In the wake of folk hero flight attendant Steven Slater quitting his job so spectacularly, we asked for your own tales about going out in a blaze of glory. Wow, you all sure have left jobs in creative ways!

The World Sauna Championships in Finland ended today with the death of a finalist, Russian Vladimir Ladyzhensky. He was going for the win against Finnish rival Timo Kaukonen, when both were rushed to the hospital with severe burns.

We have some of the most creative readers in the world, so naturally they responded to the blank Lindsay Lohan Prison Postcard yesterday by filling it out in all sorts of hilarious ways. Here are some of the best.

As we speak, Lindsay Lohan is settling into Lynwood's Century Regional Detention Center. (With a new, smirking mug shot to boot.) How many days will she actually serve? How much will her first post-jail interview fetch? Join our betting pool.

Our 12-year-old selves are running up and down the stairs right now: Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry is looking for someone to live at the museum for 30 days. (You get $10,000, too.) Apply here!

Joey "Jaws" Chestnut won his fourth consecutive title at today's 95th annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island, eating 54 hot dogs in 10 minutes. His arch-rival, and six-time champ, Takeru Kobayashi was arrested after the competition.

On Wednesday we asked for your vacation horror stories, and you people delivered with some shitty vacations. Literally. Step on in for tales of woe that will shock and amaze you, and might make you stay at home this summer.

Where's the best place in New York to drop a deuce? Depends who you ask. But two restrooms in New York are finalists in this year's "America's Best Restroom" contest—the Bryant Park public commode and Manhattan's Muse Hotel.

Bulwer-Lytton prize! Bulwer-Lytton prize! They announced the 2010 Bulwer-Lytton prize for bad writing! Ha, "we didn't win," although there is always next year. Click through for some bad writing to treasure forever, like a beloved dog's cremated genitals.

As the July 4th weekend approaches and with the kids finally out of school, summer really does seem to be upon us. Which means vacation! Typically that's a good thing, but sometimes it can go horribly, horribly awry.

We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into when we asked for your subway horror stories. Here are some of the grossest things we've ever heard, and the winner of our sick little contest.

So, the folks at Gothamist got an interesting email (and video) today. According to the anonymous letter, there is $10,000 in cash (US Mint $1 coins, to be exact) buried somewhere in NYC right this second. Details are inside.

Congratulations to Jessica Poolt for being the first person to spot five Groupon cats hidden within videos of posts, thereby winning the contest—and two tickets to tomorrow night's Webutante Ball! Thanks also to everyone else who participated.

Still without tickets to next week's 2010 Webutante Ball? If you've got a a keen eye, this competition is for you. We've hidden a few Groupon cats in our videos—the trick is to find them all!

For April's In Search of contest, we're looking for the craziest, most dangerous amateur stunts out there. Any footage you can find that showcases death-defying feats attempted by non-professionals can put you in the running to win this month's contest.

The search is over! For March's inaugural In Search of contest, we looked for the best wacky amateur inventions. The winning video featured a doubly environmentally impactful device: a bike that filters water. Find out who won after the jump!

The world is full of good ideas, but it takes a special kind of person to bring a stroke of genius to life. One brilliant man discovered a water to gas conversion process used to power cars, blowtorches, and more.

File in the "epic gossip items department." Because, you know what, Boris and Natasha-esque New York Daily News gossips Rush & Molloy? I really don't care much for a gossip item about CNN talking head Jeffrey Toobin, but...

Wow, you people had some serious fucked up Hallmark Holidays in years past. But only one of you can be the winner for the worst story, and boy, is it a doozy!

We've gotten tons of terrible tales concerning today's holiday. We decide a winner tomorrow. If you have a new one, be sure to leave it on the original post. Try to be funny—today is depressing enough. [Flickr]