Creepy Bishop Eddie Long, who was sued by four young male parishioners for allegedly using his holy authority to coerce them into "kissing, masturbation and oral sexual contact," has quietly "resolved" everything out of court. Good job, Eddie.
Urban Outfitters was caught ripping off the jewelry line of Etsy seller Stevie Koerner: state-shaped necklaces with a heart punched in them. This would just be the latest in a long pattern of tchochke plagiarism for the trend-killing lifestyle emporium.
Rep. Paul Ryan's Medicare-privatizing "Path to Prosperity" will come up for a Senate vote this afternoon — one day after the House-approved plan cost Republicans a seat in the deeply conservative NY-26 congressional district. How will Senate Republicans vote?
The scourge of Europe's skies, Iceland's Grímsvötn volcano, has stopped spewing ash and is now just blowing off some steam. Looks like the obnoxious Ryanair guy was right.
16-year-old Santre Sanchez Gayle, "Britain's youngest contract killer," has raised the bar for awful teenagers. He was sentenced to 20 years in jail today after he killed someone's mother for £200 (when he was 15).
North Korea's lesbian chic leader Kim Jong-Il just arrived in China. He's there seeking solutions to his country's "chronic shortages of food, fuel and other necessities." (Translation: "Sunglasses shopping spree!")
The erupting Icelandic volcano Grímsvötn is forcing President Obama to leave Ireland a day early, assuming his plane doesn't get stuck on the curb. This is the second time that Iceland's diva volcanoes have disrupted Obama's European travels.
JP Morgan chief and noted dick Jamie Dimon, speaking at the 2011 Celebration of Success in Denver, warned that it would be a "moral disaster" for the US to default on its debts. Considering the source, that's rich.
After disappearing 19 days ago in Syria and being sent to Iran, missing Al Jazeera journalist Dorothy Parvaz was released and flown to Qatar today, where she is "safe and well" with her colleagues at the network.
NATO warships yesterday spotted small boats approaching the rebel-held Libyan port of Misrata, and intercepted one: "A bomb disposal team discovered around one tonne of explosives and two human mannequins inside the abandoned boat." Nice try.
The Post reports that the Port Authority Bus Terminal is swarming with "hucksters" who help travelers to their gates and then ask for a "$2 to $3 tip." Whoa. Next they'll say bus stations smell like urine or something.
Former singer Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly was sworn in as Haiti's new president today in a ceremony where, unsurprisingly, the electricity cut out. Sweet Micky has a long road ahead of him.
Someone has posted a casting notice looking for the standard issue fame-craving Krakens that grow into Real Housewives, this time in Malibu. We've fallen for this trick before, so we're not believing it until we hear it from Andy Cohen.
US intelligence officers have been busy interviewing Osama bin Laden's three widows in recent days, one of whom was shot during the raid on the Pakistani compound. Reportedly, the women have been "hostile" toward their interrogators. Wonder why!
The New York City Department of Transportation is installing signs that flash this supposed-to-be-scary skeleton to drivers going over 30mph. Do you really think this Halloween decoration is going to slow drivers down? Our pigeons are more frightening.
Remember the super cool New York movie map we posted last week? The genius at Alien Loves Predator who created it have posted the answers to the 91 movies that were on it. How many did you get right?
What was Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern doing before he started eating bull testicles for a living? He was homeless and stealing old ladies' purses to fund his cocaine, heroin, and alcohol habit, that's what. [The Fix]
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith will be the guests on the final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show on May 25th. Will they bring their celebrity brood? Will everyone get a car? You know we'll all be watching regardless.
The AP reports that Osama bin Laden's hand-written journal was taken in last week's raid, too. It's supposedly "filled with planning ideas and details of operations." That's nice, but more importantly, whom did Osama have a secret crush on?
A female peacock that escaped from the Bronx Zoo last night has been recovered from a local parking garage. The fugitive peahen's freedom was so brief, she never even got a Twitter account. [NYDN]
