It's summertime and you want something adventurous to do. Why not try a night under the stars in Central Park? Sure, it's not really legal, but who cares?! Live a little! Here's what you need to survive. [Gizmodo]

Poor Anthony Weiner! Even in front of Rachel Maddow, the friendliest interviewer he could ask for, the beleaguered congressman can't help but come across as a total sketchball.

Thanks to its recent attacks on the Chamber of Commerce and security firm HBGary, anarchic hacker collective Anonymous has popped up on the radar of NATO, which worries that the cheeto-fingered dorks "could potentially hack into sensitive government, military, and corporate files." (Just kidding about the cheetos, guys! Don't hack us!)

Dr. Michael Kamrava, the Beverley Hills fertility doctor who shoved 12 embryos into the baby parts of soon-to-be-"octomom" Nadya Suleman in 2008, will lose his license to practice medicine as of July 1. Kamrava, the California Medical Board argued in its decision, should have referred Suleman herself to a mental-health evaluation instead of helping her give birth to eight future therapy patients; it also found that the doctor had not exercised "sound judgment" in the cases of two other patients, neither of which were as bizarre or interesting as "octomom." [People; image via AP]

A graphic video of the corpse of a 13-year-old boy who appears to have been sexually and physically tortured by Syrian security officials has sparked international condemnation and riots across the country. The video shows Hamza Ali al-Khatib, a resident of the southern village of Jiza, and appears to have been filmed by his family after they retrieved his corpse.

Breaking up sucks. It's painful, complicated, and makes you listen to sad MP3s. And technology-Facebook, texting, email-only makes things more complicated. So how do you navigate 21st-century heartbreak? We talked to some experts to find out. [Gizmodo]

Twitter announced today it will natively host pictures within tweets, making it "easier than ever" to upload snapshots. Which is odd, given that the entire country spent this week discussing how it's way too easy to upload snapshots to Twitter.

It's been a good few days for death stares in legislative sessions! Just a week after Rep. Patrick McHenry (R - N.C.) accused consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren of lying, provoking one of the great angry-shock faces of American politics, Australian opposition senator David Bushby meowed at his colleague, Labor senator Penny Wong. Meowed! Like, the actual noise. As you can see in the video of the incident, Wong was not pleased. If anyone ever asks you what the phrase "if looks could kill" means, please direct them to this GIF:

Today we peeped a trailer for the new Girl With a Dragon Tattoo movie, which got all of you talking about the books vs. the movies vs. whatever else. So who are all these anonymous fans of Stieg Larsson's oeuvre? One commenter broke it down for us.

Facebook has been taking heat for letting kids under 13 use Facebook. So, people should be absolutely freaking out about this four-month-old fetus whose parents signed her up on Facebook and friended dozens of people.

A prominent startup founder dramatically unveiled a grilled cheese sandwich at the Wall Street Journal-affiliated "D" conference today and announced that a leading venture firm put upwards of $10 million into the cheese and bread combination. No, really.

Some Chinese hackers may have been reading top U.S. officials' email for a while. Google says they've thwarted a phishing campaign that targeted the Gmail accounts of politically sensitive targets.

That nice Boy Scout from down the street who's politely offered to fix America's finances, Rep. Paul Ryan, visited the White House today along with many, many other invited House Republicans. And Ryan, who has been known to sport a sad face when people say mean things about his policy ideas, had some tough words himself for that "demagogue" Barack Obama.

The one-time movie maven is now shifting her priorities a little bit, considering smaller projects. Also today: Taylor Lautner's dad is becoming a problem, Susan Sarandon wants you to be her teacher's pet, and an inevitable Hunger Games update.

Gluten taste! Chronic fatigue! E. coli! Lady clots! Food symbols! Cilantro nastiness! Sun safety! And eluding mosquitoes with potions made of science! It's your Wednesday Health Watch, where we watch your health—hotly, of course!

America's favorite "roommate" Shep Smith was on his Fox News kaffeeklatsch this afternoon discussing Weinergate and he just couldn't understand how the congressman could be confused about his own genitalia. It just bothers Shep so!

Sarah Palin was still in New York earlier today when one of the city's seven million resident commies managed to "tag" her garish AmericaBus.

Clarice Taylor, the Emmy-nominated actress who played Cliff Huxtable's mother Anna on The Cosby Show and Harriet on Sesame Street died of heart failure on Monday. She was 93 but will live in syndication forever.

Oh ho, what's this? The winter's icy grasp has at long last slipped from our fair city's throat, and that can only mean one single, solitary thing: it's time for media softball season once again.

Even on a street known as "Billionaire's Row" in a wealthy San Francisco neighborhood, Larry Ellison manages to stand out. The Oracle CEO just ended a fight with his neighbors by dropping $40 million to buy the house next door. (UPDATED)