The person whose job it is to tweet about Burger King is probably having a worse day than usual. Hackers dropping shoutouts to seapunk icons and indie rappers have taken over Burger King's Twitter account and turned it into a McDonald's ad, claiming, "We just got sold to McDonalds! Look for McDonalds in a hood near you."

Though it initially made "absolute assurances" that all of its burgers were 100% beef, Burger King has been forced to admit that some of its patties may have contained horse meat, after traces of equine DNA were found at one of their processing plants.

"He always lived by his own rules," said Linda Phiel, referring to her father David S. Kime Jr. "His version of eating healthy was the lettuce on the Whopper Jr."

Last week, there was a minor horse meat scandal in Ireland and the UK. Several supermarket chains were forced to pull horse-contaminated beef products, including one – the Tesco Everyday Value Beef Burger – that was found to be almost 30% horse. In addition to Tesco, four other supermarkets were found selling part-horse burgers,which were traced to three processing plants: Liffey Meats, Dalepak Hambleton and Silvercrest Foods. Gross, right?

New Yorkers will soon find themselves facing a fear they haven't known for centuries: the king could show up on their doorstep at any time.

An unidentified prankster dressed in full Burger King regalia danced around inside a Rome, Georgia, McDonald's earlier this week, prompting the manager to phone the police.

After a Burger King employee posted a photo of themselves or a colleague stepping on a tub of lettuce accompanied by the warning "this is the lettuce you eat at Burger King," 4chan users immediately jumped on the opportunity to ferret out the location of the OP's branch for great justice.

The good-natured doofuses from that remedial nighttime math class you took sophomore year, Burger King, have unveiled summer's latest punch line: a sundae that is both filled and garnished with bacon: "The Bacon Sundae."

Burger King today became the largest restaurant chain to put a time frame on their pledge to purchase only cage-free chicken and pork products.

Showing they know a thing or two about selling bacon burgers, Burger King Japan has begun offering paying customers the option of super-sizing just the bacon portion of their Whoppers.

Wendy's ended Burger King's 40-year reign as America's number two-selling hamburger chain in 2011, CNNMoney reports.

Last week, Oklahoma State Senator Ralph Shortey introduced a bill that would ban "the manufacture or sale of food or products which use aborted human fetuses." But which foods or products use aborted human fetuses? Let's investigate.

When the topic of "What America really needs" comes up, one answer inevitably surfaces as a common refrain: less labor-intensive access to fast food. Your dream may soon come true, America.

Says here that hamburger chain restaurant Wendy's could surpass fellow hamburger chain restaurant Burger King as America's second largest hamburger chain restaurant, "as soon as this year." Wendy's, huh? I feel like it's forever since I've been there. Who are you Wendy's people?

Web developer Andy Boyle was hanging out in a Burger King when he overheard a married couple having an argument that "Aaron Sorkin couldn't write… any better." So he live-tweeted the whole thing, with extensive multimedia.

From morning booze at Starbucks to drive-thru booze at Sonic to just being a sad guy drinking booze at Burger King, we are living in a Golden Age of "being able to buy booze at fast food joints rather than being forced to buy booze at the gas station across the street and sneak it into the fast food place in a Big Gulp cup." But will this Golden Age persist?

Major fast food chains generally prefer to have kiddie touchers for mascots. But trend-setting Burger King has had enough with its "creepy" king. Get ready to experience what one expert calls "the Whole Foods effect":

Nekiva Hardy, the infamous Burger King Bikini Brawler from Alabama, was arrested again yesterday after fleeing Florida. Hardy, who was originally arrested under the false name Kimesa Smith, just days ago told the Smoking Gun, "Fuck them, they'll have to come and get me," and added, "It's gonna be hard to find me." She was arrested at her home in Montgomery, Alabama and is awaiting extradition to Florida on felony charges.

A 30-year-old Alabama woman who sparked one of the greatest food fights of all time inside a Panama City Beach, Florida Burger King has been charged with a laundry list of crimes: felony criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and two counts of misdemeanor battery. Shit, that's rough. An official statement on the accused, Kimesa Smith, via the The News Herald:

You can't have a hamburger without a side of fries. Heck, French fries are sometimes a meal unto themselves, but either way there's no getting around the fact that they're unhealthy. Here's a ranking of the worst offenders in America.