Hamilton Nolan · 10/16/14 08:50AM

Continuing its fun new trend, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has plunged more than 100 points already this morning. Fear is back! Heyyyy, buddy!

Man Says His McDonald's Coffee Came With a Free Dead Mouse

Jay Hathaway · 10/16/14 08:50AM

Ron Morais, of Fredericton, New Brunswick, doesn't like to waste a drop of his coffee. "I always take the lid off to get my last sip," he told the CBC. But he says that on a visit to McDonald's Monday, he found something in his cup that ruined his appetite for last bit of coffee there: A dead mouse.

I Did a Military Assault Race and It Wasn't That Hard

Brendan O'Connor · 10/16/14 08:30AM

A white quad-copter drone saddled with a camera buzzed above us at Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field while a uniformed soldier warbled her way through the national anthem, discordant but in harmony just the same. As she finished, the microphone was passed to Sergeant Major Mike Lillie of the United States Marine Corps.

Hong Kong Leader Agrees to New Talks After Video of Protester Beating

Aleksander Chan · 10/16/14 07:08AM

Hong Kong's Beijing-approved chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, has agreed to new talks with the student protesters occupying major thoroughfares of the city on the heels of a viral video of plainclothes police officers beating handcuffed activist Ken Tsang. "As long as students or other sectors in Hong Kong are prepared to focus on this issue, yes we are ready, we are prepared to start the dialogue," Leung told reporters.

Insane Bath & Bodyworks Candle Rant Gets the Reenactment It Deserves

Rich Juzwiak · 10/15/14 05:07PM

An almost two-year-old rant detailing one woman's failed attempt to procure Winter Candy Apple and Iced Ginger Bread candles from Bath & Bodyworks by YouTuber Az4Angela recently went viral (here's a Tumblr devoted to it). I understand that description is not exactly sexy but Az4Angela's whipping of herself into a tizzy for nearly 12 minutes over these candles simply must be seen to be believed.

Hamilton Nolan · 10/15/14 04:20PM

Stocks PLUNGED today before RALLYING into merely SEMI-AWFUL losing territory at the close. This sort of market noise serves little purpose except to stress out Wall Street traders, which is what makes it worth laughing about.

Spine-Chilling Video Foresees Taylor Swift's Horrifying Death

Caity Weaver · 10/15/14 04:00PM

Taylor Swift, Mistress of the Hunt, Defender of Maidens, Soother, Light-Bringer, Diana Venatrix in Keds by Taylor Swift for Keds Collection, stars in a new advertisement for cola pop marching onto TVs this Friday. For now, you can watch it above, if you are of age. It is too dark for children.

Erykah Badu Made $3.60 Busking Anonymously Because New York Sucks

Jordan Sargent · 10/15/14 03:55PM

Some people think New York is a terrible city. Others do not. To each his or her own, but the debate ends today: Erykah Badu recently went busking in Manhattan and basically nobody recognized her. Everybody, please boo New York.

The Erotic Art of a Painter Who Claims an Alien Took His Virginity

Andy Cush · 10/15/14 03:43PM

Seventy-year-old painter David Huggins was first abducted by aliens when he was eight, he says in the documentary trailer below. He's met many more beings in the years since then, but one stands out: Crescent, the extraterrestrial woman who took his virginity.

Ten Legitimately Good Uses For Empty Prisons

Hamilton Nolan · 10/15/14 02:46PM

As America's incarceration rate slowly declines, more and more prisons stand empty. Yesterday, we asked: what should we do with all these empty prisons? You came up with some good ideas, you people out there.