Inept Purse Snatcher Manages to Escape Despite Running Into Glass Door, Knocking Himself Out
Neetzan Zimmerman · 04/02/13 08:20AMAn attempt to make a clean getaway turned into a scene right out of a screwball comedy for one Australia thief who slammed into a glass door on his way out of a shopping mall in Perth.
Caity Weaver · 04/02/13 08:15AM
New York State Senator and City Councilman Arrested for Trying to Rig Mayor's Race
Maggie Lange · 04/02/13 08:07AMCaught on Camera: Woman Nearly Run Over by Train After Jumping Onto Tracks to Retrieve Her Cellphone
Neetzan Zimmerman · 04/02/13 08:00AMFootage posted to YouTube late last week shows a Brazilian woman being pulled out of the way of an oncoming train at quite literally the very last second.
Watch America's Jon Stewart Passionately Defend 'Egypt's Jon Stewart,' Arrested for Insulting the President
Max Read · 04/02/13 07:40AMBassem Youssef, the Egyptian TV host and satirist known as "Egypt's Jon Stewart," was arrested over the weekend for insulting President Mohamed Morsi and Islam. America's Jon Stewart, who's had Youssef on as a guest in the past, took the opportunity to defend his friend and counterpart (and knock Morsi for anti-Semitism) on The Daily Show last night.
North Korea Restarts Nuclear Reactor as U.S. Moves Destroyer Into Region
Max Read · 04/02/13 07:17AM
Declaring that North Korea's "nuclear armed forces represent the nation's life which can never be abandoned as long as the imperialists and nuclear threats exist on earth," Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un announced today that the country would be restarting a nuclear reactor it had shut down in 2007, reneging on an agreement it had reached in multilateral talks at the time. The news that the Yongbyon nuclear complex would "restart all nuclear facilities" comes a day after the U.S. sent the destroyer U.S.S. John S. McCain on patrol in the region, and reflected the bellicose tone that Pyongyang has taken since its third successful nuclear test in February. Luckily we're still a ways away from war; all threats between North and South Korea have been conditional ("we will turn your country into a sea of fire... if you provoke us"), and the relaunch of Yongbyon is unlikely to make a huge difference to the country's arsenal. Nonetheless, top U.S. commander in South Korea Gen. James Thurman expressed concern on Good Morning America that an "impulsive decision" by the DPRK leadership could cause "kinetic provocation." [CNN, The Atlantic Wire, NBC]
Dad Shoots Family Dog, Slices Open Its Stomach to Retrieve Son's Finger
Taylor Berman · 04/01/13 10:52PM
When Luis Brignoni, a 41-year-old Florida Man, heard screams from his backyard, he went outside to discover a terrible scene: his 11-year-old son, Fernando, screaming and bloody-handed as his older son, 13-year-old Luis Jr, stood nearby, beating the family dog over the head with a stick. The dog, a Malamute-wolf mix named Sassy, had just bitten off Fernando's finger and was holding it in its mouth. Brignoni approached the dog to retrieve the severed digit but by that time it was too late – Sassy had swallowed the little finger.
Taylor Berman · 04/01/13 09:29PM
Easter Egg Hunt at Seattle Zoo Turns Into Bloody Brawl Between Moms
Taylor Berman · 04/01/13 08:56PMArianna Huffington Sued for Allegedly Trashing $27,000-a-Month Apartment, Leaving Behind 'Bloodied Mattresses'
Taylor Berman · 04/01/13 07:40PMTaylor Berman · 04/01/13 06:27PM
CORRECTION: Facebook Mogul Sean Parker Insists His Costume Wedding Will Be Steampunk, Not Medieval
Caity Weaver · 04/01/13 05:48PMLeah Beckmann · 04/01/13 05:30PM
Lawmaker Testifies NYPD Commissioner Wanted to 'Instill Fear' in Black and Brown Men with Stop and Frisk
Cord Jefferson · 04/01/13 05:02PM
Ever since the New York City Police Department initiated its reviled stop-and-frisk technique, the force's laughable refrain has been that its officers are not engaging in racial profiling. It may not look like racial profiling to Mayor Michael Bloomberg or NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, who oversee stop and frisk, but to the millions of blacks and Latinos harassed by the NYPD over the years it is a blatant campaign against dark skin.
Attention Students: 'Just Being Yourself' Isn't a Skill That Should Earn You Admission to College
Caity Weaver · 04/01/13 04:00PMNo, Matt Drudge, Drones Are Not Delivering Newspapers in France
Max Read · 04/01/13 02:58PM
For about 20 minutes this morning, the top headline on the Drudge Report was "DRONES TO DELIVER NEWSPAPERS." It was a nice bit for Drudge, one that satisfied both his obsession with drones and his obsession with media, and had a good future-shock value for his aging, perpetually terrified audience. It was also, obviously, an April Fool's Day joke.
Check Out the Ridiculous Shirt 'Changed Man' Chris Brown Wore on the Today Show
Rich Juzwiak · 04/01/13 01:40PM
Chris Brown's contrived redemption tour continues — in an interview with Matt Lauer that aired earlier this morning on Today to promote his underwhelming new single "Fine China," the singer repeatedly emphasized how good and positive his current state of mind is. He did this with words. ("For my album and what I'm promoting as far as the single or whatever it is, it's just about me being positive..." "Everything's good. We're fine." "I'm not really focused on the negative. Everything is positive for me." "Movin' forward. Positive.") He also did this with his shirt, which sported a print of interlocking hearts, peace signs and laurel wreaths. Behold, love's champion.





