Sleeping in the back of a car is usually the domain of recently evicted single dads and heroin addicts, but thanks to digital technology it's now bourgeois fare: this guy will let you live inside his Tesla. That's a great bargain if you hate yourself.
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Georgia death row inmate Warren Hill's request for clemency was denied early Tuesday morning. Lawyers for Hill, a convicted murderer with an IQ of 70, claim his execution—set for 7 p.m. tonight, unless the Supreme Court intervenes—would violate federal laws against killing intellectually disabled inmates.
Sorority rush is currently in full swing at many of our nation's top institutions of higher learning, and that means that a lot of young ladies' mothers and fathers have, perhaps unwittingly, paid for the production of extravagant videos to make their daughter's sorority look the best. Lucky for us, they're all on YouTube.
Sam Smith has agreed to give Tom Petty a songwriting credit on his hit "Stay With Me" after Petty's publisher (and everyone else with ears) noted "certain similarities" between Smith's song and "I Won't Back Down." This mashup of the two songs, which dropped on YouTube last July, has suddenly become very relevant again.
Well, well, well. New Yorkers lucked out last night and were spared the feared three feet of snow predicted to hit the city. Forecasts put our friends to the north and east as bearing the brunt of the storm, with 18 inches already recorded in Massachusetts—and plenty of snow still headed their way. Here's what you need to know today:
At least 40 dogs have mysteriously gone missing since November in a small North Texas town, but authorities say they have no idea who is taking them or why.
This weekend a gay Alabama politician, frustrated by her colleagues' reaction to a gay marriage bill, threatened to reveal which of them are currently having extramarital affairs.
A former CIA officer who leaked classified documents to a New York Times reporter was convicted of espionage today in federal court and could potentially face decades in jail.
Have you gone to the store yet? You're working from home, right? Do you have extra batteries even though you do not own any battery-powered devices? Well, Jesus, get on it, because the "crippling," "historic," big-ass blizzard of 2015 is coming fast and furious and your mother is only concerned because she loves you.
