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The D.C. Earthquake Cracked the Washington Monument
Adrian Chen · 08/24/11 09:56AMRebels Continue Fight as Qaddafi Remains Defiant
Jeff Neumann · 08/24/11 04:42AM
Yesterday, Libyan rebels took control of Muammar Qaddafi's Bab al-Azizya air-conditioned tent compound, and celebrated by wearing his clothes, driving his golf cart, and firing heavy weapons into the air. It was a tactical and symbolic victory, but the six-month-long war is not over. Here's a roundup of some of the latest news out of Libya.
Flesh-Melting Cocaine Also Destroys Your Immune System
Seth Abramovitch · 08/24/11 03:02AM
Hey, remember that report from earlier in the summer about a veterinary de-worming agent called levamisole that South American drug traffickers were using to cut their cocaine with, that had an unfortunate side-effect in humans which caused them to develop "patches of blackened, dying skin on the ears, face, trunk or extremities?" Well, turns out that's a real thing! And not, like, some elaborate government propaganda campaign dreamed up by Nancy Reagan on a set visit to Diff'rent Strokes back in 1983.
Who Wants the Late Night Hosts of CBS Dead?
Seth Abramovitch · 08/24/11 01:41AM
Not 24 hours after David Letterman delivered a jittery Top 10 devoted to jihadist death threats did Craig Ferguson, host of the lead-out show he produces, The Late Late Show, receive a "threatening" letter containing white powder. Two staffers at CBS Television City who came into contact with the substance were held in isolation, but were released after a hazardous materials team screened it and found it to be benign. Both the FBI and LAPD are currently investigating the letter, saying only that it originated in Europe.
Letterman's Top 10 Things Overheard During the East Coast Earthquake
Matt Cherette · 08/24/11 01:30AMSatellite Photos Offer Evidence of Freshly Dug Mass Graves in Sudan
Seth Abramovitch · 08/24/11 12:37AM
As many as eight mass graves have been dug since June in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, according to Satellite Sentinel Project, a group funded by George Clooney that monitors the region using satellite imagery. Two sites have been dug this week alone, based on their analysis of the pictures, which also contain evidence of body bags and bulldozers used to dispose of corpses.
They'll Lose It Live: 16 of the Best On-Air Laughing Fits
Matt Cherette · 08/24/11 12:21AMMoth Flies Into Ear of Cardinals Outfielder
Seth Abramovitch · 08/23/11 11:51PM
In the same week that a Mets game was put on hold while center fielder Angel Pagan attended to a sudden and violent onslaught of loose stools, comes yet another unusual, game-disrupting incident in a Major League outfield: Cardinals left fielder Matt Holliday had to withdraw from Monday night's game because a moth flew into his ear.
Is Groupon Getting Desperate?
Ryan Tate · 08/23/11 09:46PM'Sex-Crazed Loser' Crashes Into Adult Store, Steals $800 Vagina
Lauri Apple · 08/23/11 09:28PM
Felonious, hypersexual people just can't stop crashing into the AdultMart of Brownhelm Township, Ohio to steal sex toys! In the latest incident involving theft at the popular sex-stablishment, a man stole a semi and crashed it into the place, making off with a $800 "life-like masturbator complete with female genitalia with legs and buttocks."
Facebook Will Block Humiliating Photos, If You Insist
Ryan Tate · 08/23/11 07:34PMCalifornians Are Being Insufferable About This Earthquake
Adrian Chen · 08/23/11 06:27PMRoss the Intern Makes It Big
Richard Lawson · 08/23/11 05:32PMDid the Earthquake Make Obama Miss a Golf Putt?
Maureen O'Connor · 08/23/11 05:07PMInsane Internet People Get Their Own Newspaper
Ryan Tate · 08/23/11 04:53PM
What do Reddit trolls read when they wake up in the morning, before they start "work?" How do 4channers prepare their souls to die on /b/? How do super obsessive microbloggers read about Tumblr, to elevate themselves above hipsters who merely read Tumblr? Six hundred thousand dollars says the answer to those question is "The Daily Dot," the official newspaper for crazy internet people.
Was Today's Earthquake Another Boobquake?
Maureen O'Connor · 08/23/11 04:43PM
Remember when an Iranian cleric said earthquakes were God's punishment for scantily-clad women, and then a bunch of scantily-clad women organized a naked protest to disprove the cleric, but then an earthquake actually occurred at the moment they bared their breasts? Well, there is a chance that today's East Coast earthquake was a boobquake, too, because it's National Go Topless Day, and there are all kinds of naked boobs in Central Park right now.
Child Bride Clutches Hot Pink Dog, Creepy Old Husband Calls Her 'Iconic'
Maureen O'Connor · 08/23/11 03:16PMDid the Earthquake Tilt the Washington Monument?
Adrian Chen · 08/23/11 02:55PMA Collection of Bad Political Twitter Jokes from the DC Earthquake
Jim Newell · 08/23/11 02:42PM
Holy potatoes that was some kinda Washington Earthquake of 2011 that we just had! Everyone has fallen into the Potomac River. But not before everyone got to make a bad joke on Twitter relating to current national politics! Because it's in DC, know? You can tell it's a "bad" political earthquake joke if it's a political earthquake joke in general. Here's a poorly culled selection.