Man Sues Airline After Flying to Grenada Instead of Granada

Andy Cush · 06/23/14 10:20AM

One is a Spanish city founded in the 11th century, famous for its moorish architecture; the other is a Caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela and a world-leading producer of spices like nutmeg and cinnamon. You say Granada; I say Grenada.

Syria Surrenders the Last of Its Declared Chemical Weapons

Allie Jones · 06/23/14 10:10AM

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons announced this morning that Syria has handed over the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile. However, OPCW's director general, Ahmet Uzumcu, acknowledged on Monday that Syria may not have declared some of its arsenal. "I can't say that Syria doesn't have any chemical weapons anymore," he said.

The Politics of a Carbon Tax

Hamilton Nolan · 06/23/14 09:07AM

This weekend, Hank Paulson, the Republican former Treasury Secretary and Goldman Sachs CEO, wrote an op-ed calling for a carbon tax. Has the political landscape shifted enough to make a carbon tax a real possibility?

This Gentleman's Game of Thrones Impressions Are Spot-On

Jay Hathaway · 06/23/14 08:50AM

Game of Thrones has been criticized for its varied, seemingly random collection of British accents, but the lack of consistency across the different regions of Westeros and Essos just makes it easier for impressionist Steve Love to imitate a dozen characters from Season 4.

Hamilton Nolan · 06/23/14 08:02AM

"About 57% of men and 51% of women aged 18-24 'have not had sex in the last year,'" and "only 36% of men reported having watched at least one pornographic film in the last year," according to a new book of lies.

Drug Cartel Busted Using Fake Watermelons to Smuggle Weed Into U.S

Andy Cush · 06/23/14 06:54AM

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers stopped the driver of a tractor trailer carrying what appeared to be watermelons near Tucson, Arizona Thursday. After X-ray scanning the suspicious fruit, they found millions of dollars worth of cannabis hidden inside.

Egyptian Court Sentences Al Jazeera Journalists to Seven Years in Jail

Allie Jones · 06/23/14 06:53AM

Three Al Jazeera journalists were convicted this morning in Cairo of conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood to broadcast false news. Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Peter Greste were sentenced to seven years in jail, and Baher Mohammed was sentenced to 10 years—the three additional years were for "possession of ammunition."

American Exchange Student Pulled Out of Giant German Vagina

Aleksander Chan · 06/22/14 10:40PM

There is a giant, marble vagina on the grounds of Germany's Tubingen University Institute of Microbiology. If you are an American exchange student and someone dares you to climb into said vagina, you should not take that dare. You will get stuck. And then someone will have to call the fire department saying that you are "stuck in a stone vulva." That would be really embarrassing for you.

Missing MIT Student Found Dead After Falling Down Ravine in India

Aleksander Chan · 06/22/14 08:40PM

Kaitlin Goldstein, a doctoral student at MIT who had been missing for a week, was found dead in a ravine below a trail in a remote part of India. Goldstein, 28, apparently slipped and fell while running on the trail. She had been missing since June 14 and was in the country to attend an energy and development workshop.

Five People Have Been Rescued So Far in Race from California to Hawaii

Aleksander Chan · 06/22/14 07:50PM

Remember the Great Pacific Ocean Race, where insane people race from Monterey, Ca. to Honolulu, Hawaii in rowboats? It's happening. The Coast Guard has had to rescue five rowers so far. Just five! Only five people have had to be plucked from the middle of the ocean because they decided to row 2,400 miles.

Here's A Supercut of Arnold Schwarzenegger Farting

Aleksander Chan · 06/22/14 07:04PM

Appropriately titled "Fartzenegger," this supercut does not, technically, include four minutes of Arnold actually farting, per se. It does, however, make it disturbingly clear that Arnold has made quite the career out of contorting his face into expressions similar to ones you might make will passing gas.

Aleksander Chan · 06/22/14 06:48PM

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has been shifted to outpatient care in San Antonio, the U.S. Army announced today. Bergdahl returned to the U.S. June 13 to begin the "reintegration process," which he will continue, the Associated Press reports, "with exposure to more people and a gradual increase in social interaction."

All the Reasons American Apparel Booted Dov Charney

Aleksander Chan · 06/22/14 06:26PM

Ousted American Apparel founder and jaunty dick-swinger Dov Charney, as anyone would expect, is mounting a lawsuit against the board of directors who terminated him from his position as chairman. The American Apparel board terminated Charney "with cause" last week, and according to the letter they sent him ahead of his firing, Dov Charney is (surprise!) an expensive problem for a struggling clothing company to have.