While schools in the US are working hard to keep kids from killing themselves, at least one British school is taking a widely divergent approach by asking students to pretend they are dying and pen "farewell letters" to loved ones.

Though the swearing in of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Michael Hammer was a mostly routine affair, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought to make it memorable by donning an article of clothing sporting Hammer's favorite color — purple.

The Venus Over Manhattan gallery on Madison Avenue fell victim to a daylight heist Wednesday, as an unidentified art thief removed an expensive Dali painting from the wall and placed it inside a shopping bag — all in full view of a security guard.

How many people do you reckon were hit by subway trains in New York City last year? Five? Eleven? Fourteen? Twenty-six? Thirty-seven? Forty? Forty-two? Forty-three? Forty-five? Forty-eight? Fifty-one? Any of those numbers? How about fifty-four, then? Fifty-five? Fifty-nine? Yes? Well, you're wrong.

You wrenched your neck. You sprained your ankle. You tweaked your back. You banged your knee. You tore your rotator cuff. You cracked your toe. You have plantar fascitis. You have bursitis. You have arthritis. You jammed your finger, broke your nose, lost a tooth, and you really hope that shooting pain in your chest is just a passing heart attack, rather than broken ribs.

Speaking of Anderson Cooper, the Silver Fox let his hair down during an appearance on last night's Kathy, recounting an amusing anecdote about an intrusive passenger aboard his flight from New York to Los Angeles earlier that day.

Karen Klein, the Greece Central School District bus monitor who was verbally abused by four vicious middle school children, capped a day of interviews with nearly every major news outlet by appearing on last night's Anderson Cooper 360.

Following the recent proliferation of zombie-related news stories, it appears America has now moved on to attacks by other fantastical characters.

On tonight's Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert recapped everything that's gone on with Egypt's turbulent political situation. He began, naturally, several thousand years ago and ended with the latest back and forth regarding the health of Hosni Mubarak and the results of recent elections.

With seemingly no other option but fessing up to the Fast and Furious program, President Obama has exerted executive privilege over various documents. If only Obama, and many others on the left, hadn't come out completely against the practice when George W. Bush pulled the same thing five years ago. On tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart broke it all down.

Mom-and-pop coffee shop Starbucks is poised to expand its brick and mortar empire (slightly) further, as The Seattle Times reports the corporation is planning to open a tea-only store near the company's headquarters in Seattle.

The BBC reported Thursday that a cloud that totally looked kind of like a hat was spotted over Japan Wednesday morning.

The Drummer from Bad Company is set to become a grandfather once again, as People reports his daughter, Drummer from Bad Company daughter and star of Girls Jemima Kirke, is pregnant.

A lot of people were surprised when Jerry Sandusky's defense team "abruptly" rested their case Wednesday evening without calling the former Penn State assistant football coach, charged with several counts of child sexual abuse, to the stand.

The US Olympic Committee is very, very sorry for enraging millions of knitters by insulting their favorite pastime. But the slight may have been too great for many fabric arts enthusiasts to ever forgive.

This is a new series that names people who are not publicly gay, but have been shackled by rumors throughout their careers which warrant further discussion. The evidence provided has been gleaned from various Gawker sources enamored with this sort of outing process. If you have any evidence proving their gayness or their heterosexuality, please share it in the discussion system. Hooray.

For its weekly three-hour dubsteb block "Wob Wob Wednesday," 3voor12 Radio invited members of the Kyteman Orchestra's 40-piece Dario Fo choir to perform an a cappella cover of the Skrillex dubsterpiece "Bangarang."

This is a new series that names people who are not publicly gay, but have been shackled by rumors throughout their careers which warrant further discussion. The evidence provided has been gleaned from various Gawker sources enamored with this sort of outing process. If you have any evidence proving their gayness or their heterosexuality, please share it in the discussion system. Hooray.

There isn't a whole lot to look at here: A James Franco fanpage managed to get a hold of a teaser image for Sam Raimi's Wizard of Oz prequel, Oz: The Great and Powerful, featuring Franco in a top hat as Oscar Diggs — AKA the man who would be Wizard.

Body Exchange bills itself as "Canada's only fit camp and adventure company" catering exclusively to plus-size women.