Do you know your rights when dealing with police? You should—the ACLU has an easy primer here; the upshot is "I'm invoking my right to remain silent and would like to see my attorney"—but even if you don't, these four tips from an ex-cop could help you avoid arrest in the first place.

Kalief Browder was just 16-year-old when police officers suddenly showed up and arrested him for a crime he didn't commit. He spent the next three years on Rikers Island.

You can watch the most amazing music video you will see all year here, on Bob Dylan's official website.

During his arraignment this afternoon for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, George Zimmerman's bond was set at $9,000. As conditions of his bond, Zimmerman must wear a GPS tracker, avoid firearms, and stay 1,500 feet from his girlfriend, who prosecutors say was choked by Zimmerman in a separate incident last week.

Crack-smoking Toronto mayor Rob Ford told CBC last night that he's giving up alcohol. Wait, really? Well, he says it's been three weeks since his last drink. Of being stripped of most of his mayoral powers, he said he "had a come-to-Jesus moment" and won't consume alcohol again.

Who cares that bunch of bugs are eating northern Texas alive? You do, because they're called hackberry nipple-gall maker insects.

[Jennifer Lawrence arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" at Nokia Theatre LA Live on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Photo by Jordan Strauss via Invision/AP]

New York City Police officers fired more rounds, shot more people, and were shot themselves more in 2012 than in the previous year. Mayor Bloomberg can proudly go out on a violent note.

Two of the most annoying institutions in the world, PayPal and Mark Zuckerberg's sister Randi, have teamed up. But... for what, exactly?

When Jonathan Byler Dann emerged from the shelter of his basement on Sunday along with his wife and four young kids, he found his Washington, Illinois, home had been completely destroyed.

Two new artworks by master painter George W. Bush, "Eleanor" and "Eleanor 2," can be seen in this Vogue.com slideshow of Barbara Bush's apartment. Both are well-done studies of the same cat, confirming this critic's contention that Bush has entered a new, feline-focused period of his career.

Radio host Mark Levin doesn't think media mogul Oprah Winfrey understands "what it's like to live in a country that really is brutally racist." Is he sure of that?

Veteran reporter Michael Forsythe confirmed on Twitter that he has left Bloomberg News. Last week, the New York Post reported that Forsythe was fired for talking to the New York Times about a lengthy investigation into Chinese leaders. That story was killed because Bloomberg feared losing terminal sales in China.

A veteran Hawaii lawmaker believes he's come up with the perfect solution to deal with his state's rampant homelessness problem: Hassle homeless people and destroy their stuff with a sledgehammer.

According to the Sarasota Police Department, Anders Ebbeson, the Florida businessman and husband of former Congresswoman Katherine Harris, committed suicide on Tuesday morning. He was 68.

Wives and husbands come and go, children leave, friends fade into abstractions on Facebook. The dog is generally there for life, all of his or all of yours, whichever comes first. Hunter, who died Sunday night at home and surrounded by his people, was there for life. It was really his second life, which began when I pulled his numb body from a freezing, half-empty swimming pool 10 years ago this month.

Question: Why won't Kanye West let himself be great? Answer: Kim Kardashian.

[Queens graffiti mecca 5 Pointz was painted over last night, to make way for condos. Sickening. Photos via Animal NY.]

As of this weekend, meat companies will be required to "list details including the countries in which livestock were born, raised and slaughtered" on their labels. They would rather not!

"Money Honey" Maria Bartiromo is leaving CNBC and heading to Fox Business, where she will do whatever it is she does. Belittle The New York Times, I guess?