Charges Dropped Against Kid Who Rapped About the Boston Bombing
Camille Dodero · 06/28/13 05:14PMCameron D'Ambrosio spent more than 30 days in jail for a Facebook post. On May 1, the high-school senior from Methuen, Massachusetts was playing hooky when he posted rap lyrics that referenced the Boston Marathon bombing and called the White House a "federal house of horror." His school contacted the local cops, who arrested the kid and charged him with "terroristic threats," a felony punishable for up to 20 years in prison.
The Week in Movies: The Heat, White House Down, and I'm So Excited!
Maggie Lange · 06/28/13 04:42PMHere's a Bearded Larry David and Jon Hamm in Glasses in Clear History
Maggie Lange · 06/28/13 04:37PMHere's the trailer for Larry David's upcoming HBO movie, Clear History. Basically, Larry David's character has a crazy frizzed-out hair-beard combo. He works for Jon Hamm who is sporting a suit, also so wild. Anyways, David's character quits because he thinks Hamm's character is dumb and then he loses out on millions and Hamm is rich and happy and married to Kate Hudson. After a decade of bitterness, David's character launches a madcap revenge plot.
At Last Someone Speaks Against the Drumstick: Chicken Parts, Ranked
Tom Scocca · 06/28/13 04:07PM
"Maakies" cartoonist Tony Millionaire, or his cartoon alter ego Drinky Crow, has delivered a vivid and much needed denunciation of the gristle-laced food-engineering debacle known as the "drumstick," one of the worst popular items of food, and one of the least appealing offerings from the generally delicious carcass of a chicken.
A Reminder of How Much the Person Serving Your Food Is Making
Hamilton Nolan · 06/28/13 03:33PM
For months now, a coalition of community and labor activists have been pushing for the (perhaps impossible) dream of unionizing fast food workers in New York City, or at least getting them a living wage. Yesterday, some of those fast food workers pleaded their case to the City Council. Here's something worth remembering before your evening KFC.
Hamilton Nolan · 06/28/13 01:44PM
Jimmy Carter Sticks Up for His Old Pal Paula Deen
Kate Bennert · 06/28/13 01:28PMIn an interview with CNN on the eve of The Carter Center's upcoming human rights forum, former president Jimmy Carter took the opportunity to weigh in about his dear old friend, celebrity racist Paula Deen.
Storage Wars' Brandi Passante Awarded a Paltry $750 from Hunter Moore
Camille Dodero · 06/28/13 01:15PM
Brandi Passante, one of the professional trash pickers on the A&E faux-reality competition Storage Wars, sued our old pal Hunter Moore last fall after he posted a nude video online of a woman he claimed was the reality star. A California judge finally ruled on the suit after Moore defaulted, awarding the reality star. . . a whopping $750.
How Did Rusty the Red Panda Escape? Don't Ask the National Zoo
Tom Scocca · 06/28/13 01:05PM
The Smithsonian has sent out a press release purporting to update the public on this week's escape of Rusty, a red panda (Ailurus fulgens), from a supposedly secure enclosure at the National Zoo. It is a masterpiece of tautology and obfuscation, designed to conceal the fact that the zookeepers have no idea how an animal with a sub-three-inch brain got away from them.
Hey Kids! Obama Is Removing All the Fun Junk Food in 2014, So Snack Up
Maggie Lange · 06/28/13 12:54PM
The Obama administration is making more moves to prevent childhood obesity—a complete overhaul of the munchies and beverages sold outside of school cafeterias. The administration just released a new set of nutrition standards, which means no more cheese curls or sugar water. You can have fruit. A petite granola bar. Light popcorn. Water. Maybe some low fat tortilla chips, but watch that portion size because everything, according to the new standards, must be under 200 calories.
Luxury Realtors Sprinkle Dead Mice and Snakes on Rival Property
Caity Weaver · 06/28/13 12:45PM
The Main Line. A tony, stony region of suburban Philadelphia where the cricket clubs chirp and the toddlers take Mandarin and the driveways are covered with dead mice and snakes. Just a beautiful, fancy area, full of old money and a few NFL players, and a shit ton of dead mice and snakes. Perfect for raising a family of humans or a family of dead mice and snakes.
Convicted Pedophile Priest Claims the Vatican Had a Rentboy Ring
Nitasha Tiku · 06/28/13 12:39PMThe U.S. Park Service Lost Track of an Entire Arsenal of Guns
Hamilton Nolan · 06/28/13 12:13PMBloomberg on Stop-and-Frisk: 'I Think We Stop Minorities Too Little'
Cord Jefferson · 06/28/13 11:49AMThe David Lynch-Directed NIN Music Video Comes with a Seizure Warning
Maggie Lange · 06/28/13 11:29AMDavid Lynch directed a music video for the new Nine Inch Nails song, "Came Back Haunted." In case you want to take my word for it, it's all flashes, shaky cam, forced metaphors, and aggressive flickers. Here's the key image:





