An SUV plowed into a crowd of tourists in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Monday, killing at least five people and injuring 38.

A medical association says that there is "a growing need" for nursing homes to put in place firm policies about the old people having sex with each other. Ehh..."Ignore it and never speak of it again" should work.

Another day, another revelation that the U.S. undertook a massive spying operation against one of its allies. According to a report in Spanish paper El Mundo, the NSA monitored more than 60 million phone calls in Spain over a 30-day period last year.

[Paris Hilton dressed as Miley Cyrus for Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion Halloween Party on Saturday. She did not wear blackface. Image via WENN]

Sheriff’s deputies in Castro Valley, Calif. removed 14 elderly residents from an assisted living facility on Saturday after determining the facilities officially closed on Thursday and left the elderly patients behind.

This year you won't be lying when you tell your mom you can't find a cheap flight home for the holidays. Fares on Thanksgiving flights are up 9.4% compared to a year ago and Christmas fares are already 7.3% higher.

There’s been a lot of conversation this weekend about blackface and its relationship to Halloween costumes, especially in the context of this lovely Trayvon Martin / George Zimmerman trio. For those who initially jumped to defend these partiers as “not racist” and "just kids," I’m sorry to break it to you, but thanks to some sleuthing from The Smoking Gun, we can indeed confirm that all three are morons and at least one is an unapologetic racist.

Mayoral candidates Bill de Blasio and Joe Lhota believe that their final debate Tuesday should be rescheduled because it will take place on the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy hitting New York. "We need to remember," Lhota said. "I think it's very, very important to do that."

Hush all you sports haters and instead click and watch one of the best halftime performances ever by a college marching band. During halftime at Saturday’s Ohio State / Penn State football game, Ohio State’s marching band took the field and performed an ode to the music of Hollywood blockbuster films.

Americans spent over $32 million this weekend to see Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa. And we can’t blame its success on young men either: 63% of its viewers were over the age of 25. Were you one of these people? Admit it.

The most famous sharter in the United States—perhaps the world—attended the Drake concert last night in Hartford, Conn. According to this hilarious Vine, he is “Officially #TooOld” for such things.

Clifford Chance, a biglaw firm based in London with offices around the world, apparently distributed this memo, "Presentation Tips for Women," to all its U.S. female associates, featuring helpful tips on everything from speaking ("Think Lauren Bacall not Marilyn Monroe") to meaning business ("Don't giggle") to choreographing your hands ("Watch out for the urinal position").

Milan's annual Halloweek masquerade party took place last night, and the theme was Disco Africa. While many attendees kept it neutrally jungle-themed — like Dolce & Gabbana's Steffano Gabbana (pictured on the left, and in other photos on Vogue Japan editor-at-large Anna Dello Russo's Instagram) — others took it to a pretty racially offensive place.

The word you'll be reading again and again in Lou Reed's various obituaries? Influential. And while that doesn't begin to cover the contribution Reed made to the music world, evidence of his massive following were found throughout Twitter on Sunday afternoon.

McDonalds is slowly squeezing out Heinz. The fast food behemoth was apparently not at all pleased to see former Burger King CEO Bernardo Hees appointed as the new CEO of the H.J. Heinz Co., and as a result, Mickey D's is now "transitioning to other suppliers."

With sadness, we present some of the best performances from the five decade career of the late Lou Reed. Please feel free to add some of your own favorite Lou videos in the comments.

Rock 'n' roll legend Lou Reed died today at age 71. Here's a photographic look back at his life as a performer.

Edward Norton quietly killed it on last night's SNL, demonstrating a twisted wit (pun of the night, directed towards a couple dressed up as deviled eggs — "Maybe they need an eggsorcism"), and a pretty good handle on impersonations of Ian McKellan, Woody (Allen and Harrelson), William Hurt, and Owen Wilson.

Rock and roll king Lou Reed has had his last perfect day — Rolling Stone reports that the 71-year-old legend died today.

Care of ANIMAL New York, here's today's new Banksy piece, this one in Greenpoint Brooklyn. But this was actually his backup plan for today.