UConn Huskies Win NCAA Title

Seth Abramovitch · 04/04/11 11:47PM

Congrats to the UConn Huskies, who trampled the Butler Bulldogs beneath their powerful paws to take their third NCAA Championship title. The final score was 53-41. Exchange monies accordingly. [SI.com]

Brave Bunny Tries to Shag Dog

Blair Baxter · 04/04/11 09:30PM

This rabbit is very brave he is trying to get freaky with a dog and even though it goes against nature he is not giving up.

Tim Pawlenty: The Try-Hard Candidate

Max Read · 04/04/11 09:14PM

You know The Guy Who Tries Too Hard? The guy who talks too loud about how hot his girlfriend is and how good at fighting he is? That Guy is running for president. His name is Tim Pawlenty.

Facebook Playboy Dumps Longtime Girlfriend for Hot New Fiancée

Ryan Tate · 04/04/11 08:16PM

That was fast: Six months after he started seeing Alexandra Lenas, Sean Parker is engaged to the singer/songwriter. Parker has made a number of sudden life changes since Justin Timberlake played him in The Social Network, actually.

Haiti Elects Pop-Star President

Max Read · 04/04/11 07:53PM

As expected, former carnival singer Michel Martelly defeated former first lady Mirlande Manigat in Haiti's presidential elections, and will likely become president despite a challenge by Manigat. Martelly, who's never held office, took 67 percent of the vote [Miami Herald]

Is Christopher Walken Trying to Abduct College Students?

Max Read · 04/04/11 07:11PM

Quiz time! Is the gentleman pictured on the left actor Christopher Walken sporting a new mustache? Or is it one Tony A. Kadyhrob, accused of harrassing and attempting to abduct college students at a variety of New Jersey colleges?

Comment of the Day: The Health Care Crisis Solved

Brian Moylan · 04/04/11 05:50PM

We know that given just about any problem, the wise commenters on this here website can probably solve it. Today, in response to the Republican idea to privatize Medicare, a few people went and solved the health care problem altogether. One solution? Magical thinking!

Sony Writes Off Hack Attack as 'Maintenance'

Ryan Tate · 04/04/11 05:50PM

The hacker collective Anonymous threatened to attack Sony web servers today, and sure enough Sony.com and Playstation.com are now down. But Sony is blaming the outage on "sporadic maintenance." Oh, is that what they're calling it these days?

What Kind Of Person Wants To See Charlie Sheen Live?

Remy Stern · 04/04/11 05:29PM

So after a disastrous opening night in Detroit and an only-slightly-better followup show in Chicago, we're left wondering who are the people making up the audiences of Charlie Sheen's "Violent Torpedo of Truth" tour? [Jezebel]

Men with Big Grundles Are More Fertile

Maureen O'Connor · 04/04/11 04:50PM

When it comes to fertility, the only part of a man's nether region that matters is the part nobody ever bothered to measure: the taint. Scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center have found that the "anogenital distance"—the distance between a man's scrotum and anus—correlates with male fertility. The greater the grundle, the higher the sperm count. If a man's balls and asshole are less than two inches apart, he is 7x more likely to be "sub-fertile" than his large-grundled peers.

Everyone Was Watching Fancy TV Shows Last Night

Brian Moylan · 04/04/11 04:41PM

Guess some people don't mind being told what to watch as much as I do. Cable's new crop of prestige dramas—AMC's The Killing, Reelz' The Kennedys, and Showtime's The Borgias—all performed rather well last night.

Reminder: Even Baby Sharks Will Bite You

Lisa Gagliardi · 04/04/11 04:35PM

Yes, babies of all species are cute but it's important to remember that a shark is still a shark. This guy finds out the hard way.

Is There Anything That Milk Cannot Do?

Hamilton Nolan · 04/04/11 04:15PM

Meteorite robbers! Food dyes! Cow people milk! Formaldehyde life! Monarch butterflies! Lion variations! Breast milk oncology! And bitter autism failure! It's your Monday Science Watch, where we watch science—creamily!

AOL Editor's Departing Diss

Ryan Tate · 04/04/11 04:10PM

Former Engadget editor Joshua Topolsky and a bunch of his old staff have defected from Engadget owner AOL to a blogging company run by their former boss. But not before making clear how much AOL sucked.