffers go over to the opposition and accuse you of betraying your country to Turkey while having a lesbian affair.
