Military police in Rio say they've "won" the fight against drug gangs in the city's favelas.

A Daily News report on squirrels being massacred by one woman's dogs has some people heated, and undercover Parks Enforcement officers are issuing tickets for unleashed dogs. Hopefully they'll start busting people for not picking up their dog's crap, too.

Lady Gaga and Anderson Cooper are drinking buddies. James Franco continues to be the best at everything. Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal continue their world coffee shop tour. Sunday Gossip Roundup is a perfectly-made fried egg.

Macau casino owner Stanley Ho has a thing for truffles: The billionaire yesterday paid $330,000 for two giant white truffles from Italy—weighing a total of 2.87 pounds. He's done this before, too. Proceeds will go to charity.

Listen to the BBC voiceover sexualize this kakapo's "thick sideburns" and "victorian gentleman's face" only moments before the fat, flightless parrot launches his sexual attack on British zoologist Mark Carwardine. All while Stephen Fry does absolutely nothing to help.

North Korea says it will pummel the South under "a merciless shower of fire" unless the "arch-criminal" U.S. and South Korea call off war games scheduled for today in disputed waters off the west coast of the peninsula. [WaPo]

Kids are so gullible. Little girl meticulously empties a Jello snack onto a plate, dad pulls the "look over there!" move on her, and - this is the doozy - steals the snack with his mouth.

Lewis Black is known for his strong opinions. What is his opinion on twitter? Check the clip to see Lewis channel some of that prime rage he his best known for.

This one is for every person completely content with the way they get things done now. The ones who, curiously, hold onto their old gadgets with zeal. The good folks at CollegeHumor argue that history is not on your side.

Here is more evidence that chimpanzees are evil, genius masterminds.. A group of chimpanzees formulate and execute an elaborate plan to attack and capture a monkey in the wild. That poor monkey didn't know what hit him.

If you see a naked man laughing at a house fire, he probably set the fire.

[Megan Fox and her husband, Brian Austin Green, take a completely spontaneous, not-staged-at-all Facebook picture at Disney World. Image via Splash]

A (now-removed) note on the German magazine Der Spiegel's website strongly suggests secret-sharing website Wikileaks' latest leak, comprising thousands of confidential U.S. diplomatic cables, will be released at around 4:30pm EST tomorrow.

Peru's jovial but hugely unpopular president, Alan Garcia has come up with a great excuse for his 34 percent approval rating, saying Peruvians are "sad, distrustful ... we have a natural lack of trust." That, or he's a shitty president?

The Pizza Kids really live up to their name. Listen to see how much their love borders on insane. Warning: Upon listening to this song you may come down with an insane dance-fever that only pizza can cure.

As far as we can tell, nobody died yesterday in Black Friday madness. But this guy got trampled at a Buffalo, New York Target store. He attempted to continue his hunt for bargains, only to collapse from the pain.

Whole Foods is recalling seven types of cheese from Western stores over listeria or E. coli fears.

Daniel Lopatin, of cosmic techno-trance music project Oneohtrix Point Never, breaks down keyboards and synths techniques to create "Echo Jams". The Brooklynite takes us into his hypnotic universe with electronic sounds and cyber-optic light shows.

An inmate named Kristopher Allen White escaped the Haywood County jail in Tennessee last week, but was apprehended later that day. Why the mention? Because the 160-pound White slipped through a four and a half inch space between the bars.

In this video Russell Crowe and fellow Robin Hood actors Kevin Durand, Scott Grimes, and Alan Doyle sing a rousing tune, accompanied by a lute. This needs to become a tradition.