Margaret Thatcher Isn't Dead Yet

Adrian Chen · 05/09/12 02:11PM

Recork your champagne: Margaret Thatcher is not dead. A French breaking news Twitter account LesNews apparently started a fake rumor that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had died. Their source: a tweet from a fake Carla Bruni Twitter account.

John Travolta's Allegedly Gay Penis: A History

Maureen O'Connor · 05/09/12 12:41PM

After decades of rumored gay bath house orgies and Scientology "cures," John Travolta's sex life is back in the news with sexual battery charges from a pair of male masseurs. Running parallel to the story of John Travolta's rise to fame is the story of his allegedly gay penis' rise to infamy. Now presenting John Travolta: A Portrait of the Actor as the Sum of His Gay Rumors.

This Lip Dub at Seattle Children's Hospital Will Make You Cry

Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/09/12 12:32PM

Patients and staff members on the Hematology Oncology floor of Seattle Children's Hospital came together earlier this month to lip-sync to Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger" for a dust-kickingly uplifting lip dub organized by 22-year-old North American Hockey League player and Children's cancer patient Chris Rumble.

Congratulations to Jonah Goldberg on the Pulitzer Nominations He Received From Himself

John Cook · 05/09/12 11:14AM

Heavyset American Jonah Goldberg has a new book coming out about how the people he disagrees with are not merely wrong, but are also poisonous hateful cheaters and liars and fascists and tyrants. The dust jacket claims that Goldberg has "twice been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize," which is true in the sense that I am a three-time World's Greatest Dad nominee.

Ayo Chet Haze Isn't Down With Weak Kids Who Kill Themselves

Hamilton Nolan · 05/09/12 10:49AM

So then, let's all, in unison, read this thing written on the Twitter yesterday (and then deleted) by Chet Haze, the best rapping son of an Academy Award winner Northwestern University has seen since Peter Fonda drunkenly performed "My Adidas" on the quad in 1986. This could be Chet Haze's most controversial piece of Twitter wisdom since "What's your sex playlist called? Mines called 'we fuckin' LOL I'm serious tho."

Arianna Huffington Got Bored with These Tech Blogs So Now AOL's Selling Them

Adrian Chen · 05/09/12 09:55AM

AOL is shopping around TechCrunch and its other tech properties for around $70-100 million, according to PandoDaily. TechCrunch's history since AOL bought it in 2010 has been as turbulent as the private roller coasters many Facebook employees will likely install in their Silicon Valley mansions post-IPO. After Arianna Huffington was named ruler of AOL's editorial domain she squeezed out former TechCrunch boss Mike Arrington. But it seems she just couldn't be bothered with TechCrunch—after all, it's not even named after her. Now she's refocusing on the Huffington Post.

Would Insane Texas Prisoner Keith Judd Make a Good Vice President?

Max Read · 05/09/12 09:30AM

Last night, Obama's main opponent in the West Virginia Democratic primary was perennial presidential candidate Keith Judd, a prisoner in Texas who describes himself as a "Rastafarian-Christian." But Judd did a little bit better than expected — to the tune of 40% of the vote. Which means it's time to start answering the question on everyone's lips: should Keith Judd be Mitt Romney's running mate?