Crack Dealer Gets Married Right After Hearing on Drug Charges

Jeff Neumann · 08/08/10 11:39AM

What better time to get married than when you're standing in front of a judge, handcuffed and in a jumpsuit, for a motions hearing on crack charges? That's what Franklin Barndt did on Friday when he married girlfriend Takesha Piazza.

This Is a $625 Cookbook

Adrian Chen · 08/08/10 10:19AM

Deal alert: Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking is currently $203.13 off on Amazon! Which means it's only $421.87. A $625, six-volume, 2,200-page cookbook? This is the price of molecular gastronomy.

Michaele and Tareq Salahi's Sad Gay Bar Payday

Adrian Chen · 08/08/10 09:41AM

The Salahis have a party at a gay bar! Bob Barker is scared of pregnant women. Teresa Giudice is selling her suit of armor. Taylor Momsen screwed a priest (just kidding). Sunday's Gossip Roundup is toad-ally frog-some.

The Old Person's Guide to YouTube Superstar Fred

Adrian Chen · 08/07/10 04:03PM

Hello, Old Person. Would you like to be annoyed and confused? Let's talk about the chipmunk-voiced YouTube phenomenon known as 'Fred'. He has a new movie coming out, and all the kids are going to be talking about it.

Finland's World Sauna Championships Marred by Death of Finalist

Jeff Neumann · 08/07/10 04:02PM

The World Sauna Championships in Finland ended today with the death of a finalist, Russian Vladimir Ladyzhensky. He was going for the win against Finnish rival Timo Kaukonen, when both were rushed to the hospital with severe burns.

Advice: Don't Show Up to Court with Weed

Jeff Neumann · 08/07/10 02:08PM

Here's a scenario: You're wanted on two active assault warrants, and you've got 19 bags of weed in your pocket that you're looking to sell. Want some advice? Don't show up to a courthouse with either of these.

FDA: Don't Worry About Chemical Dispersants and Gulf Seafood

Jeff Neumann · 08/07/10 01:10PM

Now that BP's oil well is plugged, government scientists can start looking at what 1.8 million gallons of the chemical dispersant Corexit did to the environment, and seafood in the Gulf of Mexico. The FDA says don't sweat it!

Boy Scouts Boo Obama... Or Did They?

Adrian Chen · 08/07/10 12:56PM

Today, the Drudge Report offers more proof that America hates Obama: Video of Boy Scouts booing a message from our leader at a convention. But were they actually booing because they love Obama so much? YouTube detectives: On the case!