Keith Olbermann unexpectedly announced he was leaving MSNBC last night. Olbermann is MSNBC's highest-rated anchor, and the main reason the network now stands as the left-leaning alternative to Fox News. So why'd he quit? Or was he fired?

Want to catch up on the week's most popular web videos? From Ricky Gervais' uncomfortable Golden Globes monologue to how not to rescue someone from a frozen lake, our top picks inside.

Under pressure from Italy, Hospira—the U.S. company that produces a drug used in lethal injections, sodium thiopental—is going to stop producing it, forcing states to look for other drugs to kill people with (like this one). [WaPo]

If you look hard enough there are some great real estate deals to be found, like this single-family home in Rexburg, Idaho. The original asking price was slashed by $66,000! But it comes with something extra: thousands of snakes.

Jim Carrey gets a new, model sweetheart. Bill Clinton hangs with Cameron Diaz. What's Oprah's big secret? Justin Bieber's hair costs slightly less than rumored. Saturday Gossip Roundup is hanging out with a big bowl of waffles.

In today's "Winter is the Absolute Worst" news, here's a video of a road so icy that several vehicles lose control and crash into one another.

Based on the comic from 1963, this animated French feature from 1968 follows the adventures of Asterix and Obelix as they try to build a palace for Cleopatra, a palace that Julius Caesar wants to make sure is never constructed.

Former Libertarian congressman Bob Barr, who helped "manage" the impeachment of Bill Clinton, has found his life's calling: He's assisting murderous ex-Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier in his bizarre return to the island, which Barr calls "a personal trip."

A $40 million crime wave has just hit Europe: people there are stealing carbon credits. Huh?

Keith Olbermann's career at MSNBC is over. The network announced this evening that it terminated its contract with Olbermann effective immediately, and the Countdown host shared the news in typically dramatic fashion on his show tonight. Olbermann's final words below.

Less than 90 minutes after Keith Olbermann announced on MSNBC that his show, Countdown, was over effective immediately, colleague Rachel Maddow spoke out—albeit briefly—on the issue during a live taping of Real Time with Bill Maher. Watch inside.

At the end of tonight's broadcast of Countdown, MSNBC powerhouse Keith Olbermann dropped a bomb on his viewers: "This is the last edition of Countdown," said the stone-faced anchor. Olbermann was reportedly fired by MSNBC today. His final words, inside.

Mary Lynn Rajskub and Doug Benson discuss the time that John Corbett mistook Mary Lynn for having Down syndrome.

[A pristine view from Brooklyn of Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge this afternoon. The snow may look pretty right now, but good luck walking around in the slush all weekend. Image via Getty]

By 2006 Idol had become an international search for both the best and the absolute worst of the bunch. Watch this hopeful make a grab for his fifteen minutes of fame. How is he not famous already? Oh maya hee!

If you're willing to brave the cold this weekend, there are some exciting new movies to see. Choose between Ben Affleck being sad, Colin Farrell being adventurous, Natalie Portman being embarrassed, and someone named Paprika Steen being named Paprika Steen.

Bradley Manning, the US Army private suspected of leaking diplomatic cables to Wikileaks, has previously complained about the lack of pillows and television in his military cell. Now, his lawyer has filed an official complaint over his treatment.

Ricky Gervais has had quite a week. Here he is being interviewed by JR Digs on whether he prefers pickles or cucumbers.

Hotel giant Marriott won't be putting pay-per-view porn in any of its new rooms and says it plans to eventually phase out adult offerings altogether. What does the company have against porn?

Did you know that Wikipeida has over 400 visitors per month? That over 1.2 million people have contributed to the site? Or that the site has turned 10 years old this month? Maybe you'd better familiarize yourself.