Utah investors gave money manager Travis Wright $145 million. He invested that money in outside-of-the box ideas, such as canned sandwiches. Now he's facing a lawsuit. In Travis Wright's defense: he was just doing what it takes, these days.

He was so high that he took a tinkle in public. This actress is so stressed her man is pressuring her to get stoned. This married actress is still diddling her famous ex. Finally, someone not on drugs!

Watch this reindeer as it berates it's keeper. It's almost as if it has a vendetta against her (go figure). This is what happens when you put wild animals in captivity... and continuously hit them shovels!

Lindsay's "fuck u" manicure was "a joke," but her Cato Institute-quoting tweets aren't. New Mel Gibson tapes apparently show him telling Oksana she "deserved" physical abuse. Ryan Seacrest's beard commits—with sexy photos? Thursday gossip speaks truth to power.

ESPN is airing an hourlong teevee special tonight, for basketmaking machine Lebron James to announce which team he's going to sign with. To get this, ESPN ceded near-total control of the show's advertising (and reporters' question-asking!) to Lebron. The explanation?

This kid goes for a spin on his new Tricycle only to crash a burn. There's something about the look of complacency on his face as he is headed for doom that is comforting and frightening all at once.

The 2010 Emmy nominees were announced this morning and they were full of old standards (Mariska Hargitay... again) and surprises (a show on USA that isn't Monk got a nomination!). Let's take a look at the list, shall we?

New York Post sex columnist Andrea Peyser is positively smitten with America's heartthrob, Lindsay Lohan. It's so obvious. Andrea's just like a little kid, spewing false insults at her crush object to cover up her undying love.

Don't you dare ask this dog if he'd like a receipt. He doesn't need a copy for his records.

Can you guess what movie this image comes from? Check back for the answer at 4pm today.

People trying to smuggle contraband into jail should do some research before bringing goodies in. The Butt Smuggler failed. The prosthetic leg guy did, too. And a Florida man was just caught with "blue prescription pills" attached to his penis.

Why remove the oil beneath the sand along Gulf beaches when you can just let it sit there forever? It's not hurting anyone. That's the thinking of some "experts," at least. What you can't see won't hurt you!

["The process is cumbersome and assumes the worst in Pennsylvania's wine consumers — that we are a bunch of conniving underage drunks," says Wine School of Philadelphia president Keith Wallace about new breathalyzer-equipped wine kiosks in supermarkets. AP]

The great New York City OxyContin drought of 2010, explained.

Who: The executive producer of Sex and the City, King helped channel the neuroses of single women everywhere into a mega-hit for HBO. He's since written, directed and co-produced the two Sex and the City movies that have hit the big screen.

Former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's personal stash of pictures, letters, and office furniture will be housed in the future National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington, DC. A cop museum… cool. But will they have a taser section? [NYT]

A group of marine scientists just got back from a science-type voyage with a bunch of totally bizarre, creepily beautiful new species. Wanna see 'em?

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[News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch just said something to his incredulous wife Wendi Deng at the annual Allen & Company retreat in Sun Valley. What do you think it was? Pic via AP.]

U Street in Washington D.C. was covered in "a greasy mess that smelled like vomit" on Wednesday. Was it the sickening, bilious waste of the United States Senate, come to life? No, it was just "used restaurant oil." [WTOP]