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Vancouver Rioters: Sorry For Rioting!

Adrian Chen · 06/21/11 11:39AM

"Hey, uh, Vancouver? Sorry for the violent riots." That's what a handful of regretful Canadians are saying on blogs, Facebook pages and media reports after they were linked to last week's downtown Vancouver hockey riot.

The Army Is Sorry if You Saw Those Photos of War Crimes

Max Read · 03/20/11 11:51PM

The German newspaper Der Spiegel somehow got its hands on photographs of U.S. soldiers posing with a corpse, and published them, and the Army wants you to know it feels really terrible. "Today Der Spiegel published photographs depicting actions repugnant to us as human beings and contrary to the standards and values of the United States Army," spokesman Col. Thomas Collins said in a statement. "We apologize for the distress these photos cause." The photos apparently depict Cpl. Jeremy Morlock and PFC Andrew Holmes—both charged, along with three others, with killing Afghan civilians—posing with the corpse of an Afghan man named Gul Mudin (Morlock, in his photo, is apparently "smiling as he lifts the head of a corpse by the hair"). Well, no hard feelings, Army! Let's maybe just keep the war crimes to a minimum in the future, okay? [NYDN]

Groupon Pulls Super Bowl Ads: What Else Will Go Wrong?

Hamilton Nolan · 02/11/11 11:28AM

Incessant coupon-offering behemoth Groupon made a jokey Super Bowl ad about Tibet that didn't go over well with... well, anyone. (Yes, even though it was for charity, okay.) After a week of vague public anger about this relatively unimportant topic, the company is finally pulling the ads, reasoning—correctly—that the drama is not accomplishing the ostensible purpose of the ads, which is to help Groupon become a mighty, unavoidable middleman in the buying and selling of goods in America.

Joy Behar and Snooki Make Amends

Whitney Jefferson · 01/19/11 11:17AM

Jersey Shore's Snooki took to the Wendy Williams Show to give a heartfelt apology for the mean-spirited YouTube video she and JWOWW recently made about Joy. Today on The View, Barbara played the footage—and immediately corrected Snooki's grammar.

This Is The Worst Apology Ever

Christopher Han · 12/13/10 01:46PM

Still not sure what ABC reality show this is from, but here we have a guy apologizing to a girl for calling her a slut. Except it's apologizing in the worst way imaginable, for someone who seems to be genuine.