Last September, a mentally ill Rikers Island inmate died after he'd been locked alone in his prison cell for seven days. By the time prison staff took him to a hospital, Bradley Ballard, who was schizophrenic, was naked and covered in his own feces, with a rubber band tied around his infected genitals.

William Roletter and Paul Rowe press close to one another with their new marriage certificate on Wednesday at City Hall in Philadelphia. On Tuesday, Pennsylvania became the final Northeastern state and the 19th in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage. Image via Matt Rourke/AP.

Time Inc. has begun selling ads on the cover of its magazines, "two weeks before Time Inc. begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange as a public company." The technical term for this is "desperation."

Jimmy Kimmel brought back his frankly amazing "Celebrities Read Mean Tweets" segment last night, with Julia Roberts, Matthew McConaughey and Ashton Kutcher in the starring roles, plus Emma Stone being told she smells like cat piss.

Craig Ferguson is departing as the host of the Late Late Show at the end of this year after being passed over as David Letterman's replacement, and CBS hasn't really considered who will fill his slot. Norm MacDonald has, though.

America's Best Friend, Jennifer Lawrence, got drunk and puked at Madonna's Oscars after-party. But it wasn't entirely her fault, she explained to Seth Meyers last night.

The AP reported Wednesday that the five young men who were with Oscar Grant the night he was fatally shot at an Oakland train station by a police officer have reached a settlement with Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).

America's ongoing housing trends have been clear for years: upwardly mobile people are moving to cities, leaving our nation's crumbling suburbs to the deer and the underclass. The latest US Census figures show this trend continuing, DESPITE any propaganda you may hear from suburban apologists.

"Fancy," by America's current favorite Australian drag queen and agitator Iggy Azalea (and Charli XCX), is currently the number two song in the country. If you somehow still doubt the song's pervasive hook, know that it has officially been affirmed as mainstream by its canonization in the Dad Lip Dub Video genre of YouTube videos.

Fox News weekend anchor Gregg Jarrett was arrested Wednesday afternoon at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for refusing to cooperate with police. Jarrett, who police say was drunk and belligerent, was released early Thursday morning.

After declaring martial law Tuesday, the Thai military has launched a coup in earnest, taking over the government in response to months of political turmoil and the removal of the country's prime minister and members of the administration.

French officials admitted this week that they may not have taken the most thorough measurements before writing a $20 billion check.

A New York teacher lost her job this week when school officials found out she had been getting dating advice from her nine-year-old students.

The three strangers who randomly turned an acoustic performance into a viral sensation were invited to reprise their song on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, and this time a few celebrities ended up joining in.

This evening the Supreme Court granted a stay of execution to Missouri inmate Russell Buckelew, saying only that the matter needs to be revisited by a lower federal court.

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler may be good at a lot of things, but knowing the lyrics to Aerosmith songs isn't one of them.

Frostie the Snow Goat was born with a life-threatening infection that makes his back legs unusable, and even after a course of antibiotics, he can't walk on his own. So Frostie's caretakers at Australia's Edgar's Mission Farm Sanctuary set him up with a wheelcart to help him take his first steps.

All cat owners know that cats like to bring them things. Typically, these things are small dead animals, usually in pieces, because cats are evil murdering fiends from Hades. But on Sunday night, one cat in New Zealand decided to break the mold of his (or her) people, and bring home a small bag of marijuana.

A new subculture has popped up amongst Japan's cute-obsessed: photos of hamster's asses. The Wall Street Journal has a story today about the budding "hamuketsu" scene, which has produced two fast-selling books of photos of hamsters taken from behind.

On Tuesday, a 25-year-old woman who was allegedly held captive and sexually abused for nearly ten years escaped and contacted police. Isidro Garcia, 41, was arrested by Santa Ana, Ca. police on suspicion of kidnapping for rape, lewd acts with a minor, and false imprisonment.