Tonight on every messy person's worst nightmare, we met Charlotte, who hadn't been in two rooms in her house for years; and Pam, who hoards organizational materials. Doesn't hoarding stuff to organize the other stuff you're hoarding defeat the purpose?

[Toyota recalled millions of its vehicles just because the brakes didn't work. Yet this truck with a picture of 9/11 on it is still on the streets. Photo via Reddit]

Chris Hansen traveled to Detroit, Michigan for a Dateline special that aired tonight on the state of what is probably America's most desolate city. And in aerial footage—devastation porn at its best—Detroit's grim plight was revealed. Video inside.

Most people believe the Iceland volcano is caused by plate tectonics. How quaint. Crazy people have some other theories, and they are way more fun. Stop drinking your fluoridated water for a second and explore the truth behind Eyjafjallajökull.

Judging from this NYT article about the possibly-impending New York doorman strike, everyone is going to have to pitch in to make fun of rich people complaining about not having servants temporarily. There's too much good stuff here.

Last week, Walt confronted Ted the old-fashioned way: with a palm tree to shatterproof glass. Jesse jumped back into the meth game, paying for gas and cigarettes with a dimebag.

Will Manley is a retired librarian. In 1992, while working for the Wilson Library Bulletin, he sent a survey to subscribers about sex. 5,000 librarians responded, but the prudish Library Bulletin wouldn't publish the results. They've finally been released!

[The International Cannabis and Hemp Expo at San Francisco's Cow Palace came to a close today, after two days of medical marijuana users bonding over technologies in bongs, vaporizers, edibles and late-night Cartoon Network programming. Image via Getty]

You thought this whole Europe-blanketed-in-volcanic-ash thing was bad? Wait until the New York's doormen go on strike and the Upper East Side descends into madness, which will take place at midnight on April 21 unless a contract is signed.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "Lock Up All the Mexicans, and Everyone Who Looks Mexican" platform has made him very popular in Maricopa County, Arizona. Now he's raised $2 million and is thinking of running for Governor. Tainted baloney sandwiches for all!

In Malta earlier today Pope Benedict met with a group who had been abused by Catholic clergy as children. He expressed "shame and sorrow," and, according to some reports, was moved to tears by their tales. [BBC]

What does New York Sen. Chuck Schumer like on his heros? Roast beef, extra pickles, and the blood of Republican opponents. It's nice that there's a NY politician whose name, seen in a headline with "sandwich," doesn't give us shudders.

Europe may be falling apart under a cloud of apocalyptic black ash, but EU president Herman Van Rompuy is doing OK: He just published his first book of poetry, featuring classic verse like:

Technology. Love. Love. Technology. Poking. IM-ing. Can we live in this interconnected powder-keg and give off sparks? These, and other pressing nuptial quandaries faced our embedded wedded bliss reporter Phyllis Nefler as she sifted through this week's Weddings and Celebrations.

If you thought that being a celebrity meant you were given some kind of gold-plated volcano-proof airplane, well boy, were you wrong. While Eyjafjallajokull traps little people in Europe's hellish social democracies, Whitney Houston is being burdened, too!

Comcast and Kelsey Grammer are is among the big names backing RightNetwork, a new network that "focuses on entertainment with Pro-America, Pro-Business, Pro-Military sensibilities." They've even been embedded with the Tea Party in preparation for a launch this summer.

In an effort to help readers get more of the vital "cat shit" food group, the Times profiles "civet coffee" producers, who make the world's best brew by combing through the dung of the catlike civet for fermented coffee beans.

Goldman Sachs is facing an SEC lawsuit that names a prominent London-based banker. The British Prime Minister said today he too wants to examine their "moral bankruptcy." They responded by giving their London staff bonuses equivalent to those of 2007.

It is a sad day when this is something to be celebrated — but five airlines have pledged not to follow the lead of Spirit, who now demand $45 for use of their overhead bins. [AP]

Thousands gathered in Krakow to mourn Polish President Lech Kaczynski.