How a Man Saved His House by Setting His Car on Fire
Remy Stern · 03/29/11 09:50AMConan and Jake Gyllenhaal Discuss the "Beard Community"
John Trowbridge · 03/29/11 09:35AMTara Reid Stars in Her Own Big Lebowski Sequel
Marie Bardi · 03/29/11 09:15AMThe Rewrite Desk: Texas Child Gang Rape Story Edition
Hamilton Nolan · 03/29/11 09:03AM
In his dreary magazine column last weekend, NYT editor Bill Keller noted that he'd ordered up a new story to follow the paper's March 8 "ham-handed article that led some readers to think we were blaming the 11-year-old victim of a monstrous gang rape in Texas." The new story is out today. Let's compare.
Stephen Colbert Pops Up on Late Night to Challenge Jimmy Fallon
John Trowbridge · 03/29/11 08:50AMOn Late Night, Stephen Colbert (Jimmy's BFF for 6 months) came on to confront Jimmy and explain why he offered $26,000 of Fallon's money to charity. Jimmy countered and stated that if he raises the money, Stephen Colbert will sing "Friday" by Rebecca Black on Fallon!
Dad Films Toddler Operating a Backhoe
Lisa Gagliardi · 03/29/11 08:26AMWhy do your job when you have a perfectly good three year old to do it for you? And who cares if that job is operating heavy machinery, just let him have at it!
Bill Sammon: Lying Propagandist
Hamilton Nolan · 03/29/11 08:22AM
You know who's a real bastard? Bill Sammon, the Washington managing editor of Fox News. As the guy whose job it is to direct Fox News' political "coverage," we expect him to be a huge hypocrite about his own company, and to specifically direct his "news" anchors to use Republican talking points on various controversial issues. It kind of goes along with the job.
Freeze Frame
Whitney Jefferson · 03/29/11 08:00AMPossible Manslaughter Charges for BP Managers
Jeff Neumann · 03/29/11 07:13AM
Bloomberg reports today that the Justice Department is exploring manslaughter charges against BP managers over the deaths of 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig last year. According to the report, invesitgators want "to determine whether [BP managers'] testimony was at odds with what they knew." In other words, they want to know if Tony Hayward and his pals were lying through their teeth to congress during testimony last summer.
Belgium Still Doesn't Have a Government
Jeff Neumann · 03/29/11 06:43AM
Last month, Belgians took off their clothes and some members of parliament stopped boning to celebrate tying Iraq's world record for days without a government, at 249 days. Today marks 289 days of bickering with no results, and Belgium still doesn't have a government! At this point they might as well go for it and just dominate the record.
Don't Sell Your Spy Drone on the Internet
Jeff Neumann · 03/29/11 05:39AMMeth Heads Could Make Your Allergies Worse
Jeff Neumann · 03/29/11 04:22AMSaffron and Ginseng Make You Better at Sex
Max Read · 03/29/11 03:08AMScience Leaf Is Way Better Than Nature Leaf
Max Read · 03/29/11 02:01AMFuture Ivy League Student Pistol-Whips Mom Over a Nissan
Max Read · 03/29/11 01:04AM
How a state school student reacts to her mother refusing to co-sign on her used Nissan 350Z: By expressing her frustration in words. How an Ivy League student reacts to her mother refusing to co-sign on her used Nissan 350Z: By pistol-whipping her mother in the head. Of course, 17-year-old Rachel Anne Hachero, who's accused of pistol-whipping and threatening her mother over a black 2004 Nissan 350Z, isn't yet an Ivy Leaguer—according to her mother, she's "been accepted to several Ivy League colleges"—but something tells us she'll fit right in. [News Press]
Pizza Guy Will Not Appoint Muslims to His Administration
Max Read · 03/28/11 11:17PMHow do you pick which Republican presidential candidate to support? They all say they hate Sharia law—but they'd probably all immediately hire al Qaeda members upon being elected to office. All of them—except for Herman Cain.
Why You Should Never Glue a Hat to Your Head
Max Read · 03/28/11 10:22PMJon Stewart Criticizes GE, Obama Over Tax Issues
Gawker.TV · 03/28/11 10:21PMJon Stewart Criticizes GE, Obama Over Tax Issues
Matt Cherette · 03/28/11 10:20PMTonight, during Jon Stewart's "I Give Up!" segment, the Daily Show host discussed the news that GE paid no federal income tax for 2010, despite $14.2 billion in profits. Stewart also took aim at President Obama and NBC News.









