Fox Newser's Comedy Tour Probably Not Coming to Your Town

Ryan Tate · 04/12/09 05:52PM

The shows sound pretty awful. Fox News host Beck told USA Today his live shows are a sort of "poor man's Seinfeld," which would make them conservative shows about nothing. "Conservative" in this context apparently means "not funny, to anyone," judging from the clip at left.

These Books Too Gay for Amazon

Ryan Tate · 04/12/09 04:18PM

(UPDATED) As if it wasn't hellacious enough working customer support for Amazon.com on Easter, the online book store's reps must now explain why gay romances (and other books) are too "adult" to rank.

Bill Clinton Wants His Domain Names Back

Owen Thomas · 04/12/09 04:00PM

In the late '90s, private investigator Joe Culligan registered presidentbillclinton.com and other Clintonesque domain names as a joke. Now Bill Clinton's lawyer is pursuing legal action to get the website addresses. It's payback, says Culligan.

Almostbanned · 04/12/09 03:06PM

Why is this good again? Atheists are among the most desperately miserable, intolerant and generally insufferable people I've ever known. A atheist zealot is every but as annoying and misguided as the bible-thumpingest evangelical.

UPDATE: How the Navy Rescued Cpt. Phillips

John Cook · 04/12/09 02:31PM

NBC News is reporting that three pirates simultaneously popped their heads out of their lifeboat and were taken out by Navy sharpshooters from the U.S.S. Bainbridge.

Piracy Victims Blame the Media

John Cook · 04/12/09 02:20PM

The crew of the Maersk Alabama is confined by the FBI to their ship in Mombasa's harbor. But they gave a deckside press conference today, and accused the media of risking their lives.

The Rotten, Horrible People of Palm Beach, Florida

John Cook · 04/12/09 12:30PM

The New York Times' David Segal has gone to Palm Beach, the collapsing redoubt of vile and petty aristocrats, and brings an alternatively joyous and revolting tale of corroded souls and disappearing fortunes.

Brave New Voices

Chrissie Lamond · 04/12/09 12:00PM

Coming together in a time of uncertainty and challenge, a new generation of young, American poets have something to say about their world.