Italian police arrested Raffaele Sollecito—Amanda Knox's ex-boyfriend—late last night at hotel near the Austrian border. Hours earlier, Knox and Sollecito had been convicted for the second time of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in 2007.

Journalists in China are having a hard time staying there — writers for the New York Times and Bloomberg have faced multiple visa problems after publishing critical stories. Another Times reporter was forced out today, prompting an article documenting recent "signs of official displeasure with the newspaper."

There is an Australian clown on the loose in the streets of Melbourne, frightening pedestrians not with the inherent creepiness of a crazy man in a clown costume or a whimsical water pistol, but with an actual gun.

A few weeks ago, Jerry Seinfeld and Jason Alexander were spotted filming at the old Seinfeld hangout, Tom's Restaurant, but no one could figure out why. Now we know — it was part of some sort of "one-and-done" Seinfeld reunion.

A Montreal woman died today after her scarf got tangled up in an escalator at a Metro station.

Only 33.3 million people watched the State of the Union Address on Tuesday — slightly better numbers than the series finale of "Everybody Loves Raymond" — but Jimmy Kimmel found a bunch of people who were happy to pretend they tuned in.

Reince Priebus

A man suffered serious injuries when he was sucked through an industrial-sized wood chipper earlier this week. Most of the man's body was crushed and shredded in the accident.

Former exchange student Amanda Knox was found guilty of murder on Thursday by an Italian appeals court. She was sentenced to 28 1/2 years in prison–but, because she now lives in Seattle, she probably won't serve the time.

When the huge invasion of snowy owls began this winter, was it wrong for us to feel delight? These beautiful raptors from the arctic tundra do not often show up on the American East Coast, after all. But the sheer number of snowy owls should have been a warning, both to the owls themselves and to our sense of wonder.

A rep for Bad Boy Records is denying a spate of online reports that Puffy plans to close down the label. What we can say for sure: this is clearly the best track Bad Boy ever released that was not on a Biggie Smalls album.

MSNBC apologized to Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus and announced Thursday that it canned a social media worker who angered conservatives for tweeting that they hated biracial families.

The New York Times has used "nondescript" to describe 76 different office spaces in recent years, according to this thoroughgoing analysis by a grumpy anti-cliché grammarian.

Six years ago, Jonny Benjamin, who'd recently been diagnosed with chronic schizoaffective disorder, tried to kill himself by jumping off Waterloo Bridge in London. A stranger walking by stopped and spoke with him for a half hour, telling him that "things would get better" and offering to buy him a cup of coffee. Eventually, the man convinced Benjamin not to jump.

"LICKING COUNTY, Ohio" reads the dateline on today's top news story. What sexy things are happening in Licking County, this week?

Shamal Battice can really book it. Through three Florida counties. With no feeling below the waist and a cane on the gas pedal of a stolen G6. Too bad he didn't go for a more fuel-efficient model, though.

A shooting has been reported in a parking lot at Eastern Florida State College in Palm Bay. The school is currently on lockdown and one person was reportedly taken to the hospital in connection with the incident.

In other news, the attorney general's regular video address this week was on sentencing reform.

If you tried to pick up a boulder, it would be too heavy. If you tried to pick up a single grain of sand, it would be too small to find. And even if you managed to grab it, you might drop it in your salad—then you have that "sand" taste to look forward to. Yuck.

Even Michael Powell thinks Nipplegate was overblown, now.