After guaranteeing its banks' debts in October 2008, Ireland announced this weekend that it applied for a multibillion-Euro bailout package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. Don't freak out, though! The corporate tax rate won't be raised.

Watch comedian Nick DiPaolo talk about how he and his wife — who've been together for 15 years — can't see eye to eye on most purchases. Note: use kraft singles to catch mice, not expensive parmesan!

According to a study of FBI crime statistics by CQ Press, St. Louis, Mo. was the "most dangerous city in the U.S." in 2010, probably due to former St. Louis Cardinal Mark McGwire's uncontrollable steroid-murder rages. Here's the top 25:

The American Music Awards—aka the Grammys for tweens—are underway in Los Angeles. Miley Cyrus just performed (screeched?) a Stevie Nicks-esque ballad called "Forgiveness and Love" in a dark, flowing Stevie Nicks-esque dress. She did not do too well.

This is the trailer that's got everybody atwitter. It's next year's summer blockbuster involving cowboys and aliens (and curiously, no Will Smith!). Daniel Craig stars and Jon Favreau directs this 2006 graphic novel turned movie.

He sinks in so quickly as if he were too small to land on top of the pile. Don't worry, he never loses scent of his owner, and comes back with his tail wagging.

[Obama chats with British Prime Minister David Cameron at a meeting of NATO leaders in Lisbon, Portugal. Image via Getty.]

Recently a video has been going around with the title "Russia in 15 Seconds." It captures an incredibly bleak picture of life in a poor village.. almost too bleak. Could it be real?

A Moscow-bound plane is reporting an engine fire and will attempt an emergency landing at JFK

Citizens, take heart: Even as our country falls under the total domination of our new TSA overlords, capitalism continues unabated. A Colorado man has developed undergarments with special body scanner-blocking fig leaves to hide your privates.

Frustrated 30-year-old 6'6" man walks us through his experience using one of the world's most popular dating sites. He finds religious undertones in the questionnaire, is disappointed by his results, and uncovers footage from site founder Dr. Neil Clark Warren.

Workers today began drilling a test shaft at the site of last week's mine explosion in New Zealand to check deadly gas levels before rescue operations can get under way. 29 men are missing inside the Park River mine. [Guardian]

Watch as a fight between two fast food mascots unexpectedly turns into a love story, complete with endearing, adolescent awkwardness. Video inside!

Last week, the Daily Show mocked the town of Bayonne, New Jersey, in a spoof of Sarah Palin's Alaska. Jason Jones' Bayonne featured Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones taking in the city's Russian hookers and industrial wasteland. Bayonne is pissed.

The cast of the College Podcast "Student Loans For Beer Money" decide to poke fun at the typical students that attend New York University. Is it accurate? We'll let you be the judge of that!

The trial of three Americans on espionage charges in Iran will begin on February 6.

Someone mastered "How to Train Your Dog 101." This pup does the dishes, the laundry, and even gives his owner a massage. But should a dog really be drinking coffee, and can he get a bone already?

Yet more evidence that Northern California is the Chillest Place on Earth: City-sanctioned pot farms and "gardens" should soon be springing up in a handful of super laid-back municipalities. In Oakland, they're processing applications for four "industrial sized pot farms."

[A Yemeni hat vendor, Abu Mohammed waits for business in the capital Sana'a today. Image via AP]

Get pumped, everybody. That thing you were going to do, but were too afraid to do, well you're going to do it! No chance of failing after watching this video! Or, just watch and enjoy. It's sweet, succinct, and inspirational.