Nobody would bat an eye if U.S. Vice President Joe Biden went missing for more than a week. We'd all assume he was on an epic ayahuasca trip and he'd be back when he got it out of his system. But when Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping goes missing, people freak out. He's presumed to be the next leader of China, slated to take over as chief of the Communist Party in just a few weeks. But he hasn't been seen in public or heard from since September 1st. *ominous music*

RuPaul wants to duet with Honey Boo Boo: "She is real, she is lovely, she's funny."

There's no telling how long the Chicago Teachers Union strike — the first strike of its kind in the city in a quarter-century — will last, but, as this photo clearly shows, the protests have already taken a turn for the dirty.

The Village Voice's new set of rules for defining what makes a one-hit wonder is brilliant and essential. Carly: maybe.

If you're looking to be reminded of the tragic events that occurred eleven years ago today, don't bother checking the front pages of the New York Times or the New York Post.

On today's episode of Ellen, South Korean sensation Park Jae-Sang, AKA Psy of "Gangnam Style" fame, makes a surprise appearance to show host Ellen DeGeneres, guest Britney Spears, and members of the audience how to do his signature dance moves (tip: dress classy, dance cheesy).

Though construction officially began in early 2006, it wasn't until a few years later that One World Trade Center — formerly the Freedom Tower — began to take its rightful place in New York City's iconic skyline.

Here is what is in right now: rooftop beehives and celebrating Rosh HaShana. In Brooklyn, the two practices go hand in hand.

It's fascinating to think of what might have been if fate had taken a different course — if the RMS Titanic had embarked with sufficient lifeboats, if Captain E.J. Smith had heeded the warnings of icebergs, if Jeremy Sisto had been cast in the movie instead of Leonardo DiCaprio.

Hantavirus is back and bigger than ever: first the Yosemite outbreak, and now a new case on the set of a reality show filming in Texas.

OK, we can all relax — Blake Lively's ex-boyfriend and Gossip Girl co-star Penn Badgley is happy she got hitched.

The ladies of The Talk kickstarted their third season this morning with an entire show dedicated to talking about not wearing makeup while not wearing makeup. It went just as predicted; women shouted rhyming platitudes about "feeling beautiful in their own skin" in unison, Jamie Lee Curtis showed up, then they all had a laugh about making out with dudes on TV. It's like if Television Without Pretty were interpreted literally. Here is that show in 70 seconds. You're welcome.

The venerable New Yorker is the latest casualty in Facebook's senseless war on boobs. The Facebook page for the New Yorker's cartoon department was temporarily disabled after they posted the cartoon above featuring a topless lady, according to a blog post by New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff.

Republican State Senator Mark Grisanti voted for last year's marriage equality bill. Republican State Senator Mark Grisanti is the reason your son is having hot gay sex.

After a day of failed fishing, Sergio Alvarez was homeless and hungry in Malibu last month when he says he did what millions of red-blooded Americans do every year when they want some food: He killed a bird in order to eat it. What Alvarez didn't know is that while the type of pelican he strangled to death wasn't endangered, it was on the protected species list. The 30-year-old Alvarez was arrested on the spot, and now he's going to jail for two months after pleading no contest to misdemeanor animal cruelty.

Scott Van Duzer, the Florida pizza shop owner who brought smiles to the faces of many when he gave President Obama a feet-sweeping hug yesterday, told Politico that his business is facing boycott threats from individuals upset over the affection he showed POTUS.

The Taliban might as well do whatever to Prince Harry now—briefly kidnap him, take nudie pictures with him, elect him vice-president of the organization—who cares. Queen Elizabeth won't even notice he's missing.

Trying and failing to block out the late-night commotion of inconsiderate neighbors "singing/screaming" from their balcony across the way, London Borough of Hackney resident Oli Beale decided not to let his lack of sleep go to waste, and stayed up (against his will) to critique the performance.

The highly anticipated Lincoln biopic from director Steven Spielberg gets its first teaser trailer — which is really more of a teaser for the trailer.

All our old friends are coming back to summer camp: Liza Minnelli will appear in the new season of Arrested Development.