Today Dean Baquet called a U.S.C. professor an “asshole” on Facebook after that professor criticized Baquet’s decision, as executive editor of The New York Times, not to publish any of the Charlie Hebdo cartoons depicting Mohammad. Full transcript after the jump.

David Petraeus is one step closer to facing felony charges for sharing classified information with his mistress while he was director of the C.I.A. The Justice Department and the F.B.I. have recommended that charges be sought; it's up to Attorney General Eric Holder whether to go forward with an indictment.

Unlike some other pop stars, here's one who actually has the goods.

In New York City, where you can't go to your neighborhood pizza joint without being reminded of early childhood educational trauma and potential contamination, letter grades are in and casual dining with rodents is out. In a new move proposed by Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., putting a letter grade on salons of all styles is potentially also in our future.

An ambitious teenage go-getter spotted a bikini photo of his friend's hot mom on Twitter Wednesday and immediately decided she was a total MILR (a mom he would like to respect). With his heart full of pure intentions, he made a wager with his friend: If he managed to get 500,000 retweets, he'd be allowed to take her mom to prom and respect the heck out of her.

This afternoon France 2 released video of police storming the kosher supermarket in eastern Paris where Amedy Coulibaly had taken 14 people hostage. The video shows several dozen police firing into the store and tossing flash grenades until Couibaly, who earlier in the week allegedly killed a Paris police officer, runs out. The video pauses before Couibaly is killed, but France 2 reports he was shot 60 times. Seconds later, the video resumes and terrified hostages are seen fleeing the market.

Last week, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid broke his ribs and his face in a mysterious "exercise accident." Now, Harry Reid is speaking out on what the hell happened. We still don't get it.

Sometimes the world wide web functions exactly as designed, funneling information where it's requested, and expediting tasks that would've taken days in another era. Other times, a group of young men that self-describe as sexless wizards swarms your personal blog.

After a rash of wildfires burned through Victoria and South Australia this month, poor baby koalas have been getting their paws and their "rumps" singed when hanging out, minding their own business in trees. The only solution: mittens with cartoon koalas on them! Cute!!!

Joan Didion, an ever-more popular lifestyle brand, was on Vogue.com this week to celebrate her new collaboration with the French fashion house Céline.

The Episcopal bishop who allegedly killed cyclist Thomas Palermo in a hit-and-run last month will be be charged with manslaughter. Heather Cook, the second-highest leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, will also face charges of leaving the scene of a fatal accident, driving under the influence, and causing an accident due to texting while driving.

An attack by Boko Haram on Baga, Nigeria, was the deadliest in the history of the militant group, according to a statement from Amnesty International. Musa Alhaji Bukar, a local government official, told the BBC he feared that 2,000 people had been killed in the massacre.

Science news: "Monkeys can learn to see themselves in the mirror." Okay...congrats. (Sarcasm.)

Every year, the New York Times travel section publishes a ranked list of the 52 best places to go that year, and if you're the adventurous type, the world sure is your reclined-seat oyster. This year, the number one best place to visit is Milan, Italy, followed close behind by Cuba (finally) and Philadelphia (super enormous big-ups are due here).

A Michigan family called 911 from their minivan early Wednesday morning to report that the vehicle's front end was stuck underneath a semi-trailer traveling down snowy I-75. A mom, dad, and their two adult children were trapped inside with no power and no heat, and the driver of the truck apparently didn't realize they were back there.

If you use the internet, you should be opposed to the passage of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA. The bill was blocked last year, because it's a draconian privacy nightmare, but it's back, and feeding on Sony hacker paranoia.

Retail monster Target has more than 360,000 employees. Some of them are oldies; some of them are Gen Xers; and some of them are the dreaded millennials. Fortunately, the company has a neatly stereotyped training guide for managers to navigate this generational minefield.

Above, a trio of rhinoceros—led by a female named Rihanna—takes a heroic but understated stroll through the front gate of Ramat Gan Safari Park in Ramat Gan, Israel, as a zookeeper futilely gives chase. The security guard tasked with watching the entrance was asleep on the job, according to the Daily Mail.

After an hours-long standoff with police Friday, Charlie Hebdo shooting suspects Cherif and Said Kouachi have been killed by police in a raid on the print shop northeast of Paris where they took one person hostage.