Starbucks Wants You Laptop Hobos Out

Hamilton Nolan · 08/03/11 12:36PM

Are coffee shops, of all fucking places, going to become the latest bastion of rudeness in our society, in which a fellow American who simply wants to purchase a cup of coffee and sit quietly, for nine hours, typing on a laptop, with papers and shit spread out all over the table as if this is his personal fucking office, is "not welcome?"

Obama to Ride Bus Around Midwest, Yelling 'Jobs'

Jim Newell · 08/03/11 11:37AM

Don't fret, Sarah Palin! Stay home in Arizona or Alaska, wherever you summer. Because President Obama has decided to do the Midwestern second leg of your bus tour for you. That's right: Obama will ride around on a bus, too, as part of the great White House "pivot" to a focus on jobs, which no longer exist.

Nobody Likes Miller Lite

Hamilton Nolan · 08/03/11 11:10AM

Bad news, people who go to the store with the express purpose of purchasing Miller Lite™ brand beer: Ad Age reports that Miller Lite is growing steadily less popular. And during the "all-important summer beer-selling season"!

Time Is Ticking for Christina Perasso

Studio@Gawker · 08/03/11 10:59AM

Christina Perasso, star of Hollywood's first social film, Inside, has been trapped in an unknown location for 10 days, with little to eat or drink. Here's what we know so far:

In Time: Justin Timberlake Gets Serious

Richard Lawson · 08/03/11 10:52AM

Here's a trailer for In Time, a thriller about a future world in which people, if they can afford it, never age past 25. So your mom could look like Olivia Wilde forever and you could look like Justin Timberlake.

Will and Kate Fly Economy on a Budget Airline and Other Royal Horrors

Maureen O'Connor · 08/03/11 10:41AM

Prince William and Kate Middleton rub shoulders with normals. Katie Holmes barks like a dog. Samantha Ronson's mugshot is everything you hoped for. Paris Hilton and Brittny Gastineau have a party-off. Wednesday gossip keeps its toiletries in 3-oz. containers.

Which Actor Stabbed Himself with a Sword?

Brian Moylan · 08/03/11 10:07AM

This actor lied about a recent injury, which really occurred when drunkenly playing "naked ninja" with an antique sword. Also today: A celeb wants to be a mommy, a talk show host trades air time for sex, and a filthy celebrity tattoo artist.

Internet Explorer IQ Story Was a Hoax

Adrian Chen · 08/03/11 09:06AM

Remember that IQ study that showed Internet Explorer users were stupid? Well, it was a hoax. The website of AptiQuant, the supposed "online psychometric testing firm" that conducted the study, was just set up in the past month, and the pictures of its staff were actually ripped-off from another French business.

Casey Anthony Is in Ohio, Disguised in Eyeglasses

Maureen O'Connor · 08/03/11 09:03AM

National hate object Casey Anthony has surfaced, the flashbulb bounty hunters at TMZ claim. Location: Ohio. Disguise: Eyeglasses and a baseball cap. Seriously, she couldn't do better than that? We were talking plastic surgery and radical haircuts last I heard. This is just a teen movie makeover scene in reverse.

New York Post Really Outdoes Itself Today, Headline-Wise

Hamilton Nolan · 08/03/11 08:50AM

Those folks at the New York Post—love em or hate em, they sure know how to write a snappy headline! "Too many damn ho's." Is it a double-entendre on someone's name? Is it a play off of a direct quote in the story? Nope. It's just a straight up headline about how there are "Too many damn ho's" out there. Haha. And how!

Hosni Mubarak: A Life in Pictures

Jeff Neumann · 08/03/11 06:15AM

Deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak appeared in court today to face charges of corruption and ordering the killing of unarmed protesters earlier this year. He was wheeled in on a hospital bed acting the part of a sad old man, along with his klepto scumbag sons, Gamal and Alaa. Hard times for the Mubaraks. So, in honor of Hosni's not so glorious return to Cairo, here's a quick look at the man in happier times.

Trigger Happy 'Taser Expert' Charged with Tasering Dad, Fellow Cops

Jeff Neumann · 08/03/11 04:20AM

West Reading, Pennsylvania police Sgt. Matthew Beighley has a thing for Tasers. Not long after becoming a certified Taser expert, Beighley zapped two fellow officers in March. He also Tasered his dad, and recorded it on his Blackberry. Here's how police investigators say the incident happened, from the Reading Eagle:

Man Pleads Guilty to Trying to Kill Wife with Puffer Fish Poison

Seth Abramovitch · 08/03/11 02:48AM

An Illinois man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to having illegally purchased Tetrodotoxin — the neurotoxin naturally found in puffer fish, aka the stuff you hope the sushi chef leaves out of your fugu — which he'd planned to use to kill his wife and collect on her $20 million life insurance settlement.

Academy Award for Best Oprah Goes to Oprah

Seth Abramovitch · 08/03/11 02:09AM

Finally, Oprah Winfrey will be publicly recognized for her various achievements. What took this long?! The Motion Picture Academy has just announced that the floundering basic cable mascot will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award — an honorary Oscar awarded to "an individual in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry." And who has, uh, accredited Hollywood more that Winfrey has, selflessly donating thousands upon thousands of hours of precious airtime to needy friends like Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks to promote their totally shitty movies? No one! All hail Saint Oprah! (James Earl Jones is getting one, too.) [Reuters, photo via Getty]