Have you ever wanted to adopt a big pimping lifestyle, but been wary because you're afraid of looking like a clown who doesn't know the rules?

Flash flood warnings have been issued until 5:30pm today for Brooklyn and Queens amid severe thunderstorms. And they weren't kidding! Multiple reports from Twitter show that some pretty impressive flooding has hit Brooklyn. The photo above was posted to Twitter by Jezerfic and was taken on Woodbine street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. I've also seen pictures from Williamsburg Gowanus and Park Slope. More pics as we get them.

Police in Woodburn, Oregon, say a local parish priest molested a 12-year-old boy and then chased after him in his underwear when the preteen escaped.

The Powerball jackpot is up to $320 million. Why do you play the lottery? Is it because you have a dream? Because you have hope of a better future? Because—though you know it's a long shot—you just have a good feeling about this one? Because the twinkle in your eye and the spring in your step signify your jaunty, devil-may-care attitude towards the naysayers, and a firm belief that you, a fundamentally good person, will one day get your proper reward?

Weibo, China's popular Twitter clone, has been in the midst of a summer political scandal that puts Weinergate to shame. Scores of photos of a six-person orgy went viral on Weibo last week, along with rumors that the participants are high-ranking Communist officials. Censors were quick to swoop in, unsurprisingly.

At the 2:20 mark of the Milk's "Picking Up the Pieces" video above, an actor turns rapper with disastrous results. Idris Elba, just because you can do one thing well doesn't mean you can do all things well. When in doubt, just stand there and look pretty.

Michael J. Fox may be about to end his primetime television hiatus with a little help from Arrested Development writer Sam Laybourne and Easy A director Will Gluck.

Yeasayer frontman on R. Kelly: "He's a terrible piece of shit, a horrible person...Let's get rid of him."

Remember Olive Garden reviewer and up-and-coming novelist Marilyn Hagerty? Well forget about her. Forget everything you've learned before this. You are now being ushered into the era of Daym Drops.

Cronenberg: Those who say Dark Knight Rises is "supreme cinema art...[don't] know what the fuck they're talking about."

On Friday night, NBC reported that Mitt Romney had selected Paul Ryan (R-The Munsters) to be his running mate. They spoiled the surprise by half a day, but Team Romney just claimed they'd outfoxed the media anyway. This was their message when confronted with a no-longer secret rollout of the candidate: "Nuh-uh."

Michael Leisner, a 65-year-old real estate agent who become the butt of many Internet jokes after he nearly set himself on fire during a poorly thought-out protest against General Mills' "pro-gay agenda," passed away Saturday near his home in Andover, Minnesota. He was 65.

A gunman reportedly attacked the Washington D.C. offices of the Family Research Council this morning, injuring a security guard before being wrestled to the ground.

It's well known by now that you can spend outrageous sums to get a college degree only to find yourself jobless, through no real fault of your own. But it's also well known that college degrees are a decent bet, statistically speaking. I guess what the latest report is saying is: We ain't promising you the moon, okay?

The vampiric, heroin-chic, buzzy actor Ezra Miller (We Need To Talk About Kevin) recently came out to Out in the open-ended manner that is popular nowadays (see: Frank Ocean, who avoided labels when revealing his past love for a man). Here is Miller's statement.

Did you leave some poo on the subway this morning?

"I wanna go out there and catch maybe the last one," said Mark "the Shark" Quartiano on How Jaws Changed the World, which Discovery premiered last night as part of its Shark Week lineup. By "last one" he means "the last shark." As in, "I would gladly have my hands be the ones responsible for finally collapsing our ecosystem."

Among the many unfortunately named places in Britain, the village of Shitterton stands alone.

Scientists working in Japan have uncovered the world's newest Godzillas: butterflies collected from the site of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Despite strong opposition from cigarette manufacturers, Australia's High Court ruled today in favor of a law requiring the replacement of logos on tobacco packaging with graphic health warnings.