White-Haired Obama Has "Complete Confidence" In Eric Holder
Ken Layne · 05/16/13 12:31PMBarack Obama and a visiting foreigner just had a press conference, but nobody cares about the other country (Turkey?) because there are scandals afoot in Washington, so everything's about Eric Holder always doing terrible things. Eric Holder is Obama's friend. So he won't be fired unless all of this doesn't go away in the next couple of news cycles.
Lady Rapper Kreayshawn Pens Best PSA Against Teen Pregnancy on Tumblr
Nitasha Tiku · 05/16/13 12:12PMDrunk Man Gets Back at Angry Girlfriend by Cutting Off His Own Penis
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/16/13 12:11PM(Update) Kai, the Internet's Hero Hitchhiker, Now Wanted for Murder
Cord Jefferson · 05/16/13 12:06PMYou might remember Kai, Pauly Shore's Encino Man character come to life, from earlier this year when he helped save a Fresno woman who was being attacked by a violent racist. Kai's chill-bro demeanor and quick thinking in the face of danger—he beat the crazed man down with hatchet blows to his head—briefly made him the internet's new favorite meme. But was the drifter hero everyone was celebrating also a deadly maniac himself?
Maggie Lange · 05/16/13 12:00PM
Please, Walk Down the Escalator
Hamilton Nolan · 05/16/13 11:54AM
Let's just say for argument's sake that you enter a New York City subway station and step onto an escalator that's headed down towards the train tracks. At that moment, you must choose one of two clear courses of action: walk down the escalator, or stand still. Put more precisely, you can either walk down the escalator, or you deserve to be pushed down the escalator.
Poor Joe Biden Can't Get Anybody To Buy His Book
Ken Layne · 05/16/13 11:46AMFederal Prison Inmate Suing Taco Bell For Stealing His Doritos Idea
Maggie Lange · 05/16/13 11:34AM
A little more than a year ago, Taco Bell created shells out of Doritos Chips. This was a milestone in their endless quest to invent unexpected combinations of melted cheese, mystery meat, crunchy shell, and the most wilted lettuce to grace this green earth. Taco Bell titled this creation "Doritos Locos Tacos."
Leah Beckmann · 05/16/13 11:23AM
Study: Market Economies Make Us Evil
Hamilton Nolan · 05/16/13 11:14AMGeorgia Man Burns Down Neighbor's House Over Unkempt Lawn
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/16/13 11:12AMLulzSec Hackers Sentenced For 2011 Cybercrime Spree
Adrian Chen · 05/16/13 11:10AMKanye West Throws Another Tantrum, Loosens Grasp on Reality
Rich Juzwiak · 05/16/13 10:31AMAd Agency Employee Drops Dead in Office from 'Work-Related Exhaustion'
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/16/13 10:27AMPaintings Made of Money Shatter Records at History's Biggest Auction
Maggie Lange · 05/16/13 09:57AM
At an auction held at Christie's last night, a record-breaking $495 million was spent on paintings, surpassing individual records for works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jackson Pollock, and Roy Lichtenstein. The chairman of Christie's Americas, Marc Porter, said this was the biggest art auction in history. Some might wonder about the buyers—what are these people, made of money? Nope, just the paintings, paintings literally made of money and jewels.
A Portland Police Pursuit Was Interrupted by Ducks Crossing the Street
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/16/13 09:18AMPortland Police Traffic Officer Mark James was in hot pursuit of a traffic violator caught going 52mph in a 35mph zone when his "high-speed chase" was abruptly interrupted by a family of ducks trying to cross the street.









