At least 25 people were killed and 40 more wounded in a pair of suicide bombings perpetrated yesterday in Mogadishu, Somalia, the New York Times reports. The attack was carried out by a rebel group, Al Shabab, who claimed to have targeted government officials gathered at a hotel for a prayer service.

Davis and I met at a book party. I was bored, aimlessly drinking. I came with an editor in the hopes of meeting other well-connected, writerly people. As I approached the cocktail table our eyes met on something vast and turbulent between us. I knew then, as if the future folded out in panels before my eyes, that this was illicit. Perhaps it was the smirk fixed to his ageless face or the puzzling sensation that we shared a secret. Before I knew it, we were shoulder to shoulder and he deftly extinguished all conversation until we stood alone in a ringing hiss of voices.

Sure, when it's your time to split you could die of a heart attack or stroke like everyone else—or you could go down swinging with a little chin music from the World's Greatest Detective, like Stephen Merrill did earlier this month.

Bobbi Kristina Brown had been drinking heavily, as well as regularly using heroin, cocaine, and Xanax, in the months before she was found unconscious in her bathtub, People reports.

Draven Rodriguez, a senior at Schenectady High School in New York, whose proposed yearbook photo of him, his cat, and lasers was widely celebrated across the Internet this fall, died on Thursday at the age of 17. The Times Union reports that the cause of death was suicide.

Armed soldiers abducted at least 89 boys, some as young as 13, from a community near Malakal in South Sudan, UNICEF said Saturday.

Rudy Giuliani's had a rough week. First, he said President Obama doesn't love America. Then he said that wasn't a racist thing to say. (It is.) Now he tells CNN his office is getting death threats, and also he still thinks Obama doesn't love America.

UPDATE 02/21: According to Gulf News, firefighters brought the blaze under control at around 4:24 a.m. local time. 10 residents of the tower suffered from smoke inhalation, but no casualties or major injuries have been reported. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Foul play is not currently suspected.

Rushing to a job interview via the London tube last Monday morning, a man found his way temporarily blocked by another commuter, so he pushed past the fellow and told him to go fuck himself. Unfortunately, that other man was Matt Buckland, the recruiter who was supposed to interview him for a software development position. Awkwaaard.

As you're stewing in your own filth this weekend, hungover in pajama pants and a stained t-shirt, take some time to reflect. Are you developing yourself in a positive manner? Are you avoiding anything that may reduce your mental growth or your physical health?

Two weeks ago, TL;DR, the internet-centered companion show to WYNC and NPR's On the Media, ran an episode criticizing Vivek Wadhwa, an author, entrepreneur and academic who writes about women in tech, for overshadowing the voices of actual women. WYNC took the episode down early last week because it didn't include comment from Wadhwa himself, and announced TL;DR would do a follow-up piece now that the show had become part of its own story.

Italian clothing brand Benetton has vowed to contribute money to a trust that will benefit the victims and families of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in 2013. Benetton had previously been skeptical of the Rana Plaza Donors Trust, saying that there wasn't a system in place to properly aid victims.

A pair of parents in Glendale, Oregon, were charged with murder by abuse this week in the starvation death of their seven-week-old son. According to local news outlet KPIC, police believe Amanda Hancock used breast milk for lactation porn "instead of feeding the child." Stephen Williams, the father, also allegedly worked in online porn.

The dreaded "millennial" generation, composed of millions of identical young people who are on drugs, are now old enough to get "real" jobs and have their own bank accounts. They're still getting the hang of it, god bless em.

London police fear that three "straight-A" students may have hopped a flight to Istanbul with plans to cross into Syria and join ISIS. Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and a third girl whose name has not been released, also 15, reportedly took off Tuesday.

Being a sea lion is fine but it probably isn't as cool as being a human. Humans can walk freely in the world and eat hot dogs and see burlesque shows, etc. One eager sea lion, after becoming aware of this fact, decided to try blending in with a human family like we wouldn't fucking notice.

Louie, the famed organ-playing clown from Wichita's now defunct Joyland Amusement Park has returned after missing for 10 years. He was found in the home of Damian Mayes, a former employee of the park who used to repair Louie's organ—and a convicted sex offender. "It is a great feeling we finally have found it (Louie)," Margaret Nelson Spear, one of Joyland's former owners, told the Wichita Eagle. "…It is a big relief. We are pleased."

Mo'Nique was featured in this week's Hollywood Reporter claiming she's been blacklisted from Hollywood, in large part because of how she handled the 2010 Oscar campaign for the movie Precious.

Say what you want about #brands, but one thing's for sure—cable companies are more than just "not your friend." Cable companies are public enemy No. 1 and if you piss one of their overworked, underpaid employees off enough, they're liable to call you a cunt and cancel your service.