A man was sentenced to 14 years in prison after he was caught impersonating Justin Bieber on the web in order to convince teen girls to perform sex acts on camera.

An ongoing project called "Photo Requests from Solitary" enlists photographers to go out and take (or create) pictures that are requested by inmates serving time in solitary confinement.

Police in Indiana say a Michigan City man accidentally shot and killed a child in his care while playing a dangerous "gun game" with the boy.

Just 20 months after it capsized off the Italian coast, the Costa Concordia cruise ship was finally pulled completely upright early Tuesday morning. The “daring and unprecedented” operation took 19-hours, but you can watch the whole parbuckling in the one-minute video above.

Stodgy, hidebound members of the establishment (who wouldn't know a bold new idea if it bit them in the ass) might not like to hear this, but we're going to get right up in their face and tell them anyhow: Outback Steakhouse is back— rebelliously.

What's the ultimate prank? That's right: Replacing all the tap water in a friend's house with cold, refreshing beer pumped straight from a bunch of tapped kegs hidden beneath the floorboards.

More details have emerged about the troubled life of Aaron Alexis, the man who allegedly shot 12 people to death Monday morning at the Washington Navy Yard. In addition to his discharge from the Navy and multiple arrests, Alexis reportedly had a long history of mental illness.

The latest on Colorado's devastating flooding: 8 are confirmed dead and 1600 homes have been destroyed in a flood zone nearly the size of Delaware. More than 600 people are still unaccounted for, though they're believed to be stranded in remote areas without phone service. Authorities are now warning residents to watch for rattlesnakes escaping to higher ground.

Jason Martin, 41, has been found guilty at the Canterbury Crown Court in Kent, UK for biting the penis of his neighbor, Richard Henderson, 39, during an argument over loud Xbox music. Henderson apparently sent Martin a text asking him to turn down the music and the fight escalated in person when Martin, who only has one tooth, bit Henderson’s penis so hard it required stitches. A combination of a headlock and Henderson wearing pajamas made it all possible.

Pentagon officials have said they will wait 24 hours before releasing the names of those killed in today's Navy Yard shooting. The Washington Post's latest report is that 13 are dead and 14 are injured.

If you’ve ever wanted to own a lady’s sheared mink jacket with 40% silver fox sleeves, just make sure to bid on this auction tomorrow. Not only will you get your hands on a sweet piece of mink, you’ll also help Jesse Jackson Jr. repay the $750,000 in campaign funds he spent illegally. Jackson Jr. pled guilty to misusing the campaign funds in February and was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

Worrying about death is bad enough, but now we must worry about who will write our obituaries when we die. This is because crazy obituaries are now officially a thing: if yours isn’t good enough to be shared by people online, well, you’re not only dead, but your life was boring as fuck.

The Seattle Police Department just released a set of documents better describing Aaron Alexis' "malicious mischief" arrest mentioned in the post below. "Mischief" sounds like what you did on Halloween in high school. What Aaron Alexis was arrested for in 2004 is quite a bit different:

A middle-aged man—he looks like a stockbroker dressed for Hooters—was just arrested for throwing lit firecrackers onto the White House lawn. This is not generally advisable behavior, but it seems especially stupid after the day D.C.'s been having.

Ruben Chance James Fox and his wife, Amber Nicole Fox, both 23, were arrested Monday morning in Raeford, North Carolina and charged with multiple counts of crimes against nature involving bestiality, disseminating obscene materials, and conspiracy. Amber Fox was additionally charged with soliciting a crime against nature. Ruben Fox is a soldier with the 82^nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg.

Miley Cyrus and her fiancé, The Fiancé of Miley Cyrus, have officially broken-up, according to her rep. Cyrus initially intended to celebrate her mature, grown-up love with three separate weddings. Recently, she put her face in a butt.

Today on io9, Annalee Newitz traces the history of the word (and prefix) "cyber"—as in cybernetic, cyberpunk, cybersex, and the recent favorite "cyberwar." Here's a New York Times article from earlier this year, with every word except "cyber" removed.

Chase thought her mom and dad were taking her to eat dumb old sushi for family night, but half way to the restaurant she was suddenly blindsided by tickets to the Taylor Swift concert.

Those of you who were fortunate enough to attend a high school with white, rural, male students will be unsurprised to learn that white, rural, male high school students are wasted. So, so wasted.

Is Australian comedian Rebel Wilson fat? Does anyone know? Lynn Hirschberg, maybe?