Tiny Dog Breaks up Tiny Dog Argument, Order Is Restored

Kelly Conaboy · 07/05/14 11:30AM

Tensions were running high between Dog 1 and Dog 2 as they argued intensely over (we can only assume) butts and treats, but luckily Dog 3 was around to step in before things got serious.

This Is Not My Story to Tell

Joseph Osmundson · 07/05/14 11:12AM

Looking back at photos is a dangerous game. Nostalgia can be a caustic drug, particularly when loss is involved. Here in the New York winter, those August days in the South feel impossible, unreal, until a picture brings it all back, all of it, the good and the bad, and there were plenty of both.

Hot Dog Eating Champion Gets Engaged Before Winning Eighth Contest

Aleksander Chan · 07/04/14 02:00PM

Joey Chestnut, a man who is very good at eating hot dogs very quickly, won his eighth Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Contest today. Just before he downed 61 hot dogs in 10 minutes, he proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Neslie Ricasa, who said yes. Their engagement story is now: "We got engaged at a Coney Island hot dog-eating contest." Theirs is the truest of loves.

How Other Countries Celebrate the Fourth of July

Dayna Evans · 07/04/14 11:30AM

It may come as a surprise, as we pummel hot dogs to the dome on this hallowed day, that other countries also celebrate the Fourth of July—but on different days of the year. Quelle surprise.

For-Profit Corinthians Colleges to Sell 85 Schools, Close 12 Others

Aleksander Chan · 07/04/14 10:30AM

For-profit Corinthians Colleges Inc. will sell off 85 of its campuses and close 12 others in a new deal with the U.S. Department of Education following an investigation of allegations that the company was altering grades and attendance records and falsifying job placement data that was used in marketing material aimed at potential students. Per the deal, most students will be fully reimbursed.

Independence Day

Ross Scarano · 07/04/14 08:00AM

After nearly a year spent inside, Bryan Lindsay has now come home, back to his mother's place in Delmont, Pa. It's the house he grew up in. As of today—Independence Day—Bryan has been free from incarceration for just shy of two weeks. He's still attending group counseling on a regular basis, but he's no longer in the halfway house that comes after prison and mandated rehab. The only obstacle in the way of his freedom is himself now.

Aleksander Chan · 07/03/14 10:10PM

More than 1,000 people from more than 120 countries take the oath of citizenship in Atlanta's Turner Field. The Atlanta Braves hosted the naturalization ceremony ahead of American Independence Day. Image by David Goldman via AP.

Dad Gets Brain Injury From Headbanging to Motörhead

Aleksander Chan · 07/03/14 09:25PM

It is possible to rock too hard. Doctors at Hannover Medical School in Germany treated a 50-year-old man earlier this year complaining of constant headaches that were only getting worse. He had no history of head injuries or drug problems, but told doctors that he had been headbanging at a Motörhead concert with his son the month before. After scanning his head, doctors found a brain bleed.