Five Italian seismologists and a government official are on trial for manslaughter for not predicting a major earthquake that hit a town in April of 2009. Seismologists have sort of a different job in Italy!
Members of Sea Shepherd, the least cool gang of self-styled pirates currently operating on the open seas, are setting off on an important new crusade: stopping tuna poaching off the coast of Libya.
Today is the first day of the right wing Republic of France's ban on women wearing a face veil, and police in Paris have already arrested two women for violating the law in front of Notre Dame cathedral.
On Super Bowl Sunday, consumers are bombarded with highly produced television advertisements. Many get lost in the shuffle. This ad for the Chevy Cruze, which offers real-time Facebook status updates via OnStar, stood out—for all the wrong reasons.
Don't try this at home! Actually, don't try it anywhere—ever. Anyway, here's a four-minute video of a Nicaraguan school bus driver literally fording a raging river. Twice! (The bus is full, by the way.) Brave? Idiot? Brave idiot?
Three out of four people think their pets can predict the weather better than professionals. Really? How do they communicate this? Telepathically? By barking in Morse code? Still, Al Roker will be replaced by a chihuahua any day now.
Click to viewPerhaps you've heard of "Phoenix Jones," the "superhero" who patrols the streets of Seattle in a mask and cape, armed with only his wits and a stun gun? Yeah, he got his nose broken by two actual criminals.
Who says cops are unhelpful? When one 21-year-old Pennsylvanian purchased some "nasty" pot, he called his local police department. They came by, and very helpfully tested the "leafy green substance," only to discover it was not, in fact, marijuana.
Did you know that we are ruled by the New Elite, a category of alleged "humans" so disconnected from mainstream America that they haven't even heard of Branson, Missouri? It's true! The Washington Post says so! You could be one!
The Manchester Union Leader, the biggest paper in New Hampshire, is refusing to run notices for gay weddings. Even though gay marriage is legal in New Hampshire. I guess they're hoping if they ignore it, gay marriage will go away?
Did you all hear that the oil spill is over? BP put a new thing on the leak, so now the oil stopped. Alright! Except: this is just a test, and a lot of things can go wrong.
Here's a blog strictly of politicians and world leaders appearing to discuss penis size.
It will never end. The Muppets were there when you were born. They will be there when you die. And as long as they exist (forever), they will re-create any and every socially relevant song that ever existed.
Every once in a while, a trend piece is groundbreaking in identifying a movement in a zeitgeist. The other 99/100 are inherently ridiculous. This is no exception. The Wall Street Journal has penned an investigation into "Heavage." Yes: men's cleveage.
Ugh: So, single- vs. double-sided printing is now a health care issue. Republicans are lugging around copies of the health care bill to protest "big" government (HA)—but they are unsustainably printing single-sided to make the bill look bigger!
I will refuse to acknowledge this season's hot trend in toys, electric Chinese hamsters, with anything but the following: 1. These forty words. 2. #WeHateYourKids. 3. Sigh. 4. #RichardGere. That is all. Are we done? We're done. Thank you. [NYT]
Damn, New York Post. You rocked it with today's headline, which gets placed in the epic "STAB BABY" headline file. But why so serious? Who're they talking about? Pinch Sulzberger? Col Allen? Jon Gosselin? Make guesses, place your bets! Ready?
Master criminals take their cues from Vogue, Tyra Banks and Harry Connick Jr-serenading Australians.
The Daily Beast, who know a good list idea when the news gives them one, recently ranked America's cities on how smart they are. Let's see how America reacted!
