A few years ago, I stood outside of my ex-boyfriend Billy's house. I was there for the second time that day, this time to take him to an appointment he had with his psychiatrist. It was an unusually sunny day for a Seattle February and I hadn't thought to wear sunglasses because it's not often that you need them here in the winter. If we hadn't broken up just before we'd both moved all the way across the country from New Haven, it would have been our fifth anniversary, but we had ended things and so instead it was just Groundhog's Day. I raised the heavy brass knocker on the dark red door and snapped it down a few times. The sound was loud as gunshots and echoed down the street. I struck it again and again. Nothing.

What happens when your Six Flags roller coaster putters to a stop at the peak? Adventure-seeking riders found out on Friday when the Nitro at Great Adventure in Jackson, N.J. got stuck, and they were forced to walk down along the 230-foot tracks.

Do you remember the first time your parents dressed you up as a knight and made you fake sword fight another baby dressed as a knight in the middle of a crowd of people?

Messages of support from fans of Blood Orange's Dev Hynes are allegedly being deleted from the Lollapalooza Facebook page after the singer-songwriter and his girlfriend, Samantha Urbani, claimed to have been assaulted by the event's privately hired security guards.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that police, firefighters, and ambulances responded to reports of a bomb in a vacant Philadelphia lot on Friday morning. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how much pride you have on the line) it was just a prop bomb from a local theater's production of We Are Bandits.

Medical officials at Atlanta's Emory University Hospital say they are prepared to treat an American humanitarian worker infected with the deadly Ebola virus who returned to the United States today.

The AP reports that Ohio governor John Kasich has declared a state of emergency in Toledo, Ohio, after tests showed the presence of a toxin in the city's water supply. About 400,000 people have been warned not to drink the water.

How much would you pay to see Kenny Loggins in the privacy of a random fan's living room? Erick M. Sanchez of Washington, D.C. is hoping to lure the 80s soft rock legend to his one-bedroom condo through a new Kickstarter campaign.

"Cake decorator was concerned piping apparatus wouldn't be able to pull off decorative bullets, but made valiant attempt." Animal attempted to get several NYC ice cream shops to write "Free Palestine!" on an ice cream cake. See their results here.

Residents on 85-acre Tonawanda Island in the Niagra River are having an issue with the number of feral and abandoned cats that have hit their lovely locale. The tiny island now has more cats than people—and the cats are getting onto boats.

According to video obtained by the New York Daily News, a nearly naked Brooklyn woman was dragged from her apartment and handcuffed by 12 NYPD officers. The officers were reportedly responding to a domestic disturbance call from a different apartment in her building.

You may stare in judgement at those diners praying over their meal before they eat, but in North Carolina, religious folks are to be rewarded come bill time.

This is Justin Bieber posing with Kris Jenner. This is Justin Bieber tagging Kylie Jenner and Kendall Jenner, daughters of Kris Jenner, with the caption "who's your daddy." This is just Bieber, 20, joking about fucking his friends' mom, who is 58. Justin Bieber's 2014 Ibiza trip remains historic.

The wonderful Jenny Slate appeared on last night's Tonight Show and gave viewers some unqualified advice about roommates, cooking, how to ask someone to homecoming, and more.

You know that actress Maggie Gyllenhaal? No you don't, because she doesn't exist.

An elderly black lab named Lady, who made headlines for walking 30 miles to return to the family that gave her up, will get to live out the rest of her days in comfort at the home of a wealthy Florida heiress. Her new mom sent a private plane to pick her up yesterday.

Will Ferrell to play Russ Meyer in upcoming biopic about the making of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls? It's just a rumor at this point, but wow, what a rumor. If this doesn't pan out, Will Ferrell should definitely consider taking it upon himself to play Russ Meyer at some point.

The world reached peak hot-car hysteria this week when Hoboken, New Jersey cops shattered a car window to rescue Todd, the not-even-particularly-lifelike baby doll trapped inside.

An Alabama man suspects that the burglars who broke into his house also tried to smoke his dead wife's ashes in a failed attempt to get high.

Aspiring writer James Franco is not afraid of jail. He has his time all planned out.