The mother of an openly gay 17-year-old high school student from Indianapolis says she stands by her decision to arm her son with a stun gun so he could defend himself against relentless bullying from classmates.

Last night at 9:42PM EST, Business Insider CEO and internet aggregation revolutionary Henry Blodget aggregated his own article, thereby shorting out the time-space continuum and causing the grave of Walter Benjamin to go ice cold.

Hello out there. Look. I'm not going to beat around the bush or try to soft-pedal this point right here. Justin Bieber? This kid is not right. Not right at all.

Jack Stebbins, a piano technology instructor at the North Bennet Street School in Boston, shows off his signature lady-charming party trick: Whistling two notes simultaneously.

U.S. Secretary of Education and Chief Presidential Basketball Guy Arne Duncan endorsed marriage equality on Monday morning, telling Mark Halperin on Morning Joe that "yes," he believes gay men and women should be allowed to marry. (Not each other: you know what I mean, though.)

To promote local radio station Radio Klassisk, members of the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra (Sjællands Symfoniorkester) treated Copenhagen Metro passengers to a flash-mob performance of Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt.

Looking to "cure disease and boost stamina" with that old standby, capsules of powdered human flesh? Don't go to South Korea, where officials have pledged to tighten its customs inspections after seizing some 17,500 such capsules over the last year:

Warning: Gore above.

The mother of a 13-year-old girl from Duchesne County, Utah, was charged last week with with three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after she allegedly snapped naked photos of her daughter to send to the teen's 30-year-old boyfriend.

In memory of the late Adam Yauch, Chappelle's Show co-creator Neal Brennan uploaded a never-before-seen 2004 clip from the legendary sketch show's abruptly halted third season featuring the Beastie Boys performing "The New Style" on a boat in the East River.

Beats by Dre headphones are reportedly a popular target for thieves and muggers in New York City today. How can you avoid becoming a victim?

Photos of questionable veracity posted on Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo by a person alleging to be a high school senior from the city of Xiaogan claim to show students studying for their National College Entrance Exams while hooked up to IV drips containing an unknown substance.

The Three-Point Landing is an absurdly overused visual trope defined as landing "on the ground in a crouching position, feet wide apart and supporting their weight with one hand on the floor while the other hand is outstretched away from their body, usually pointed diagonally upwards."

A dramatic-looking scene unfolded Friday morning in Kings Mountain, NC, as a train split a tractor-trailer in half after the latter got stuck on the tracks. (Caution: Turn down the volume before pressing play.)

Zack is a huge dinosaur lover. Excuse me, was a huge dinosaur lover, until his mom and dad took him to see the animatronic dinosaur exhibit at Heard Natural History Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary in McKinney, Texas, two years ago and he came face to face with his very own Jurassic Park.

In a new post on Psychology Today's website, titled "Make-Up Sex Hurts: Why & How to Avoid It," Dr. Seth Meyers does his best to make a case against engaging make-up sex following an argument with a romantic partner.

The New York Post reports that a 45-year-old Long Island woman was arrested last week for selling hot dogs and handjobs out of a camper on the side of the road. It was the second time Catherine Scalia had been arrested for selling hot dogs and handjobs out of a camper on the side of the road.

Socialist candidate Francois Hollande was elected president of France on Sunday. He defeated conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy with 51 percent of the vote, following a bitter campaign that focused primary on the country's economic woes.

NBA legend and star of the 1996 film Kazaam Shaquille O'Neal received his doctoral degree in education this weekend from Barry University, a private Catholic school located in Miami.

Last night Earth came very close to being destroyed by its own moon, which, through a combination of factors, looked slightly larger than usual. Thankfully, at the last second, the planet was spared. Above is an image of what the moon might have looked like hovering ominously over New York City, had it not been snuggled down deep under a blanket of clouds.