A judge has ruled that D.B. Karron, a transgender biomedical technician, owes the government $4 million for the $1.4 million in government grants she received to develop computer medical technology but which she used instead for personal purposes.
Until today, I was impervious to iPad newspaper The Daily's slow dance of tabloid seduction. Oldest dog in America? Whatever. Stripper psychologist? Ho-hum. But today, everything changed. Today I read "Guys and Doll," a feature by Michelle Ruiz about an eccentric gay couple that has spent the last 20 years pretending…
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' astonishing survival gets even more astonishing: As soon as she could move again, her astronaut husband says, "she spent 10 minutes giving me a neck massage." Wait, seriously?
To celebrate being released from a mental hospital, Gucci Mane got a giant face tattoo of a three-scoop ice cream cone with lightning bolts shooting out of it and the word "Brrr." But why?
Remember that old white guy who turned into a young Asian guy mid-flight? It was an attempt by a Chinese immigrant to illegally enter Canada. 8 people have been arrested for allegedly helping him sneak in for around $45,000.
Want a bigger penis? Too lazy to buy a penis pump? Reality star Andrew Christian has the product for you: Shock Jock Flirt Brief with Male Features—undies with a fake penis to wear over your real penis.
Another day, another cop tasering a camel.
When he was five, little Calvin Wright stuck a pearl in his ear after it fell off his mom's necklace. 41 years later, it finally came out. "I notice I can hear myself better," he says.
A Miami doctor is suing Hillstone Restaurant Group, parent of the Houston's chain, after a bad experience with an artichoke. Apparently Arturo Carvajal ordered the off-menu special of "Grilled Artichokes." Then he ate the entire thing, leaves and all.
Twenty-five workers at a labor camp in Goregaon, India, claim their penises have inexplicably begun shrinking and retracting into their bodies. The men have been treating the condition by sitting in ice-cold bathtubs. This might be the problem! (via)
A New Jersey postal contractor driver has been charged with the old-timey crime of "desertion of mails," for a May incident in which he just dumped 32,000 pieces of mail into the woods. He was having a bad day!
A town in northern Spain is imposing fines on prostitutes who work along a stretch of rural road if they don't wear reflective vests. They say the hookers pose a traffic hazard. But how will they make orange sexy?
A woman in France killed her child when she and 11 other members of her family jumped from their third-floor balcony because they thought they saw the devil. There had to be drugs involved in this, right?
Nineteen years ago, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was barely confirmed by the Senate after a former colleague, Anita Hill, accused him of sexual harassment. So it's a little odd that Thomas' wife just called Hill to demand an apology.
There are a lot of things one expects to see on the community bulletin board inside the Park Slope Food Coop: Ads for babysitters, ads for book groups, announcements of boycotts, announcements of counter-boycotts. Not usually on the list, however, is a handmade sign shouting "I hired a hooker and she stole my dog!!!!…
In this video, a faith healer calls upon the powers above to heal a woman who needs her hip replaced. Instead of speaking in tongues or however that works, he just yells chef Emeril Lagasse's signature "Bam!" over and over.
World's shortest man Khagendra Thapa Magar visited New York and "confessed he was taken by the city's tall blonde women." When a 22-inch man from Nepal says tall blondes are the hottest women, international beauty standards are officially fucked.
Ten British lads strip naked on a fishing trip and are videotaped by a nearby helicopter. It's barely a story, but you know the press can't contain themselves when there's occasion for penis puns. If only there were close ups.
It happens all the time. You walk into a bodega with $3 in your pocket and you're forced to make a difficult decision. Do you spend the money buying that cup of coffee you wanted? Or do you use it to buy a package of beef jerky you have a craving for? Fortunately, your troubles are officially behind you thanks to…
