Fake Worlds Collide: Woman Posed As a Boy to Seduce a Minor, Then Helped Solve an Online Cancer Hoax

Adrian Chen · 06/14/12 12:49PM

Last week we brought you the story of how a group of online detectives uncovered an elaborate internet cancer hoax that lasted for 11 years. But as they worked to get to the bottom of one hoax, an even more twisted one was right in their midst: now it's been revealed that one of the people involved in the investigation was a woman posing as a teenage boy to prey on an underaged girl.

Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe' Hits No. 1 Just in Time for Summer

Rich Juzwiak · 06/14/12 11:55AM

On next week's Billboard Hot 100, dated June 23, Carly Rae Jepsen's diabolical ear candy "Call Me Maybe" at last assumes the No. 1 position. The song was practically preordained as the song of the summer, and wouldn't you know, it happens hit No. 1 on the first chart of summer proper. Everything is going according to the universe's plan.

Suicide Is Almost as Dangerous as War for U.S. Soldiers

Hamilton Nolan · 06/14/12 08:42AM

As if our nation's military men and women don't have enough to look forward to with low salaries, underfunded V.A. benefits, and our frequent launching of unnecessary wars in which they will die, they all have something else waiting for them when the fighting is done:

Stephen Colbert Cannot Believe Niagara Falls' Latest Attempt to Attract Tourists

Matt Toder · 06/13/12 11:28PM

Like many other rust belt cities, Niagara Falls is having a hard time these days. Unlike other cities, Niagara Falls is the site of a tremendous waterfall that attracts thousands of tourists a year. On tonight's Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert examines the city's newest plan to attract even more.