As new details come to light regarding the huge group motorcycle ride through New York City that left one biker in a medical coma and an SUV driver sustaining injuries from a beating, the family of the comatose biker have released hospital photos.

It doesn't matter how many times Rahat the Magician Prankster sends an invisible driver or a head-munching zombie or a moving skeleton through a fast food restaurant's drive-thru, the reactions of employees manning the window will never not be brilliant.

To accompany a profile of the Brooklyn activist Chirlane McCray and her role in her husband Bill de Blasio’s mayoral campaign, The New York Times got its hands on a homemade video of their 1994 wedding. One highlight: De Blasio attempting to b-boy like it’s the last day of his life (more like “spinning around,” as you can see in the GIF above) along with an unidentified relative.

Last week, sixty-four categories of non-privilege entered this arena. Today, only two remain. It is time for the final round of the Gawker Privilege Tournament, where we will determine the least privileged people in America. Vote now, and forever.

Tom Clancy, bestselling author of more than a dozen military thrillers, died Tuesday night in a hospital in Baltimore. He was 66.

Think your little one-bedroom is small? Imagine living in one of these work-study "prison cells" occupied by Korean students.

The government shutdown is already affecting millions of people in a variety of ways, but for some of America's most vulnerable citizens, the abrupt lack of public services could literally be a death sentence.

Are you one of the many people who have reported feeling symptoms of motion sickness as a result of the "aggressive" animations found in the user interface of the new iPhone operating system?

Yesterday, a new piece by street-artist-to-the-stars Banksy appeared in New York City. Within a day, the Banksy piece was redone by competitors.

Miley Cyrus, fresh off a pregnancy scare (well, not so much a scare for her as for everyone else), will be pulling double duty on this week's Saturday Night Live as both host and musical guest.

Wednesday morning, the White House announced that President Obama had cancelled plans to visit Malaysia and the Philippines next week because of the government shutdown. Obama is, for now, still planning to visit to Brunei and Indonesia, where he will attend the APEC summit and and the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations; Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Malaysia and the Philippines in Obama's place.

Jon Stewart, on fire again Tuesday night, blasted the GOP for their continuing hypocrisy in the shutdown crisis. He eviscerates Republicans who were so worried about the welfare of our nation’s children when White House tours were canceled in March. And yet these same Republicans, according to Stewart, are more than willing to let poor children starve as a result of reduced government services.

With 99% of precincts reporting, Tish James has been declared the winner of the Public Advocate runoff election in New York City. James—who has no Republican opponent—is expected to be the first African American woman to hold a citywide post.

Still looking to get back on the Internet’s good side after inappropriately “sweeping girls off their feet,” professional YouTube prankster Stuart Edge might be getting warmer. In his latest video, he uses a magic trick to turn paltry tips for pizza delivery guys into $100 and, though still self-congratulatory, it feels good to watch nice things happening in this shut down, messed up world.

In what can only be described as a really bad idea, a friend of General David Petraeus mailed a fake grenade to his office in the Solow Building on 58^th Street.

The House voted down three focused government funding bills today. The bills would have funded national parks and veterans affairs, and allowed D.C. to temporarily spend its funds without congressional approval. The White House was against the bills, calling them "piecemeal." The GOP will now say Obama hates veterans.

U.S. Marine Stephen Lewis, a private first class stationed at Camp Pendleton in southern California, was arrested two weeks ago after arranging to have sex with an entire family: a man, his 12-year-old son, and his 11-year-old daughter. The only problem with this plan (aside from everything) was that he arranged for the meeting with an undercover Department of Homeland Security agent on the incest website family4love.com (note: these agents are “essential” employees during the shutdown).

ThinkProgress has a roundup of how foreign media is writing about the shutdown. France: "Jefferson, wake up, they’ve gone crazy!" Germany: "[Republicans] are not only taking their own party to the brink, but the whole country." Russia: "The 'Elephants' Are Robbing the U.S. Government."

Texas Governor Rick Perry, the product yielded if you mix a can of hairspray with an old leather trench coat, is telling reporters that his wife used "the wrong word" when she said recently that she believes abortion is a right. Ha ha ha. That crazy woman. Thank goodness her husband is here to set things straight.

After finding practically the only girl at a serious sausage fest, one college bro brings his special lady upstairs and starts "makin moves," completely oblivious to the fact that the blinds are open for business.