LIVE: Chuck, Season Three Finale

Roger Cormier · 05/24/10 06:00PM


"It's finally here: the two-hour season finale of "Chuck". How much trouble is Chuck in now that Shaw has been intersected? Will Quantum Dad help? Why was The Ring still making food drops years after leaving the island? Wait...

Palin-Backed Republican Plagiarized Obama Speech

Maureen O'Connor · 05/24/10 05:37PM

As if plagiarizing a speech weren't bad enough, if you're a Palin-endorsed Republican, is there anyone worse to plagiarize than President Obama? From his famous 2004 speech to the Democratic National Convention, the one that all but launched his career?

Twitter Bans Ads To Purify Self

Ryan Tate · 05/24/10 05:32PM

From here forward, only Twitter, the company, will be allowed to sell ads posted to Twitter, the microblogging service. Twitter wants to avoid crass commercialism and shilling. Too late, guys.

Lots of Great News About Dying Children

Hamilton Nolan · 05/24/10 04:39PM

A new study says that urban kids (homicide) and rural kids (suicide, accidents) are equally likely to die from guns. Good? Another study says that a mere 7.7 million children under five will die this year. Yay? [WP, NYT]

Paula Abdul Rises From the Dead

Richard Lawson · 05/24/10 03:44PM

She's back, baby, and ready to judge you. Also today: Movie roles in a variety of independent pictures, we find out what happens at the end of Cannes, and the triumphant return of Miss America.

Yahoo's CEO Tells Journalist to 'F—- Off'

Ryan Tate · 05/24/10 03:38PM

Here's a clip of Carol Bartz speaking more bluntly than the potty-mouthed Yahoo CEO has ever spoken in public before. She tells TechCrunch editor Mike Arrington to "fuck off," and that's not the start of it.