Hotels Now Discriminating Against Snorers

Brian Moylan · 07/20/11 06:30PM

Have you ever stayed in a hotel and been kept awake all night by someone snoring in another room? Well, I certainly haven't, but it seems to be a big enough problem that the owners of the Crowne Plaza hotels are now employing snore monitors to make sure no one is sawing logs in the "quiet zones" of their establishments.

The Vengeful Return of Shannen Doherty

Richard Lawson · 07/20/11 05:35PM

Everyone's favorite '90s villainess will soon be back on your TV. Be afraid! Also today: Someone's already upset with The X Factor, a Mormon book becomes a Mormon movie, and the strangest person is going to play the devil.

Would You Vacation at a Nazi Beach Resort?

Maureen O'Connor · 07/20/11 05:08PM

Germany's largest building is a six-story, four-kilometer Nazi-built resort called Prora, located on an island in the Baltic Sea. Originally called "Kraft durch Freude" (Strength Through Joy), it's big enough to house 20,000 people. It was supposed to be even bigger, but World War II disrupted its construction. The building languished mostly unused until three and a half years ago, when a youth hostel moved in. I sense a Hostel sequel coming on.

Meet Pluto's New Moon

Adrian Chen · 07/20/11 04:41PM

Astronomers using Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a new, 21 mile-wide moon orbiting Pluto. They're going to call it "P4" until they can come up with a better name for it.

Zach Braff Is Not Gay

Richard Lawson · 07/20/11 04:10PM

It seems that some sort of internet trickster — a LMAO Loki, a ROFL Rumpelstiltskin — hacked into sad-puppy actor Zach Braff's five-year-dormant website and wrote a message from Zach announcing to his fans that he is a gay person.

Judge Rape Case Features Sex Tape, Badass Hooker

Hamilton Nolan · 07/20/11 03:55PM

Judge Pat Murdoch (pictured)—Albuquerque, New Mexico's top criminal judge—was arrested yesterday and charged with raping a prostitute, which is frowned upon in judicial circles. But this isn't just your boring, run-of-the-mill judicial hooker rape case!

Sarah Palin Is Going to Be a Grandmother Again

Maureen O'Connor · 07/20/11 03:31PM

Sarah Palin is going to be a grandmother again. Eldest child Track Palin married high school sweetheart Britta Hanson two months ago, and now we hear that Britta is pregnant. The picture above of "Britta Pie," which appeared on a Wasilla friend's Facebook wall, confirms the news she's expecting. Britta looks to be several months along—perhaps more than two months?

Rick Santorum Raising Money Off of His 'Google Problem'

Jim Newell · 07/20/11 03:08PM

Rick Santorum has long struggled with his "Google problem," in which the first result of a "rick santorum" search defines "Santorum" as a filthy anal sex byproduct. This has been the case since gay activist and columnist Dan Savage coordinated a successful Google bomb in 2003. But Santorum finally appears to have accepted his fate as a search engine joke, and is now trying to raise cash off of it.

Get Ready for Three-Day Mail Delivery

Hamilton Nolan · 07/20/11 03:01PM

The US Postal Service: who cares about it? Nobody, which is why you better get ready for three-days-a-week mail delivery. "Says who?!" you scoff, just as you scoff at our nation's hardworking postal carriers. Says the boss, that's who:

Behave on Google Plus or Your Gmail Gets It

Adrian Chen · 07/20/11 02:56PM

One reason for Google Plus' explosive growth is its seamless integration into the other Google services everyone already relies on. But this might be its biggest downfall, too: If you screw up on Google Plus, you risk all your precious Google stuff being deleted forever.

Billionaires, Hedge Funders Beg Chris Christie to Run for President

Jim Newell · 07/20/11 02:37PM

While some hedge funders appear to be sticking by President Obama, mostly because he ate a fancy meal with them, others are still desperately searching for a viable Republican alternative who won't even occasionally use semi-mean language in public about the lords of high finance. That's why they're still trying to convince New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to run, because he only says mean things about all middle class people, all the time.

Ryan Seacrest Creating a Persian Jersey Shore

Richard Lawson · 07/20/11 02:16PM

Shellacked television impresario Ryan Seacrest is teaming up with America's fabulous gay cousin, the Bravo network, to create the next thing in "omg-look-at-those-ethnic-freaks" reality programming. It's called Shahs of Sunset and is about wealthy Persian people.

Everyone Just Can't Wait For Piers Morgan to Get Arrested

John Cook · 07/20/11 01:55PM

Puffy British game-show presenter Piers Morgan, who also hosts a show on CNN about Twitter, is in the spotlight these days because he formerly edited Rupert Murdoch's News of the World and a competitor called the Daily Mirror, and as such is prima facie guilty of hacking into everyone's voicemails all the time.

The Founder of Grindr Is Just as Addicted as Everyone Else

Brian Moylan · 07/20/11 01:53PM

Ever wanted to bag the founder of a tech startup that might be worth billions of dollars some day? Well, if you're gay and have Grindr, the ubiquitous gay cruising iPhone app, you're in luck. You can find the founder of Grindr slutting it up on the black and orange screen just like the rest of you.

HuffPo Rehires Its Most Scapegoated Employee

Hamilton Nolan · 07/20/11 01:41PM

In your sultry Wednesday media column: HuffPo's scapegoat gets her job back, WSJ reporters mildly defend themselves, Tablet magazine redesigns, a military reporter reflects on death, and Jim Romenesko is the new Yelp.