Nice Guy Paul Rudd Stars in Couple's Pregnancy Announcement

Jay Hathaway · 07/03/14 11:03AM

Beloved comic actor and man-bro Paul Rudd proved once again that "the chillest dude" isn't just a movie role to him—it's a way of life. Okay, pregnant couple: You want a supporting actor from Knocked Up to announce your impending baby to the world? You got Paul Rudd! He doesn't mind one bit.

Fallout From Miss. Senate Race Reaches New Level of Absurdity

Adam Weinstein · 07/03/14 10:55AM

This was predictable. The war between a Tea Party conservative and the sitting senator he challenged in Mississippi's GOP primary last month is intensifying, with name-calling, Baba Booey-style gonzo tactics, and pearl-clutching accusations of voter fraud involving black Democrats. Deep South, y'all!

Cop Keeps Job After Violently Shoving Paraplegic Man From Wheelchair

Andy Cush · 07/03/14 10:37AM

In the video above, we see several Lafayette, Ind. police officers surrounding a man in a wheelchair. Nicholas Kincade slowly rolls forward and over the foot of one of the officers, and the cop reacts swiftly, thrusting an arm into Kincade's neck and sending him toppling.

Adam Weinstein · 07/03/14 09:50AM

Germany's lower house, with support from "conservative" Chancellor Angela Merkel, has approved the nation's first-ever minimum wage. The baseline pay rate will be 8.50 Euros an hour, roughly $11.56 today, 59 percent higher than the United States' federal minimum wage.

Fox News Takes Some Liberties with the BioShock Infinite Logo

Jay Hathaway · 07/03/14 08:50AM

BioShock Infinite creator Ken Levine describes the game as a Rorshach test. What you make of Columbia—a sort of alternate-history America with more flying islands and killer George Washington robots—probably says more about you than it does about BioShock Infinite. Do you read the imagery as patriotism or propaganda?

​The "Nanny From Hell" Is an American Hero

Tom Scocca · 07/03/14 08:00AM

As the story of the so-called "Nanny From Hell" continues to unfold, it becomes clearer and clearer that America is a nation of cringing dupes and shameless predators, and that most of the predators are also dupes. The coverage, very much including this site's own coverage, has been dedicated to the peculiar notion that the villain in the story is Diane Stretton, the so-called "nanny" who has been refusing to leave the house of her employers.

Colorado Teen Arrested After Falling in Love With ISIS Militant Online

Allie Jones · 07/03/14 07:23AM

Plenty of teens fall in love on the internet, but Shannon Maureen Conley, 19, fell in love with a man who says he's an ISIS militant in Syria. She was arrested in April for trying to board a plane to meet him in Turkey. According to court documents unsealed yesterday, Conley was committed to supporting ISIS and waging jihad against non-believers.

Aleksander Chan · 07/02/14 10:30PM

SiriusXM Host Claims "Cuntrag" Assaulted Him in Racist Twitter Rant

Aleksander Chan · 07/02/14 09:43PM

Anthony Cumia, one half of the SiriusXM's comedy show The Opie & Anthony Show, claims to have been assaulted by a woman in Times Square Tuesday. According to his Twitter feed, he was apparently trying to take photos of the area when the woman was caught in the frame. When she objected to being in the photos, she allegedly starting punching him. He responded by calling her a cunt. Cumia then took to Twitter—for hours—for a racist, violent tirade.