Mark Zuckerberg Is Engaged, According to Bill Gates

Max Read · 06/12/11 02:52PM

Mazel tov to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his longtime girlfriend, med student Priscilla "Cilla" Chan, who are engaged! According to Bill Gates, at least, who seemed to let the news slip during an interview with The Daily Mail:

Boehner Makes Weiner Joke

Lauri Apple · 06/12/11 02:14PM

John Boehner is aware that some of you rude people mispronounce his surname to sound like various words, "even Boner." But he'll still take Boehner over that sexting Congressguy's last name, he suggested during a commencement speech to Ohio State University grads today.

Things to Do With Dead Loved Ones: Donate Them to Goodwill

Lauri Apple · 06/12/11 01:26PM

For two months, the Goodwill store in Fenton, Michigan has been holding onto an urn—delivered to the store in a cardboard Palmolive box labeled "Grandma's urn"—because staffers assumed somebody would return and reclaim it. But nobody ever did.

New Sexy Weiner Shots Taken in Congressional Gym

Max Read · 06/12/11 01:15PM

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D - N.Y.) has bundled himself off to a "treatment center," where he will soon be cured of his allergy to not sending pictures of his cock to everyone he knows. But we shall not want for new Weiner shots! TMZ has the newest bunch, most of them taken at a gym—including one particularly revealing shot (above left) that proves the congressman has been using government resources... to get ripped! BAM! (That is the congressional gym, according to TMZ, so Weiner should reimburse taxpayers for use of its mirror.) [TMZ]

Dessert Injures Four at Florida Restaurant

Lauri Apple · 06/12/11 12:14PM

Four people who at one time fell in love with Bananas Foster might have already fallen out of love with the flaming dessert, after suffering burns during a Foster-related "explosion." If only they'd have worn their full-body, fire-retardant dining-out suits!

First Photos of Gabrielle Giffords Since Shooting Released

Max Read · 06/12/11 08:44AM

New photos of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D - Ariz.)—the first to be publicly released since she was shot in the head in January—were published on her Facebook page by her staff on Sunday. In one, the congresswoman smiles next to her mother Gloria; in the other, she faces the camera directly. In an interview this week, Giffords' chief of staff Pia Carusone cautioned against over-optimistic expectations for her recovery, telling the Arizona Republic that her boss still has trouble communicating, and will be in outpatient therapy for months. Even so, it's nice to see the congresswoman's smile.

Police Chief Sexts and Tells, Now Has All Kinds of Problems

Lauri Apple · 06/11/11 05:10PM

On Thursday, Saratoga Springs (N.Y.) Police Chief Christopher Cole admitted publicly that, from his office at City Hall, he sexted explicit pics of himself to a woman with whom he'd been having an "intermittent personal relationship." Hey, at least he's being honest, right?

IMF Hacked, Suffers 'Very Major Breach'

Max Read · 06/11/11 03:23PM

As if it didn't have enough to deal with already, the International Monetary Fund admitted to staff on Wednesday that it was the victim of a "large and sophisticated cyberattack," one that occurred over the last few months and led to a "very major breach."

Man Convicted for Killing Over Some Car Rims

Lauri Apple · 06/11/11 02:18PM

A set of cursed car rims brought about the death of one Texas man, and perhaps will result in the death of another. It it all very senseless and sad.

Thieves Attempting to Rob Dunkin Donuts Mistakenly Steal Donuts

Max Read · 06/11/11 11:13AM

Three masked men, "armed with knives and a hatchet," attempted to rob a Dunkin Donuts in Hayannis, Mass. on Wednesday, bursting in through the door and demanding that the cashier hand over a paper bag in her purse. A paper bag filled with donuts.

Quiet Grandmother Facing Eviction for Alleged Gang Activity

Lauri Apple · 06/11/11 11:11AM

After living in the same apartment for 30 years, Jeannetta Holden—a 59-year-old grandma and great-grandma who likes houseplants and cooking—has received an eviction notice from her landlord, who claims she's been selling drugs, shooting guns, and hanging with gangs. Supposedly police reports prove everything.

TSA Regrets Taking Away Mentally Disabled Man's Little Toy

Lauri Apple · 06/11/11 10:27AM

For the past 20 years, Drew Mandy—whose parents describe him as having "the mental capacity of a two-year-old"—has carried a plastic hammer toy around with him for "security" reasons. It's his thing. But recently TSA agents took his beloved hammer away from him, because it made tapping noises.

What Put Selena Gomez in the Hospital?

Max Read · 06/11/11 10:01AM

Selena Gomez is in the hospital with "nausea and a severe headache." Tina Fey is in damage control over Tracy Morgan's homophobic rant. And Russell Crowe has some opinions about penises. Saturday gossip won't be marching in the Puerto Rican Day parade.

Cops Probe Teen's Contact with Weiner, Come Upon Nothing

Max Read · 06/11/11 08:44AM

Avid Weiner-watchers in the press jumped on a Friday evening report that police in New Castle, Del. were investigating the online communication between Rep. Anthony Weiner (D - N.Y.) and a 17-year-old high school junior.