The FDA announced this week that a Mexican salad mix served at Iowa and Nebraska Olive Gardens and Red Lobsters contained parasites that cause a severe stomach virus called cyclospora, giving bottomless salad bowls a whole new meaning.

A Marilyn Monroe impersonator has become the ninth (or possibly tenth) woman to publicly accuse San Diego mayor Bob Filner of sexual harassment. The embattled mayor has resisted calls for his retirement, and is instead beginning an "intensive" two-week therapy session.

The world is only going to become a more violent place, according to a new study examining the correlation between climate change and conflict.

A man in a black car purposely drove onto the Venice Beach boardwalk last night, hitting twelve pedestrians and killing one, before fleeing the scene.

You no longer have to travel to Spain to be trampled and gored by bulls — the Pamplona Bull Run is coming to the US in August.

A Boston man named Anthony Weiner out-Weinered the OG Anthony Weiner this week. The Boston Weiner was just arrested for sexting a 21-year-old man from his wife's phone, luring him to an empty house, hitting him in the head with a bat, tying him to a chair, and threatening to torture him.

At least four suspected Nazis who were supposed to be deported out of the United States are still living here, due largely in part to the fact that no other country will take them.

A judge ruled this week that making a 66-year-old man buy really expensive alcohol to get inside a night club is a totally legal thing to do.

The fruits of Jay Z's six-hour lip-synching labor last month at New York's Pace Gallery premiered last night on HBO in the form of the 10-minute "performance art movie" "Picasso Baby."

In 1998, during a staff meeting at my first off-white collar job, tele-fundraising for arts programming in neglected city schools, someone brought up President Bill Clinton. I rolled my 20-year-old eyes and said, “Like he ever did anything for poor kids.” The woman sitting to my right, who got under folks’ skin in such a way that the phrase I’m not going to jail for her was often uttered, stepped to his defense.

Kid Rock has issued a $5,000 reward for anyone who can identify the man on crutches who attempted to break into his Detroit-area home. The Rock Kid, who managed to ruin "Werewolves of London" and "Sweet Home Alabama" simultaneously, also wants everyone to know that he will "not hesitate to shoot" anyone else who tries to break in.

Finally some good news out of Florida — lawmakers have agreed to hold hearings on the "Stand Your Ground" law.

A 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome won her independence from her parents in a guardianship case on Friday when a judge ruled that the woman couldn't be kept in a group home against her will.

Suicide bombers just attacked the Indian consulate in Afghanistan. Twenty-three people were injured and nine children died in the blast. Yesterday the State Department issued a travel alert and announced that 22 US embassies would be closed on Sunday due to fear of an al Qaeda attack.

Time Warner Cable subscribers have been blocked from watching CBS shows on the channel's website, and TWC has dropped CBS in several markets, due to an argument about the fee TWC pays CBS to carry its signal. If you're affected, don't worry: You are better off without Big Brother.

An Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer who was named Officer of the Year back in May is under investigation for excessive use of force after surveillance footage surfaced showing him attacking a man who called for police assistance following a suspected burglary.

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Welcome to Annotate This, where we gather reviews, trailers, and annotate the posters for movies coming out this week. It will help you decide what to avoid, what to see, and what to pretend to see. Click on the image above to add your comments to the mix.

In a very matter-of-fact, oh-so-Raven sort of way, former Cosby Show child star Raven-Symoné officially came out today, putting to rest the rumors surrounding her sexuality.

Dan Savage’s #DUMPRUSSIANVODKA boycott (particularly Stoli) to protest the government-sanctioned oppression of gays in Russia is in full swing. Should you participate? Or keep guzzling the stuff?