Two women delivering newspapers in Torrance on Thursday morning were shot by Los Angeles police officers searching for Christopher Jordan Dorner, the ex-LAPD officer allegedly on a revenge killing spree over his 2009 firing from the force. A third person who filmed the shooting is also said to have been shot

A young man who sought to improve his look with some OTC hair dye did the exact opposite when it soon became apparent that he was allergic to the product.

Robin Roberts will return to Good Morning America permanently on Feb. 20. Al Roker has a congratulations kiss for you.

By 2050, 13.8 million Americans are projected have Alzheimer's. I said, by 2050... forget it.

As the Today Show hemorrhages ratings, executives have no doubt spent countless hours in their corner offices at 30 Rock speaking in hushed tones about "social media integration" and "guest co-hosts." Who knew it was passion that America's ex-favorite morning program was missing?

Jesse Jackson Jr. was reportedly offered a plea deal that includes "significant" jail time in his campaign-fund scandal.

Back in 2010, Gizmodo predicted that Google Store View — Street View's in-store component — "probably won't result is as many hilarious candids" as its older sibling. Well, it took a minute, but pretty fantastic Google Store View candid has finally been located.

A former LAPD officer who was fired in 2009 for allegedly making false statements about his training officer is the main suspect in three officer-involved shootings that took place overnight in Riverside and Corona.

Today, the New York Times reports on Michael Olajide Jr., a former pro boxer who's now a personal trainer in the West Village. It seems his fitness classes are very popular with the fashionable set.

Late Wednesday night, Room Eight broke the major story that millionaire author and recap muse Lena Dunham did not vote in the last election, despite starring in that controversial pro-Obama get-out-and-vote ad last fall. So, huge scandal, right? Maybe. From Room Eight, who really dug deep for this one:

Vincent Burroughs, a resident of Fall Creek, Oregon, is suing the U.S. Government and an IRS agent he says coerced him into sex. According to Burroughs, the trouble began in August 2011, when the accused IRS agent, Dora Abrahamson, called Burroughs to let him know he would be audited.

Late Wednesday evening, the White House announced it had ordered the Justice Department to release to two Congressional intelligence committees the memos containing the legal justifications for drone strikes against U.S. citizens. The announcement comes two days after NBC News released a confidential memo that detailed similar information, and one day before the Senate confirmation hearing of Obama's nominee for CIA director, John Brennan, who is considered the chief architect of the administration's escalated use of drones. Before today, neither the White House nor the Justice Department had acknowledged the memos's existence.

Scientists say there might be an Earth-like planet just "next door." And by next door, they mean 76 trillion miles away.

If you insist on ruining whatever liquor you're drinking by mixing it with something other than ice, then you might as well make it some sort of diet soda. Why? Because it will get you almost 20% drunker, according to a recently released study.

"Fashion Film," starring Lizzy Caplan (from Party Down, Mean Girls, and in between Matthew Perry's sweaty thighs), exploded all over the Internet today.

Twenty-seven-year-old Megan Phelps-Roper and her younger sister Grace have left the infamous Westboro Baptist Church after spending their lives there, the former announced today on Medium in a post called "Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise." Writing briefly but articulately, Megan contextualizes her departure from the church best known for proclaiming "God Hates Fags" and protesting whatever funerals they can muster up a reason to spray with their bile.

The only TV news source left that more Americans trust than distrust is PBS, the station Mitt Romney planned to defund.

What is a secret drone base that's not actually a secret? The Washington Post and the New York Times revealed today that they were among a number of news organizations that participated in a blackout regarding the location of a "secret" CIA drone base in Saudia Arabia at the behest of the Obama Administration. But it turns out that base had already been reported months earlier—including by Fox News. In the case of the Saudi drone base, the Times and the Post weren't protecting a state secret: They were helping the CIA bury an inconvenient story.

A nine-year-old girl from the impoverished town of Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos in western Mexico has given birth by Caesarean section to a healthy 5.7lb baby girl.

We are not "yellow" journalists who would sensationalize stories in a way that might have a negative impact on the economic livelihood of an entire region. So we will not go out of our way to urge anyone not to visit Acapulco, Mexico. We will simply pass on this latest incident to you, as reported by the AP.