Larry King's wife, Shawn King, overdosed on pills on May 28, according to RadarOnline. In a recording of the 911 call, her father tells the operator "I can't wake her up," and "I don't think she did it on purpose."

[Brown pelicans, recently cleaned of oil, are held in a pen in Louisiana. Their nesting season is approaching, and the birds just last year were removed from the endangered species list. Image via AP]

There was a time when running a sex club out of your apartment where guests played with fire and dressed in rubber suits was cool. Not anymore. At least not to one man, who viciously attacked Dmitri's Apartment with feces.

Police in the West African nation The Gambia seized a two ton stash of cocaine, valued at $1 billion, and called in agents from Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency for help with the investigation. Somewhere, Amy Winehouse is crying. [BBC]

One half of the Malawian couple who were convicted, and then pardoned, for being gay now has a girlfriend. Shortly after being pardoned, Steven Monjeza left his old partner for a woman because he "had enough" of being harassed.

56-year-old Chinese farmer Yang Youde got tired of commercial property developers lowballing him and trying to demolish his home, so he built and fired some rockets at them. The short-range rockets held off an onslaught of 100 people.

The Mormon Church is being fined for improperly reporting its monetary backing of California's anti-gay marriage Proposition 8.

[A Nevada Republican, with unfortunate facial hair and sick hand ink, rocks out during that state's primaries late Tuesday. Image via AP]

The judge investigating Governor David Paterson's career-ending alleged role in a domestic violence case, Judith Kaye, has yet to even interview him. She told the Journal, "I hope to have something that's prompt and comprehensive." Take your time! [Metropolis]

We won't know if our coverage of the Whoomper conspiracy will win a Pulitzer Prize for another 10 months or so. But at least it's earned the approval of Stephen Colbert. Tonight he dug into Obama's music video "cameo."

A US border agent "performing bike patrol duties" shot and killed a 14-year-old Mexican boy for throwing rocks at him on a bridge between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez on Monday. The boy's parents say he was in Mexico.

Tourists suck. Use this map to avoid them in New York. Using Flickr's geotagging feature, Eric Fisher created this heat map showing where tourists took pictures versus where locals did. Red is tourists, blue is locals. (Click to enlarge.)

Some unemployed guy defeated a former legislator in South Carolina's Democratic senate primary. He had no money, no signs and no website. Did he win because of his brilliant policies? Or because his last initial came first in the alphabet?

Remember when an anonymous genius divided the sidewalk on Fifth avenue into lanes for "tourists" and "New Yorkers?" Turns out it was Improv Everywhere—the same folks behind the annual No Pants Subway Ride. Click through for their video.

Was Barack Obama in the music video for Tag Team's 1993 single "Whoomp! (There It Is)"? No! Here's proof: We spoke to Tag Team themselves. They told us the mysterious Obama doppelganger was a friend, the rapper LA Sno.

Katt Williams talks about the impossibilities of Shaq's life after basketball and the gargantuan, stupid qualities Shaq's baby inherited from his father.

Lindsay Lohan tweeted that reports of her alcohol-monitoring bracelet going off were "fucking disgusting." But they are "fucking true." A new bench warrant has been issued for Lilo's arrest, and her infraction cost her a cool $100,000 in bail.

[Heidi Montag needed four bodyguards by her side when she marched down to the Santa Monica courthouse today to file papers to legally separate from her husband, fellow famewhore Spencer Pratt. This, friends, is her sad face. Image via X17]

Everyone loves to hate Sen. Harry Reid, and it had looked for a while like this year's reelection bid would do him in. But with Republicans likely nominating a wacky Tea Party-er in today's primary, old Harry may survive!

Today we asked you a hard question: Which company is worse, BP or Goldman Sachs? It's a toughie! And you guys were understandably split. One commenter, though, made a clear and compelling case for BP to win the poop crown.