Death Toll Hits 589 in China Earthquake
Allie Jones · 08/06/14 07:28AM
At least 589 people have died in the earthquake that hit southern China on Sunday. The death toll rose sharply over the last day as rescuers reached more remote locations. A senior colonel in the People's Liberation Army working with the rescue effort told the Associated Press, "There are a lot of people that we may never be able to dig out. But there is still hope."
EMTs: We Stopped NYPD Cops From Beating Handcuffed Mentally Ill Man
Andy Cush · 08/06/14 07:18AM
Two fire department emergency medical technicians claim they had to physically intervene when NYPD officers began beating a mentally ill man who was handcuffed on a stretcher, the New York Daily News reports. The medical workers have since turned the officers in, and the police department's Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating.
Aleksander Chan · 08/05/14 11:00PM
Insurance Company Pays Man's Settlement With $21,000 in Coins
Aleksander Chan · 08/05/14 09:31PM
Andres Carrasco reached a settlement with Adriana's Insurance Service, Inc. this past June following a lawsuit he filed in 2012 in which he alleged an employee of the company physically assaulted him. The company paid his settlement with a check but also, his attorney claims, in buckets of change that amount to more than $21,000.
British Foreign Office Minister Resigns Over Government's Gaza Policy
Aleksander Chan · 08/05/14 08:12PM
Sayeeda Warsi took to Twitter early this morning to announce her resignation from her position as a senior British Foreign Office minister for faith and communities, citing the government's "morally indefensible" approach to the ongoing crisis in Gaza. When she was appointed in 2010, Warsi became the first Muslim to serve in a British Cabinet.
Aleksander Chan · 08/05/14 07:35PM
Pope Francis: Kids These Days Waste Too Much of Their Time Online
Aleksander Chan · 08/05/14 07:06PMSuspected Juggalos Try to Cut Off Man's Tattoo, Then Set Him on Fire
Aleksander Chan · 08/05/14 05:58PM
Two men were arrested by police early Monday in Hebron, Md. for allegedly attacking their roommate during a heated argument. Paul Martin Hurst, 33, and Cary Lee Edwards, 35, apparently attempted to cut their roommate's tattoo off his arm—when they failed, they set him on fire. The Wicomico County Sheriff's Office believes there to be a "strong possibility" that the three are Juggalos.
Kid Rock Answers All Your Pressing Questions About His Glass Dildo
Jay Hathaway · 08/05/14 04:59PM
As part of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed last month against rap-metal physics students Insane Clown Posse, Kid Rock received a subpoena ordering him to produce, within 14 days, a glass dildo he was allegedly given by a former ICP employee. Instead, Rock produced a missive entitled "All Parties Involved in This ICP Glass Dildo Case Can Shove One Up Their Ass: Kid Rock Responds."
Did A Popular Historian Plagiarize His Big Book About Reagan?
Michelle Dean · 08/05/14 04:08PMHere's How Conde Nast and Mo Rocca Are Making Propaganda for Monsanto
Hamilton Nolan · 08/05/14 03:50PMBill Keller Begs Redditors Not to Ask About the NYT, They Do Anyway
Leah Finnegan · 08/05/14 03:48PMGeorge Clooney Put a Picture of His Dick on the Roseanne Refrigerator
Rich Juzwiak · 08/05/14 03:20PMWho Do You Block on Twitter?
Sam Biddle · 08/05/14 03:18PMKim Says Kanye's "45-Minute Wedding Toast" Was "Only" 20 Minutes
Jay Hathaway · 08/05/14 03:08PMAt Least 11 Injured After Double-Decker Buses Collide in Times Square
Taylor Berman · 08/05/14 02:59PMMan Mauled By Bear Says He's Only Alive Thanks to Justin Bieber
Jay Hathaway · 08/05/14 01:45PMKanye West Used His Jail Phone Call To Order Takeout From Mr. Chow
Rich Juzwiak · 08/05/14 01:31PM...Or, at least, that's what his wife and app genius Kim Kardashian claimed on Sunday's episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians.








