Science has solved the eternal mystery of why many dogs like to romp in the snow: Experts in canine psychology and behavior report that it's because the dogs find it "fun and exciting."

On Monday, New York Times book critic Janet Maslin issued an inexplicably hostile takedown of Gabriel Sherman’s new biography of Fox News boss Roger Ailes, declaring the book “tepid” and “disingenuous” while suggesting its author is a liar. The paper’s coverage, which had until that point been quite positive, immediately earned fresh attention from conservative figures like Lou Dobbs and Matt Drudge. Omitted from Maslin’s review, however, was an important disclosure: The critic has maintained a 30-year friendship with Fox News’s editor-at-large, Peter J. Boyer, who plays a prominent role in one of the book’s chapters, and who was personally recruited to the channel in 2012 by Ailes.

Here you will find photographs of Jean-Michel Basquiat's balls.

A teenager in Philadelphia claims he required emergency surgery after police ruptured one of his testicles during a search earlier this month. Police later arrested the 16-year-old and charged him with three misdemeanors.

Call of the Wildman, Animal Planet's blockbuster chronicle of a wildlife trapper, is one helluva romp. It's also a drama-staging, zebra-drugging, wallaby-kidnapping, raccoon- and bat-killing crock of shit, according to a disturbing new in-depth investigation by Mother Jones.

Harry's, the Warby Parker of the shaving industry, aims to disrupt the Big Razor companies with technology, "value-oriented" prices, and style. One problem: no razor is really worth more than a buck.

Two months of largely peaceful protests in Kiev, Ukraine, turned violent today, leaving a reported 3 protesters dead. Demonstrators are angry at the government for snubbing a chance for membership in the European Union in favor of a closer relationship with Russia, which offered the country a substantial bailout.

If you thought Oasis videos were terrible, you're not the only one: Even Noel Gallagher, the band's guitarist and principal songwriter, thought they were shit, or some of them at least.

A North Carolina grand jury has decided not to indict a Charlotte police officer arrested last year for manslaughter after he unloaded 10 rounds from his pistol into a former college athlete who'd sought the officer's help. But the case might not stop there, according to prosecutors.

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The anti-government protests in Kiev have turned deadly, with three protesters killed as Ukrainian forces moved in to clash with the demonstrators, and talks between leaders of the two factions have produced few results.

We already know that there are several things that Patti LaBelle does not give a fuck about. The latest entry in what is destined to be an overflowing file as age ripens Ms. LaBelle into the greatest crabby old lady pop culture has ever witnessed is the label of "diva." In a terrific interview for PrideSource, the 69-year-old living legend gave writer Chris Azzopardi an earful of thoughts about the watering down of a word she clearly once considered to be a big compliment:

A shooting has been reported on the University of Oklahoma's campus. Students have been instructed to seek immediate shelter in place. UPDATE: Looks like it was a false alarm.

An eight-year-old old boy died on Monday after he rescued six family members from a house fire and went back to warn two more.

Love is hard. Relationships are tricky. If you have problems in your marriage, try this: take a deep breath; count to ten; then, write an essay on the internet about why your husband is just not sexy.

"I only get with transgender women for one thing and one thing only, and that's for oral sex. Like I said: I never had sex with a man. I never had sex with a transgender woman." - Mister Cee in GQ's profile of the Hot 97 DJ and his complicated coming out

Yesterday, BBC reporter Steven Rosenberg posted this picture from the biathlon and cross-country skiing venue for the Winter Olympics in Sochi. So why did the building planners put two toilets in the same stall? It's one of many mysteries of these upcoming games.

In September, we showed you the first shot of a reunited Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels on the set of Dumb and Dumber To. Now, we have the first still image from the actual movie.

As part of a campaign to promote after-school fitness, Arnold Schwarzenegger went undercover at a gym earlier this year. No one recognized him... at least not at first.

Dairy Queen, the delicious root cause of the south's obesity crisis, is expanding into Asia, with new ice cream flavors like "green tea with red bean or almond and extra green tea." Dear Asia: the ice cream is fine, but NEVER eat the "food." Oh god.