At a press conference this afternoon, President Obama announced new rules that will allow insurance companies to keep people on health care plans cancelled by the Affordable Care Act through 2014. "This fix won't solve every problem for every person, but it is going to help of lot of people," Obama said.

At least once per year, it is healthy for all of us to take a moment and reflect upon the fact that corporate executives are quite plainly using their insider status to make unfair profits on their company's stock, while you, the average unconnected jerk, remain poor. Today is that day.

Police in Chicago say a man who caught another man in bed with his girlfriend decided to teach him a "lesson" by setting his balls on fire.

[A man sweeps the street next to a pile of rubbish surrounding trash containers during the ninth day of a garbage collectors strike, in Madrid yesterday. Street cleaners and garbage collectors who work in the city's public parks walked off the job in a strike called by trade unions to contest the planned layoff of more than 1,000 workers. Madrid's municipal cleaning companies, which have service supply contracts with the city authorities, employ some 6,000 staff. Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza via AP]

More "millennials" are moving to Washington, DC than to any other city, which proves everything we've ever said about both millennials and Washington, DC.

A recent sale of celebrity memorabilia at Julien's Auctions included a piece of Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake, an original Lone Ranger mask...and some very intimate files on Marilyn Monroe. No, not like that. Sorry.

This morning, Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences plus five years. In August, Bulger was convicted of multiple charges of murder, racketeering, extortion, and money laundering.

And just like that, the New York-Chicago Pizza Wars are over.

Now we know how Cory Booker kept his romantic life so secret for so long: By dating someone in a different time zone.

Here is a short video showing a meeting of the D.C. Taxicab Commission, a government agency. The strange thing is, only English speakers without accents are allowed to speak.

In a press conference this morning, Toronto's honorable mayor Rob Ford told reporters that allegations that he "wanted to eat [staffer Olivia Gondek's] pussy" were not true. "I would never do that," he said. "I've got more than enough to eat at home."

At a PTA-sponsored assembly yesterday afternoon, Richardson High School students were taught a very important, very timely lesson: If a girl wants to be dateable, she needs to know when to shut up.

Is the Devil real? Yes, the Devil is real. Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger is actually Satan, according to the son of a man murdered by Bulger, and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia believes very strongly in a very real Lucifer. Deranged child star Miley Cyrus actually sold her soul to Old Scratch and even had sex with a lesser demon, according to a credible pair of religious broadcasters. And fresh-faced teenaged pop singer Ariana Grande says she is regularly visited in her bed by an immense black entity she identifies as the Devil—one time it even climbed atop her visiting girlfriend.

Surveys by Transparency International, the leading global anti-corruption group, show that Africa is the continent most consistently plagued by official corruption and bribe-seeking. The latest figures show the fight against corruption there is proceeding rather slowly.

A Florida man named Chuck Barry (no, not that Chuck Berry) was arrested last week for allegedly impersonating a cop in attempt to get a discount at Dunkin' Donuts.

The Internet has seen its fair share of Vine compilations claiming to be "the greatest," but so few have actually lived up to that promise. In fact, none have.

Just over a year after the Secret Service was engulfed by a "hooker and blow" scandal, two of its agents have been removed from President Obama's security detail following an investigation into their alleged sexual misconduct.

[Andy Warhol's 1963 painting titled "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)" sold for $105 million Wednesday at an auction in New York City. The sale occurred amid a "spending frenzy at the high end of the art world." Yes, yes it did. Image via Sotheby's]

Justin Bieber continued his shithead streak in South America this weekend, getting caught on video mistreating Argentine flags on stage. Insulting Argentina's flag is a crime punishable by up to four years in jail, but unfortunately he made it home safe without being imprisoned.

A woman posted an ad on Craigslist last month, offering to rent out bedrooms in a South San Francisco home. After touring the home with her on Oct. 13, two young couples paid $900 each in order to secure a room in the house.