In the past, we have brought you several volumes of true stories from Wal-Mart workers, describing what life is like as an employee of the biggest retailer on earth. Union-busting and heartless corporate behavior stories abounded. Today, we bring you a few more plaintive wails from inside the Walton empire.

Enjoy your afternoon Superchunk: Pitchfork has "Me & You & Jackie Mittoo," the latest (grammatically dubious) release from their forthcoming record album "I Hate Music," online for your listening pleasure. It is sad and happy at the same time.

"At a time when non-whites make up roughly 37 percent of the U.S. population, the percentage of minorities in the newsroom has fallen to 12.37 percent from its 13.73 percent high in 2006." You don't say!

A terrifying kidnapping "prank" staged as part of a man's bachelor party nearly ruined the wedding after the "victim" developed shingles as a result of the stress he endured during the abduction.

Jay Z #MagnaCarta filled with ENDLESS 'niggas' and hate trash talk. Beyonce approve of this madness? Meanwhile, burning all my Tom Ford.

Marathon Bombing movies were inevitable, but now the first one is in development: Boston Strong, the forthcoming book from Casey Sherman and Boston Herald reporter Dave Wedge, has been optioned to two screenwriters behind The Fighter.

In the last six weeks, the Citi Bike has become an omnipresent New York City character, appearing on a New Yorker cover, landing a supporting role with Leonardo DiCaprio's e-cigarette, and causing a Wall Street Journal board member nearly to burst into angry, elitist flames over the pernicious "all-powerful bike lobby."

Ball State University has hired a new astronomy professor: Guillermo Gonzalez, who was denied tenure at his last school because he believes in intelligent design. It's a good ol' time in the science lab, ahoy!

A California woman on the run from the law since being convicted of several crimes including insurance fraud, tax evasion, and grand theft, was captured in Mexico last week thanks to a tweet she allegedly posted taunting authorities to "catch me if you can."

Your hair style can cause permanent hair damage, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. What sort of hair style, you ask? Oh just braids, ponytails, cornrows, hair extensions, and anything that involves combing, and/or brushing. Etc.

Rupert Murdoch is being ordered to appear before Parliament (again) because of the secretly-recorded meeting where Murdoch admitted knowing his papers bribed police and public officials. Fourth-wives-in-training, brush up on your pie-swatting skills.

A San Antonio man faces criminal charges after he accidentally shot his girlfriend while aiming a weapon at his ex-girlfriend.

"Rooting for this man in 2013 is like rooting for Pfizer. Or PepsiCo. Or PRISM." Chris Richards' review of Jay-Z's new album is ferociously accurate.

Recently released footage showing a Michigan woman casually and callously attempting to hire a hitman to kill her husband reveals her alleged motive: "It was easier than divorcing him."

Egypt's interim president has appointed a new prime minister: Hazem El-Beblawi, the country's former finance minister. Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel-winning diplomat who was incorrectly reported as the new prime minister on Saturday, will be deputy president for foreign affairs.

The average rent of an apartment in America is just over $1,000 per month. But do you know how much the average rent is in New York City. Do you? DO YOU? TOO MUCH.

Edward Snowden, the ex-contractor who leaked NSA documents to the Guardian and Washington Post, has accepted Venezuela's offer of asylum, AFP reports. Update: Or maybe not! The tweet cited by AFP has been deleted.

Some 30,000 inmates across two-thirds of California's prisons launched a hunger strike on Monday, refusing meals and skipping work and classes in a protest, organized by inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison in northern California, against unjust isolation practices.

It's been almost exactly one year since Seth Collins started his quest to honor his late brother Aaron's dying wish: "Leave an awesome tip (and I don’t mean 25%. I mean $500 on a fucking pizza) for a waiter or waitress."

Beer-swilling Americans, globally regarded as the very Platonic ideal of refinement and taste, are renowned for their refined palates. They certainly are not the type of people to sit around on the back bumper of a pickup truck and drink themselves senseless on literally any form of alcoholic liquid no matter how disgusting while ranting about unfavored sports teams. So it is newsworthy to report that this group of gourmets is now being enticed to drink their beer out of a humble can.