The United States spends more money on its military than the next ten biggest-spending nations combined. So why, oh why, has the brave American taxpayer not yet been rewarded with squads of killer walking robots, like in the movies?

A young girl in Northern California who woke up early in the morning to discover blood in her underwear thought she had started her period, but it was later determined that she was actually bleeding from a gunshot wound she sustained during a drive-by shooting.

You cannot escape Brooklyn no matter where you go, especially Stockholm.

There were reports of “large explosions” and gunfire as Kenyan forces continued their operation to free the remaining hostages in Nairobi's Westgate mall. In the three days since the attack began, 62 people have been killed, with at least another 175 injured, including many children. Two of the alleged terrorists are now confirmed dead.

The 2013 Emmys were—as they almost always are—excruciating. But between the horrific meta jokes and the bizarre interpretive dance segment, there were a handful of moments of actual good television—most of them, as tends to be the case with live TV, totally unplanned.

Sean Eldridge, husband of Facebook cofounder Chris Hughes, debuted his first “why I’m running” for Congress ad in a tweet during the Emmys. The ad makes no mention of Hughes, Eldridge’s background at Freedom to Marry, or the fact that he bought his way into the 19^th district.

The weirdest running thread of the Emmys was the series of green-room cutaways to Criminal Minds actor/former Soul Train host Shemar Moore. When the camera turned on him, it could go real right or real wrong, as they say on Basketball Wives. Sometimes he stumbled over the cue cards, seemingly unable to catch up with himself. Sometimes he repeated himself, seemingly riffing. Sometimes there were awkward silences. Sometimes, he read straight through with the contrived naturalness of the TV presenter he is apparently aspiring to be. What's up with that?

Edie Falco, who spent eight years playing the wife of the late James Gandolfini's Tony Soprano, gave one of the night's most memorable speeches, remembering her longtime onscreen partner with a touching, emotional tribute.

Kevin Spacey just wants to watch Kaley Cuoco introduce the death montage without some goddamn camera getting up in his face. Is that so much to ask?

Did he get caught where he wasn't supposed to be on live TV? Is this a bit? Is it real? Is it fake? Does it matter when the shuffle is this great?

Before performing his song "Home Again," Elton John read a speech about Liberace (the subject of the multi-nominated HBO movie Behind the Candelabra) that he clearly did not write and maybe had never seen before he read it on live television.

Dr. Prabhjot Singh, a professor in Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, was walking along 110th Street near Lenox Avenue Saturday night when a group of at least 20 males rode up on bikes and began physically assaulting him while shouting “terrorist” and “get Osama.” Singh, a Sikh who wears a long beard and a turban, had just dropped off his wife and one-year-old son at home before going out for a walk.

Here's Merritt Wever winning for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on Nurse Jackie. They should all be this short and this weird. None of them will be.

A 66-year-old farmer and “self-proclaimed politician” from the town of Gigante, Huila in Colombia apparently—and “enthusiastically”—took too much Viagra in an attempt to “please his new girlfriend.” According to a local paper, he then suffered an erection for several days before going to a local hospital when the perma-boner began to cause pain.

Television stars are just like us: they wake up in the early afternoon and their assistants put on their pants one leg at a time. Today those pants are extra nice, on account of it being the 2013 Emmy awards ceremony. Please join me in the comments, where we can post photos of our favorite pants (and outfits) and least favorite pants (and outfits). We can also photos of the pants we are wearing now, so that a jury of our peers can determine if they are "red carpet-ready."

Four-year-old Adelaide Ames couldn’t sleep because she thought she kept hearing fireworks outside. So her dad, 32-year-old quantum physicist and maker-of-fun-science-videos-for-kids Benjamin Ames, decided they should sing to keep her mind “preoccupied.” And to videotape it and upload it to YouTube because that’s the world we live in.

President Obama, speaking Sunday at a memorial service honoring those killed last week at the Washington Navy Yard, spoke out against gun violence: “Sometimes I fear there is a creeping resignation…that this is somehow the new normal,” he said. “We cannot accept this.”

“We have a great time; we laugh at our dogs; we watch stupid movies; we take long walks; we go for a swim," says Hillary Clinton on retired life with her husband Bill as she prepares for her all-but-announced 2016 presidential campaign.

An Ohio attorney who handled more than 800 court-appointed cases last year billed for workdays that included 29 hours, 23 hours, 21.5 hours, and 21 hours. In total, his billable hours averaged out into nine hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.