The Smithsonian's National Zoo in DC today unveiled seven adorable new lion cubs, and the AP was there to document their big debut.

There's some confusion over the rape and sexual molestation allegations facing Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Some think it's a simple mix-up over a broken condom. Newly leaked police reports about the incidents in question should put that idea to rest.

What starts out as a WTF moment will quickly have you rolling on the floor with laughter. Merry Christmas everyone, lets have lots of sex. [NSFW]

This revenue officer at the IRS (allegedly) helped herself to a nice Christmas bonus.

The Senate took a big step toward ending the military's ban on openly gay servicemembers today, voting to end debate on a bill repealing the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy.

Iconoclastic rocker Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart died yesterday at 69 of complications stemming from multiple sclerosis. His 1969 masterpiece Trout Mask Replica will be in heavy rotation this weekend. Here's a clip from a BBC documentary about Vliet.

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Oh boy, we hope this happens: Evil Ned Flanders (né John Bolton) is considering a White House run in 2012, because if "inexperienced senators from Illinois" can do it, why can't he? He's coming for your ass, Ahmadinejad! [Politico]

Jake Gyllenhaal and Taylor Swift's relationship is still perfect in every way. Lindsay Lohan is scared of a photographer. Kanye's ex is out on the town. Demi Lovato's got a sex tape Saturday Gossip Roundup is happy to be here.

The ability to drive a public bus while reading a Kindle is a gift. And now, here's a bus driver from Omnibus De México labeling some CD's, writing on a clipboard, and not paying much attention while driving pretty fast.

Wait a second — pounding booze doesn't fight off hypothermia?

The Post once again has spoken to a "recent inmate" at the prison where Bernie Madoff is serving life, this time with Bernie's reaction to his son's suicide, and that he's pissed off at Ruth for not visiting him.

Dara O Briain loves video games, despite the disapproving faces that are met with such a declaration. They will impede your progress when you're doing it wrong1 Movies and books cannot do that.

[Michelle Obama isn't coming to town, but she is helping the Marines sort 100,000 toys for their Toys for Tots program. Image via Getty]

These dead sexy "Follow me" thigh-highs will have the social media cognoscenti all abuzz. Best watch your back, @aplusk! Click here to see all the nifty gifties in Gawker's Plugged In Gift Guide—for the oversharer in your life. The whole shebang is brought to you by Sony Internet TV.

As the song goes, "The dream if the 90s is alive in Portland." Sleep til 11! All hot girls wear glasses! Tattoo ink never runs dry! Flannel shirts! This musical montage will kick off Fred Armisen's new series Portlandia.

It was Sen. Bob Corker's turn to take hostages today with this latest "threat": If Democrats bring the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" repeal and DREAM Act to votes tomorrow, as expected, then Republicans may kill the START treaty. Huh?

When Wikipedia launched in 2001, its handful of volunteers faced the daunting task of creating an open-source repository of the world's knowledge from scratch. Where did they start? Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, of course.

Today we looked at a trend of journalists taking money for asking questions, a sorry indication of the sorry state of journalism. This prompted one embittered journalist to rail against the state of modern media.

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