A social studies teacher in Illinois is facing possible dismissal after he informed his students of their constitutional right to skip self-incriminating questions on a drug and alcohol use survey administered by the school.

As you may have seen, especially if you are Canadian, the Rob Ford Crackstarter reached its $200,000 goal at some point around 4 p.m. yesterday, as I was busy fielding phone calls while trying to steer my young children away from a very hot grill without spilling my beer. What happens now?

Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon, Jessica Chastain and your mom, probably, all want to play Hillary Clinton in Rodham, the upcoming biopic about young Hillary.

More than 40% of American college students are enrolled in a community college. The problems facing community colleges resemble the problems facing public schools more than the problems facing larger universities. In particular, racial segregation and inequality.

A JCPenney billboard promoting an exclusive Michael Graves-designed tea kettle has been turning the heads of motorists driving along the 405 near Culver City.

Rudyard Kipling signed his letters very sincerely, but he was not sincere. In his own Just So story of how his books came to be, the author of The Jungle Book and Kim cagily admits to plagiarism.

You like coffee? Yeah, I used to like coffee. I'm kind of over that now. I've evolved past that. I've advanced into tea. Tea is kind of the new "thing," for me and my 300 million closest friends, the citizens of the United States of America.

Beyoncé's show in Copenhagen last night was momentarily interrupted when her body proved too bootylicious for one fresh fan who proceeded to slap her on her behind.

A family in Nanjing, China, was left embarrassed and apologetic after their 15-year-old son was found to have defaced an ancient Egyptian relic with the phrase "Ding Jinhao was here."

Those who enjoy slow-motion disasters have spent years watching the travails of the gallant United States Postal Service, which is kind of like FedEx if it was run by the Three Stooges. Just how existentially challenged is our nation's mail service?

A newborn baby in Jinhua, China is in stable condition after being cut from a small section of sewer pipe—where it had been trapped after its mother apparently flushed it down the toilet. Watch out; the video's a little graphic.

A man making “unusual statements” attempted to open an airplane door today during a flight from Alaska to Portland, Oregon. Passengers eventually subdued the man, who authorities said weighed 220 pounds, using shoelaces and seat-belt extensions

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's press secretary and assistant press secretary both quit on Monday. Their resignations came four days after Ford fired his chief of staff.

According to Pennsylvania State Police, on Saturday a 16-year-old stabbed his 17-year-old girlfriend to death as the two were in the middle of an argument. When the teenager returned home, bloodied and crying, he reportedly confessed to his mom.

Happy Memorial Day! The United States is the only rich country that doesn't guarantee paid vacation days or holidays to its workers.

Now that Amanda Bynes has finished randomly lashing out at Rihanna, she's moved on to her next, probably more deserving target: the NYPD. Monday morning, Bynes took to Twitter to announce her plans to sue the NYPD, her apartment complex, and possibly (the rant is difficult to understand) the hospital in which she was mentally evaluated after being arrested Thursday night.

Donald Trump has reportedly spent $1 million researching a potential presidential run in 2016. Perhaps he should have used that money to buy a new wig instead.

According to the Globe and Mail, Toronto police are investigating a tip that reportedly links Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's crack video to a murder in Toronto. Two sources told the Globe and Mail that police interviewed a senior staff member from Ford's office last week about the tip, which the staffer reportedly received shortly after Gawker published its report about the video earlier this month.

A Memorial Day weekend cruise to the Bahamas nearly turned tragic early Monday morning when a fire broke out aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship.

Last we checked, Ron Paul had filed a lawsuit with the World Intellectual Property Organization (an agency of the UN, which he HATES) in an attempt to expropriate both RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org from his supporters. So how'd that all turn out for Paul? Not so well.