The TSA Gives Molly Shannon "Head Orgasms"
Aleksander Chan · 05/21/14 06:55AMHere's Hero Cat Throwing Out the First Pitch at a Baseball Game
Taylor Berman · 05/21/14 06:15AMAs promised, Tara the Hero Cat threw out the first pitch at a minor league baseball game yesterday. Well, "threw" is generous. More like Tara—a true southpaw—sort of swatted at the ball, which was on some sort of retractable string, three times before her owner, Roger Triantafilo, gave up and discreetly side-armed another ball to the catcher.
Study: Mice Actually Enjoy Running On Their Spinning Sisyphus Wheels
Dayna Evans · 05/20/14 10:50PMIranians Arrested and Forced to Repent for Dancing to Pharrell Song
Dayna Evans · 05/20/14 09:20PMTexas Teen Could Face Life In Prison for Alleged Hash Oil Possession
Dayna Evans · 05/20/14 07:53PM
Nineteen-year-old Jacob Lavoro was arrested last month after police officers reportedly found 1.5 pounds of brownies, a pound of marijuana, digital scales, $1,675 in cash, and dozens of baggies with marijuana and hash oil at his apartment. Authorities in the case are saying he could face from five years to life in prison, if he is found guilty.
Charlie Day Advises Graduates to Not Give A Shit In Commencement Speech
Dayna Evans · 05/20/14 06:45PMAs videos begin to surface of this past weekend's numerous university commencement speeches, there is only one that is worth reliving graduation for: Charlie Day, who plays Charlie Kelly on It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, gives a meandering, goofy speech to Merrimack College that results in one important lesson: don't be afraid of failure.
AP Editor Accidentally Adds Her Buzzfeed Cover Letter to Photo Caption
Adam Weinstein · 05/20/14 06:37PMGay Marriage Ban Overturned In Pennsylvania
Dayna Evans · 05/20/14 05:56PMHere Are Paul Krugman’s Selfies
J.K. Trotter · 05/20/14 05:00PM
Remember when the City University of New York appointed Times blogger and Princeton professor Paul Krugman to teach at its income inequality institute? During CUNY’s hiring process, Krugman apparently sent along a few selfies for the institute’s website. They were released today in response to a Freedom of Information Law request.
5-Year-Old Gets a Superhero Funeral After Battle with Brain Cancer
Jay Hathaway · 05/20/14 04:24PM
Five-year-old Brayden Denton loved comic book heroes from the time he was 3, and watched the Spider-Man movies "over and over." After he was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer a year ago, he always had a superhero with him at treatments. And at his funeral this week, superheroes served as his pallbearers.
Can We Stop Trying to Make "Hood Disease" a Real Thing?
Jason Parham · 05/20/14 03:55PMA report recently released by the Center For Disease Control estimated about 30 percent of inner-city children are affected by post-traumatic stress disorder, an illness commonly associated with soldiers who have returned home from war.
Report: Kanye Paid Lana Del Rey "Huge Amounts of Cash" to Play Wedding
Jay Hathaway · 05/20/14 03:49PMSarah Hedgecock · 05/20/14 03:29PM

A man tries to escape from a tear-gas-filled building at Nairobi University before being chased back inside by riot police on Tuesday. Kenyan university students protested a proposed increase in fees, but that turned into battles between students throwing rocks and security firing tear gas. Image via Ben Curtis/AP.
Target's Unofficial Slogan: "Expect More (Work), (Get) Paid Less"
Hamilton Nolan · 05/20/14 03:17PMAdam Weinstein · 05/20/14 02:54PM
Notorious Troll Writes Letter To Feds Demanding Restitution
Michelle Dean · 05/20/14 02:50PM
Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer, who once leaked a bunch of email addresses to Gawker gathered from an AT&T security glitch, was subsequently convicted for "hacking", and then released when the Third Circuit ruled the feds tried him in the wrong court, is seeking restitution for the time he spent in prison.







