An Ohio bank is refusing to reimburse a Vinton County woman whose house they unjustly repossessed while she was out of town.

After pulling a terrific, sneaky stunt to test the restaurant's service for its no-name customers, New York Times critic Pete Wells knocked Daniel Boulud's flagship Daniel down a star, leaving only five four-star restaurants in New York City.

Does anyone want Carlos Danger, né Anthony Weiner, to stay in the New York City mayoral race? Bill DeBlasio doesn't (duh). The Daily News doesn't. The Times doesn't. Since Weiner admitted to sending sex messages to women even after he told everyone he'd stopped, the only people who still want him in the race are himself, and his wife.

North Carolina legislators just approved a gun bill that allows concealed-carry permit holders to carry guns into bars, restaurants and playgrounds, and to keep guns inside locked cars on public school and university campuses.

A glitch in Citi Bike's system inadvertently exposed the personal information — including credit card numbers — of more than 1,000 users in mid-April, and the Department of Transportation has no explanation for why customers weren't notified until July 18.

The Centers for Disease Control says that more than 250 people in six states have come down with a stomach bug from an unidentified source. The cyclospora infection — which causes diarrhea and other flulike symptoms — has been reported in Iowa, Nebraska, Texas, Wisconsin, Georgia and Connecticut, and could be a foodborne illness.

Papers are going to run out of inches for all the politicians with sex scandals crowding the news cycle this week, especially now that a second woman has come forward to accuse San Diego Mayor Bob Filner of sexual harassment.

Buzzfeed has identified the woman linked to the latest Anthony Weiner sexts, sent even after he resigned from office for a sexting scandal.

A 63-year-old man in rural Japan is suspected of murdering five people, burning down two homes, and leaving a haiku as a clue.

More like Fahrenheit 450-dumb. A fake Florida firefighter was arrested after he set fire to a library in the hopes of joining the real firefighters who came to put out the blaze.

John Morillo, a 47-year-old Canadian man, apologized today for causing an international incident last night when he drank eight beers and then swam across the Detroit River, just to prove to his friends he could.

The sterling reputation of America's oldest and most mystical tradition—the radio station contest—was forever tarnished this week, when Boston's Kiss FM pulled the plug on its "Taylor Swift's Biggest Fan" contest after Taylor Swift's Biggest Fan was revealed to be a 39-year-old man named Charles.

Where in the world is Bill Murray? Sipping red wine through a straw in Brooklyn at Delaney Barbecue.

Despite her fame, fortune, and fuckload of well-deserved awards, Jennifer Lawrence continues to be the most down-to-earth person in Hollywood.

While speaking with a guest on the subject of climate change, CNN International anchor Jonathan Mann got a bit hot and bothered himself.

In a press conference wrapped only moments ago, New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner admitted to sending inappropriate messages to strange women even months after he resigned from Congress in disgrace.

It is an irrefutable fact that America's spies are far more innovative than members of our television news media, right. Right?

Hedge fund honcho Steve Cohen has chosen "the most hilarious possible defense" to SEC charges that he "failed to supervise" employees charged with insider trading. A 46-page white paper claims Cohen "did not even read" an email concerning ill-gotten intel on Dell.