When Jessica Shyba brought Theo home for the first time, she had no idea what to expect.

So here’s a question for the Paper of Record: Can a reporter ethically accept a gift from a company he covers if the reporter gives it to a family member, or a friend? We ask because superstar tech reporter Nick Bilton admitted to doing so—or at least attempting to—on last week’s episode of Leo Laporte’s "This Week in Tech" podcast. Here’s what Bilton said:

Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate and current Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds is in critical condition after being stabbed at his home Tuesday morning. His son, Gus, was shot to death during the incident. UPDATE: According to NBC4's Julie Carey, Deeds was stabbed by his son, who then committed suicide.

Family Feud is like those word association games in that the show forces you to respond so quickly to a random question that your kneejerk response may inadvertently reveal something about yourself that you'd rather keep hidden from a national audience.

If there's anything Americans enjoy almost as much as gobbling fried foods topped with Cheez, it's gobbling menacingly-named "diet supplements" in a desperate attempt to lose weight. Today, more evidence that Who Knows What The Hell Is Even In That Crap?

After years of "secret talks" and fizzled rumors, Monty Python is finally, officially reuniting — for real, this time.

Two suicide bombings rocked the Iranian Embassy in Beirut on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people, including an Iranian diplomat, and injuring more than 140. While there's been no official claim of responsibility, the attacks appear to be related to the ongoing civil war in neighboring Syria, where Iran has been a major supporter of President Assad's regime.

[Sumatran tiger cub Bandar continued to charm the camera during his public debut at the National Zoo in Washington on Monday. His less-photogenic sister, Sukacita, was also introduced to the public. Photo by Jacquelyn Martin via AP]

According to the least surprising study ever, college students who cheat are attracted to politics and more likely to want government jobs than non-cheating students.

A United Methodist pastor was convicted Monday of breaking church law for presiding over his son's 2007 same-sex marriage in Massachusetts. The jury will reconvene Tuesday morning in southeastern Pennsylvania for the penalty phase which could range from a reprimand to "losing his credentials."

Nice guy George Zimmerman told a 911 operator on Monday that he did not pull a gun on his girlfriend. "I have a girlfriend, who for lack of a better word, has gone crazy on me," explained Zimmerman.

Americans hate boring jobs and Americans love hashtags. So it makes sense that a young woman would quit her position as an associate auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and then email a non-boring hashtag-laden goodbye to all of her auditor colleagues at PwC.

When you're a drunk college student, $30 in exchange for punching a hole through an IKEA coffee table with your head sounds like a good deal.

For his latest candid camera gag, popularly YouTube prankster Jack Vale decided to freak some strangers out by using their public social media posts to pretend he knows more about them than any random person should.

Last week, rapper Kendrick Lamar was honored among GQ's elite in the magazine's Men of the Year issue. But Lamar's label boss didn't want the honor: Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith, who represents Top Dawg Entertainment, unceremoniously pulled his artist from the party that accompanied the issue, calling out writer Steve Marsh's profile, "Kendrick Lamar: Rapper of the Year," for its "racial overtones."

A photo showing a Walmart food drive asking employees to donate canned goods to help fellow employees who can't afford a Thanksgiving dinner is once again drawing attention to the company's staggeringly low wages.

Here, courtesy of a longtime high end real estate broker in London, are all the stereotypes you'll ever need to know about wealthy property buyers, by nationality.

[Work crews continue removing the scaffolding surrounding the Washington Monument in Washington. The National Park Service has announced the earthquake damaged monument will reopen in spring of 2014. Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais via AP]

Want to show off to your tech bigwig friends? Tell them about the bizarre way you use your time! (Try this: "I sleep in two-hour increments and only eat bananas.")

Google Maps is no stranger to being accused of accidentally capturing grisly murder scenes, but one California father says this time Google really did stumble upon the body of an actual murder victim: His son.