Flash mobs terrifying business owners in Philly are said to have been inspired by "Twitter messages to 'come to South Street.'" That is bullshit: Twitter didn't cause these flash mobs; neither did "social-networking". It was a dance crew.

Today in Out-dated Laws That May Apply to You: The Times exposes the 1950s-era prohibition against more than three unrelated people living together in a single dwelling. It is still on the books! Are you breaking the law right now?

Obama loves Jews so much that someone once joked he would be known as "the first Jewish President". He is hosting the first second White House Seder ever tomorrow. With real rendered chicken fat! You hear that, Israel? [NYT]

This is fun: Paul Kedrosky has assembled a list of books about the financial crisis which contain the most instances of the word "fuck." Surprisingly less than we expected, given the topic. Full list, after the jump:

New Jersey is so fucked, its Department of Transportation is considering selling off Turnpike rest-stop naming rights to generate extra cash. But which rest-stop names get cut, and which get kept? We figure it out.

Vanity Fair columnist and public intellectual Christopher Hitchens is a twice-married straight man. In his boyhood, however, he had torrid affairs and circle jerked with male classmates. A leaked excerpt from Hitchens' forthcoming memoir documents necessary bisexuality in horny teens.

Being broke sucks. Especially for getting a date. Ruben Paul explains why being rich is so great and how easy it is to get a girl if you are.

Last Sunday, everyone's favorite chemistry-teacher-turned-meth-cook, Breaking Bad's Walter White, returned to everyone's new favorite crappy-movie-channel-turned-future-Emmy-factory, AMC. This week, we're going to live-blog the action.

Chloe Sevigny told the AV Club that she thought this past season of Big Love was "Awful." Today she offered her excuse: she was tired! Also, she invoked the Golden Rule. What does immortal philosophy say about Chloe Sevigny's behavior?

[Real Housewife of New York Bethenny Frankel arrives for her My Super Sweet Sixteen wedding extravaganza at the Four Seasons Hotel. Image via Splash.]

When we told you Mayor Bloomberg planned to dress up as a Hair hippie for this year's Inner Circle dinner, we suggested he dress in drag. He didn't—but he did mingle with Snooki and The Situation! Video inside.

Dominique Browning was the editor of Condé Nast's House & Garden for 12 years-and then she got fired. In this Sunday's New York Times Magazine, she chronicles her descent into apertif-drinking, Bach-listening, metaphor-mixing madness.

Ever since stories about anti-healthcare reform campaigners calling black and gay lawmakers 'nigger' and 'faggot' and spitting on them, conservatives have been sneering that they haven't seen any evidence and implying it's a media conspiracy. Here's video of one incident.

NYPost's Kyle Smith does an op/ed: "Oh, you thought Obama was one of us, a Columbia grad and urban sophisticate? You're like a dependent spouse. Every fresh bruise just proves how much he loves you." Kyle, don't try this again.

We have ascertained the location of 'Big Ben' Mills, who posted nude photos of an allegedly smack-addled Peaches Geldof. He is with his band, recovering from a performance where he inserted meathooks through his skin and dangled from the ceiling.

With any popular music video comes a seemingly endless amount of web parodies, and Lady Gaga and Beyoncé's "Telephone" is no different. But how do you separate the good ones from the junk? You let us do it for you!

It appears that members of the right-wing Hutaree Militia were arrested in raids in Michigan last night. Fox News reports that the seven in custody were selling pipe bombs. The FBI refused to comment.

In today's NYT Jerry Bruckheimer opines on his formula for successful TV. He's behind the 243 CSI series that turned police procedurals into cartoonish festivals of expository dialogue and his new medical drama launches next week. Enough. It must stop.

The president, perhaps hoping he can force a healthcare-esque victory-against-the-odds by just showing up, made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan today. It was his first since taking office. It comes on the same day the AP release their investigation into a mysterious CIA-linked death at a US compound in Kabul.

People get married. The New York Times' Weddings & Celebrations section curates their joy. And then our resident expert Phylis Nefler scores them based on a secret list of criteria we keep in a vault. It's Altarcations!