Tom Scocca · 07/11/13 09:50AM

Looks like somebody needs to add a "WAH" button to their website, LOL

Smoking in Europe Is No Longer Cool

Hamilton Nolan · 07/11/13 09:04AM

Once upon a time in the Good Old Days, "Europe" was a sophisticated land across the sea full of jazz musicians and sexually adventurous women, and all of them were smoking cigarettes sexily like there was no tomorrow. Those days are dead now. Europe is on its way to becoming just another sanitized smokeless place that sells chocolates.

Did the “Deep State” Sabotage Morsi?

Max Read · 07/11/13 07:28AM

It's been a week since Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was removed from power by the military, and something odd has happened: There aren't any lines for gas, and electric power is consistently on.

19-Foot Python Breaks Into Australian Thrift Store

Taylor Berman · 07/10/13 08:53PM

Police in Australia investigating a presumed burglary at a thrift store thought it was odd that there was a large hole in the store's ceiling and a pile of vomit-like liquid on the ground. As it turns out, though, it wasn't a burglar responsible for the damage but instead a 19-foot python, which an employee found 24-hours later, hiding alongside a wall.

Cord Jefferson · 07/10/13 07:41PM

Officials say the 30 people missing following a fiery train derailment in Quebec on Sunday are presumed dead, which puts the death toll at 50. The engineer behind the crash has been suspended and is under "police control."

Utah Prisons Finally Scrap Stupid Rule Requiring English-Only Visits

Cord Jefferson · 07/10/13 07:03PM

For years Utah prisons have been unique in that they required inmates to speak with their visitors using only English, the fear being that anyone speaking in some godless foreign tongue could be dangerously scheming in front of the guards. Ain't that the American way: Instead of teaching the guards foreign languages, or hiring multilingual guards in the first place, let's just ban every language but English.

Star Witness in Bradley Manning Trial Explains Why Wikileaks Mattered

Adrian Chen · 07/10/13 06:19PM

Now that Wikileaks has devolved into a glorified travel agency for Edward Snowden, it's easy to forget the actual value it demonstrated from about 2006-2010, before Julian Assange drove it into a brick wall. Today, the defense's star witness in Pfc. Bradley Manning's trial, Harvard professor Yochai Benkler offered a powerful argument for why Wikileaks mattered, and why we still need something like it.

Bobbi Kristina Denies Incest: ‘We Aren't Even Real Brother and Sister’

Caity Weaver · 07/10/13 06:01PM

Young love: so magical when it happens in movies, so annoying when it happens in real life because this Chili's is for everyone and families are trying to eat dinner here. Sophomores dating juniors. Cheerleaders dating lacrosse captains. Brothers dating sisters. Everything cool except that last one.

Florida Man Robs Gas Station While Applying for a Job There

Camille Dodero · 07/10/13 06:00PM

Seems like foolproof plan: start filling out a job application at the gas-station counter, pretend to be engrossed in the paperwork, and when the clerk walks away, grab the money you've spotted in an easily accessible drawer. Simple crime. Don't even need a squirt gun to pull off that trick.

Cord Jefferson · 07/10/13 05:09PM

Jury deliberations in the Trayvon Martin murder trial will begin on Friday afternoon. Closing arguments are tomorrow.

Hedge Funds Will Be Able to Advertise Soon

Hamilton Nolan · 07/10/13 04:01PM

For 80 years, it's been illegal for hedge funds to advertise to the public, due to various SEC regulations. Now, those regulations are changing. Hedge funds will soon be able to advertise! *Eyes you up and down* Probably not to you, though.