Police have released more information about the tragic murder of Danvers High School math teacher Colleen Ritzer: According to several witnesses, Ritzer caught Philip Chism, the 14-year-old student accused of murdering her, drawing in her class and asked him to stay after school.

This is about as heartwarming as it gets.

Today, Andrea Peyser squares off with Rachael Sacks to see which will be named "the urban goddess of our age." Everybody wins.

"Pro tip: 'An egg can be used to cleanse oneself of any trace of spiritual negativity from contact with evil or malicious people.'"

Doesn't Ted Cruz ever get tired of being wrong?

Shepard Smith, the endlessly endearing (and easily angered) Fox News anchor, has likened the right-wing channel to a “family,” with president Roger Ailes as its domineering father. Which makes it only slightly awkward that in early 2012, the 49-year-old anchor started courting an attractive young production assistant who worked under him on Fox Report With Shepard Smith. Now they are a couple.

Here is a thoughtful article, in the New York Post, about the "complex prestige game" that informs the New York graffiti community's disdain toward Banksy: "'Street art' is associated with whimsy and even gentrification—things the mainstream considers socially good, or at the least, nondestructive."

A server at a Carrabba's Italian Grill in Kansas was shocked to find a note left behind by a pair customers praising him for his excellent service, but denying him a tip due to his "homosexual lifestyle."

Right this very minute, you can navigate to a website and place a bid for a chance to own an authentic old jumprope or dirty pair of sneakers or even a punching bag, punched by the actual fists of Bruce Lee.

Eddie Vedder, the lead singer of a garbage band called Pearl Jam, fell down on Tuesday night while performing in a garbage city called Philadelphia, on the band's 23rd anniversary of making garbage music. He's OK. [Via @chunklet]

I'm assuming this dude never saw Game of Thrones, because otherwise he probably wouldn't be challenging Dothraki warlord Jason Momoa to a game of slaps.

According to a new survey, teens are sexting less today. (This is presented as "good news." For who?) Fortunately for all of us, there has been absolutely no dropoff in adult hand-wringing over who is to blame for all of this hot, hot teen sexxxting.

When Blue is the Warmest Color — Abdellatif Kechiche's controversial Palme d'Or-winning romantic teen drama — hits theaters in select US cities today, one theater will be pushing the envelope right along with it.

According to Bulgarian officials, DNA tests have confirmed that a Bulgarian Roma woman is the mother of the mystery blonde girl found in Greece last week.

It's a story as old as time: Boy has smartphone stolen from his pants; boy finds out thief never disabled the function that automatically sends all the photos taken with the smartphone to a shared Dropbox folder; boy discovers phone is now owned by a young Moroccan woman; boy offers to let young Moroccan woman keep the phone if she agrees to go on a date with him.

President Obama's visit to a Brooklyn high school won't shut down all of Prospect Park, after all. “We apologize for the inconvenience and any confusion associated with earlier messages,” reads a statement on the park's website.

The man in line to become the next district attorney in Brooklyn says that he will not prosecute people caught with less than 15 grams of weed, ganja, skunk, cheeba cheeba yall. This could be great for Brooklyn's brand cachet.

The tough week for U.S. intelligence agencies continues: France and Germany, two recent NSA targets, want to meet with the United States to establish new, mutually agreeable guidelines for spying operations. Meanwhile, American officials are reportedly warning other countries that documents describing their cooperation with the NSA or CIA may be among those taken by Edward Snowden.

"I drink gin, and once, when drinking gin, I made a large man cry." Bill Murray, who only made $9,000 for Rushmore, continues to be amazing.

Emergency crews are on the scene of an accident at the North Carolina State Fair. According to an EMS source, five passengers were ejected while riding the Vortex. All five victims were initially found unconscious but three regained consciousness before being transported to the hospital.