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This week, Oprah canceled prom because John Cook left. Here are Gawker's scientifically-determined posts of the week, sorted by new visitors in the last hour.

Google has done it again, this time by linking up Google Earth and Google Street View to create an amazing 3D map of Manhattan. Is this ground breaking new technology or one step closer to ultimate world domination by Google?

Today we looked at crazy Texas and their crazy new paddling law, which stirred up quite a conversation among you readers. One commenter shared his paddling story with us and it was... interesting.

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First Goldman Sachs gets a lawsuit from the SEC, now prosecutors have indicted a former Blackwater president and four other former employees on weapons charges. Details are not yet clear. But who knows where this Federal justice train will stop.

Today Tomorrow is Record Store Day! To celebrate, Spin posted its list of America's "15 Best Indie Record Stores." Too bad it's the same exact list as last year. They did bother to change the date. That was nice. [Baltimore Sun]

Your daily look into the twitterific lives of our favorite celebs.

Since all the real power gays refused to be on the show Logo's "gay housewives" project got the one guy who wouldn't say no: professional arm candy and reality TV vet Reichen Lehmkuhl.

A quite disgustingly creative young man put two fingers down his throat and deliberately vomited over an off-duty cop and his children at a baseball game, following a confrontation. This did not pan out so well.

A pottery demonstration takes a perverse turn for the worse when the instructor unintentionally teaches masturbation technique in the guise of ceramics skills.

Watch this poor MLS goalie get psyched out by an opposing team member, who simply takes the ball and schools him beyond recognition. I'd hate to see this goalie's reception in the locker room after the game.

In the fastest arc in tabloid news history, Larry King and his wife Shawn Southwick, who just filed for divorce two days ago, are supposedly on the mend and considering counseling. What is going on? Is this a ratings stunt?

Animal Planet tests the waters once again with another show about bears, Christopher Walken-y photos, Reno 911! gets a porn parody made about it, and

In case you don't follow the goings-on here at Gawker, we have some sad news for you. Investigative genius John Cook is leaving us for Yahoo-ier pastures today. Let's take a look back at some of our John Cook favorites.

The shopping mall being built in the church that used to house notorious nightclub Limelight has been delayed for the fourth time. We hear it's nowhere close to finished and remains haunted by the ghosts of club kids past.

Kirstie Alley overshared with Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson, saying their substance abuse histories made them a perfect match. Craig's cocaine sympathies led to a pep talk wherein he suggested Kirstie get over her image issues to find fulfillment.

Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the freaking moon, is shown here at Howard Stern's studio ogling Porn Star Jesse Jane. I guess there's nothing more American than an Astronaut staring at a pair of breasts.

So, financial regulation. Let's try to talk about it for a second. Blanche Lincoln suddenly wants to ban banks from derivative trading, which is awesome, but who knows how the rest of this thing will shake out.

Unless...