On Thursday, New York police arrested 49-year-old Mark Vicars and found in his home a number of worrying items—the illegal possession of which, individually and collectively, carry significant jail time.
Since it hit Tumblr yesterday, the image below has started an internet schism that may never be healed. Some maniacs, it seems, see the dress as gold and white, while other completely reasonable people see it as blue and black.
BP's got a new cap for the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, and it might be working—NewsHour tweeted that oil had stopped flowing, but one camera in their live feed seems to show otherwise. [AP]
Normally the city council of Sutton (UK) is very much of the "No Graffiti Here, Thank You," school of thought. But then a famous graffiti guy, Banksy, did a piece! So they voted to preserve it.
The subway hero who interceded on behalf of two Jews who'd been taking a beating for having had the temerity to offer up "Happy Hanukkah" as a response to "Merry Christmas" turns out to have been, of all things, a Muslim! The Post nails the nuanced situation by offering up "PEACE TRAIN" as the paper's cover today,…
This was such a magical week for comments, you guys. Seriously! (A circle jerk of hilarity amid the vituperation!) We sometimes found ourselves laughing so hard we cried. Laughing and crying, you know, it's the same release.
