TMZ has obtained paparazzi footage it claims shows Sylvester Stallone calling an off-screen individual a "fucking nigger" as he's followed by a photographer out of an Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills.

Thousands of Bay Area residents have signed up to help fulfill a five-year-old cancer patient's wish of becoming Batkid for a day.

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A study finds that almost all community college students drop out at least once, but most come back to school. However: "If you leave twice," the researcher said, "you're not going to come back."

The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office announced today that it will bring charges of second-degree murder against a Dearborn Heights man who shot and killed Renisha McBride in the early morning hours of November 2.

Angry Birds is a new feature in which ChartGirl's Hilary Sargent takes a look at the ruffled feathers in the latest Twitter flaps. Today's: labor journalist Mike Elk vs. Buzzfeed political reporter Rosie Gray, engaged in a feud over Clinton confidant Sidney Blumenthal, his son Max, and Max's new book about Israel.

Residents of Louisiana's Lafourche Parish will vote this Saturday on a controversial ballot proposal to use money currently financing the local library system in order to construct a brand new $25 million jail.

In America, the average CEO is paid more than 230 times an average worker's salary. In Switzerland, CEOs are paid 43 times more than the average worker. That figure is so shocking to the Swiss that they want to radically rein it in.

One survivor of the shooting that killed two members of the Yellow Dogs described the ordeal to the New York Times: "I said, 'Don't kill me! Don't kill me! Let me talk and then do it.'"

The Toronto City Council voted 39 to three this morning to strip crack-smoking mayor Rob Ford of many of his powers, including his ability to make appointments and his ability to fire committee chairs. He would retain the power to eat pussy.

The Secret Service sex scandal goes beyond bullets in D.C. hotel rooms and cocaine-fueled orgies in Colombia: According to several whistleblowers, Secret Service agents have hired prostitutes and had extramarital affairs with foreign nationals in at least 17 different countries.

If there was anything in our present world that most closely resembled a futuristic dystopia, it would be IKEA.

Today's flaccid teenagers are more interested in "gaming" on the computer with their "I-friends" than in smoking cigarettes, traditionally the cool teen pastime of choice. There is at least some burning, noxious silver lining for the tobacco industry.

When Beth Tillack learned that her son had made his middle school's honor roll, she immediately took away his computer privileges and called the school to demand a retraction.

China is abolishing its forced labor camps, and the NYC Housing Authority is making it easier for people with criminal records to live in public housing. It's a good day to be a (former) prisoner (relatively speaking).

Just like their Snowden-exposed colleagues at the NSA, the CIA is storing data in bulk that includes personal and financial information about American citizens. According to the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, the CIA has built a giant database of international money transfers handled by companies like Western Union, including transactions to and from the United States.

[Typhoon Haiyan survivors are still waiting for flights out of Tacloban Airport in the early Friday morning hours in Leyte, Philippines. With dead bodies left in the open air, and very little food, water, or shelter, health concerns are growing. Photo by Chris McGrath via Getty]

In what must be alarming news for clueless parents, it turns out that letting your children binge eat Flamin' Hot Cheetos can cause gastritis. A snack that burns tongues, dyes fingers red, and makes it look like you're shitting blood is harmful? No way, not possible.

An Albuquerque mother says her daughter's elementary school principal banned her from school grounds for the way she smells. Kerri Mascareno was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer in August, and while she's undergoing chemotherapy to shrink her tumor, she's also struggling with the administration at Tierra Antigua Elementary.

[The Swarovski Star was raised to the top of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree Thursday in New York City. Originally created for the tree in 2004, the star features 25,000 crystals, weighs 550 pounds, and has been unveiled by very important Americans including Blake Lively, Fergie, and Maria Menounos. Image by Diane Bondareff via AP]