Are you a journalist? Would you like to ask Alaska's Republican Senate candidate some questions? Well, I wouldn't try doing so after a town hall meeting at a school. Because you might get handcuffed and "detained" by his security detail.

According to a new report in The Wall Street Journal, nearly all of the most popular apps on Facebook—including Farmville, Causes, and Quiz Planet—have been sharing users' information with advertising and tracking companies. Here's how to stop them.

[Is this sea lion—at Kamogawa Sea World in Japan—smiling? It looks kind of mad, actually. Did you do something bad? Pic via AP.]

Is being gay "a choice"? Sort of, according to Colorado Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck. But "birth has an influence over it, like alcoholism." Homosexuality is just like a crippling addictive disease! Except, you're addicted to... oh, never mind.

In case you were wondering how many robots are on the Carnegie Mellon campus: At least 547.

The 33 Chilean miners who were trapped underground for 69 days have finally been freed, and Mario Sepulveda, the rescue's "undisputed star," has given his first interview. Obviously, the burning question is: Did the miners have sex with each other?

The artwork for rapper Kanye West's new album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, has been banned! That is, according to Kanye, who Tweeted the cover earlier this evening. Want to see it? There are boobs!

John Mulaney recalls the time he and his friend went into a Chicago diner and queued twenty-one consecutive plays of "What's New Pussycat" by Tom Jones. At three plays for a dollar, wouldn't you do the same?

On this week's edition of, "Andy Rooney Talks About Things That He Hates," we have this: Rooney goes through fan mail, and then criticizes the people who wrote him letters! He also says that he will never shave his eyebrows.

For the new VH1 Classic series Rock 'N Roll Fantasy Camp, Kip Winger wanted to go with the band name Fuck It, but producers asked him to go with, uh, something that could be said on TV. Metal!

[Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his wife participate in the Russian census in their surprisingly drab home. Image via Russian Prime Minister's website.] (via Felix Salmon)

The Autobiography of Mark Twain just became the number one best-seller on Amazon. This means people have to come up with something new to say about Mark Twain 100 years after his death. Like: was Mark Twain a blogger?

Fox and New York cable provider Cablevision are fighting over money things, so Fox blacked out Cablevision subscribers during the Lions-Giants game. Now Twitter is aflame and Football fans are roaming the streets impaling each other with toothpicks.

You all remember Dan Schruender, the admitted neo-Nazi running for school board in Southern California. Now we learn of another SoCal neo-Nazi running for another minor league political position. Meet Riverside Water Board candidate Jeff Hall

[Jake Gyllenhaal arries at LAX. Pic by Bauer-Griffin.]

This video is like 'Christian the Lion' if Christian had Alzheimer's. Watch as the loving beast performs a high-jump to reach his "grandchild."

Carey Mulligan is moving back to England, far away from her Wall Street 2 co-star and boyfriend, Shia LaBeouf. Americans can look forward to lots of Shia LaBeouf drunken antics, since Mulligan made him cut back. (via Daily Intel)

Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg have had a turbulent relationship. One day, Apple is paying Facebook for a fancy "sponsored group." The next, Zuckerberg is trashing the iPhone. Did their recent dinner date smooth things over?

A gay man wrote an angry email to New York's homophobic governor candidate Carl Paladino. Carl responded, "Learn how to read." So the man wrote back, even more angrily—and so did Carl. Here is their full, 8-part exchange.

The weather forecast says that this Sunday is going to be overcast so why not just stay in with Gawker.TV and watch your childhood favorite that spawned twelve sequels!? Eat your heart out Rocky.