Late Sunday night, a riot involving 2,000 workers broke out at a Foxconn plant in northern China that manufactures the iPhone 5, reportedly sparked by a fight between workers and security guards. Like the parade of horror stories out of Chinese factories, the riots once again underscored the notoriously dismal labor conditions of the young workers who make our gadgets. But it also highlighted a growing level of worker unrest in China. More than ever, Chinese workers are struggling to help themselves, which could improve labor conditions more than a thousand tearjerking This American Life exposes.

In Vandalia, Ohio, today, after Mitt Romney thanked running mate Paul Ryan for his stump speech, rally attendees instinctively began chanting "Ryan, Ryan," as rally attendees are wont to do.

A low-cost airline based out of Southeast Asia has announced plans to introduce specially designated "quiet zones" that will be made available exclusively "for guests age 12 and above."

His magisterial highness the beloved democratic leader KIM JONG-UN today happily ruled over the smiling people's kingdom of the DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, where great tributes and praise for the beloved memory of the late heroic kindly leader of the people in perpetuity KIM JONG-IL, father of beloved current leader of the happily satisfied people and animals alike KIM JONG-UN, are routinely the order of the day. In what way was the memory of the highest imperial democratic inspiration KIM JONG-IL praised today, by the industrious citizens of the world, according to the DPRK's official news agency?

We told you last month that Pamela Geller's wildly offensive pro-Israel ads, which paraphrase Ayn Rand to call Muslims "savages," were set to make their debut in New York City's subways sometime in September.

What do you do to something you love? Give it hot dogs and beer, right? Wrong, guys, if that something is a dolphin.

No doubt inspired by professional actors reciting Yelp reviews in dramatic fashion, Awkward Spaceship troupe member Dave Urlakis pours himself a mactini and performs a dramatic reading of the ingredients that make up a box of Kraft macaroni & cheese.

Last night, a bad call by the NFL's replacement referees cost the Green Bay Packers a win, and everyone's talking about it. Everyone except for you, hiding in your office, unable to understand 50 percent of the words in the previous sentence, faking a coughing fit every time one of your coworkers passes by. Well, non sports fan, we're here to save you. This is everything you need to know about the NFL's replacement referee fiasco and last night's crazy Green Bay-Seattle game — tailored for people who've never watched a minute of professional football.

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A man in Oregon gave new meaning to the term "cat burglar" last week after he was caught sleeping on the floor of the home he was in the middle of robbing.

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Team Breezy continues to be buffeted by gale force winds of legal misfortune: a California judge has just ordered further review of Chris Brown's community service and travel history, to determine whether he violated the terms of his five year probation, established following his 2009 beating of Rihanna.

For the past 24 hours, there has been an influx of new pop singles and almost all of them are subdued to the point of underwhelming. Here, I'll rank them in order of my faintly praised favorites.

Several congressional staffers employed by Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) were caught on camera directing "Indian war whoops" and "tomahawk chops" at supporters of Senate race opponent Elizabeth Warren outside a Boston pub this week.

On January 23, 2009, shortly after President Obama took office, the U.S. military blew up two houses in Waziristan with missiles fired by drones. These were the first of nearly 300 drone strikes in Pakistan the Obama administration has carried out. Here is what it was like from the other side.

30 Rock is ending but Tina Fey will never leave you. She's signed a 4-year deal with Universal to develop TV projects.

APEril the white-handed gibbon was rejected by her mother shortly after birth, but quickly found a suitable replacement in Chuck — a rescue cat who was similarly abandoned at birth.

The University of Tennessee chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity has just been suspended after its members began embracing the Real Housewives of New York City lifestyle a little too enthusiastically.

Last night in D.C., Madonna had a very important message for concert-goers: vote for Obama, the "black Muslim in the White House." (FACT CHECK: Obama is not a Muslim.)

Speaking at yesterday's unveiling of a new anti-substance abuse initiative, Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro took shots at Lady Gaga for allegedly glorifying drug use in the eyes of today's impressionable youth.