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Aleksander Chan · 05/12/15 06:35AM
Two Idiots Brave the Arctic Blast for Drug Deal That Gets Caught on TV
Aleksander Chan · 11/21/14 03:23PMAs winter's frostbitten hand bitch-slaps the east coast with flurries, two men emerge from the frozen tundra in Worcester, Ma. to make what appears to be a drug deal as a very enthusiastic reporter tells everyone: snow day!
Louisiana Restaurant Offers 10 Percent Discount for Gun-Toting Customers
Aleksander Chan · 09/29/14 12:08PMAs any American looking to eat out on a budget, I'm not one to pass up a great deal, and this one is arguably better than the McDonald's value menu: Bring your gun to Bergeron's Restaurant in Port Allen, La. and get 10 percent off your order for making the owner feel "safer." "I just need to see a weapon. I need you to be carrying a gun," Kevin Cox told NBC33.
Hamilton Nolan · 03/20/14 02:14PM
Robert Marcus took over as CEO of Time Warner Cable in January. Six weeks later, the company was sold to Comcast. When the deal goes through, Marcus will receive $80 million, "a severance payment that amounts to more than $1 million a day in compensation for the less than two months he ran the company." He earned it.
IKEA Australia Offers a Free Crib to Any Baby Born 9 Months From Today
Caity Weaver · 02/14/13 06:15PMSpend $290 on a Fancy Paper Bag
Louis Peitzman · 08/27/12 08:42PMWin a Date With Nadya Suleman
Louis Peitzman · 08/05/12 02:56PMIs Groupon Responsible for This Waffle Restaurant Shutting Down?
Louis Peitzman · 07/23/12 10:09PMDigg (It's a Website) Sells for a Measly $500,000
Adrian Chen · 07/12/12 04:43PMThere needs to be a term for when the shining tech star of the previous generation of the internet burns out then sells for less than the world's most expensive dollhouse. MySpacing out? New York tech incubator Betaworks has bought the skeleton of Digg, once a social networking monster—it even got verbed!—for a paltry $500,000, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Cost of Private Lunch With Warren Buffett: $3.5 Million
Louis Peitzman · 06/09/12 09:25AMA Low Six-Figure Book Deal for the Fox Mole
John Cook · 05/03/12 05:32PMFacebook Bought Instagram for $1 Billion
Ryan Tate · 04/09/12 01:15PMChinese Teen Trades Own Kidney for Apple Products
Louis Peitzman · 04/07/12 10:13AMFreedom Isn't Free, And Neither Is Taking a Photo With Newt Gingrich
Louis Peitzman · 03/26/12 11:24PMBid on Burnt Toast With Image of Mitt Romney and Satan Shaking Hands
Louis Peitzman · 03/18/12 10:55AM
This is one of those things where you have to really squint to see it — except even squinting is no guarantee. A tipster sent in this eBay listing for "IMAGE OF MITT ROMNEY AND SATAN SHAKING HANDS ON PIECE OF TOAST." An intriguing find, to be sure, but whatever image the toast advertises is subtle, to say the least. It mostly just looks like a piece of toast. And with an $88.40 shipping fee, it's an expensive piece of toast.
Get a Vasectomy In Cape Cod and 'Heck We'll Even Throw In a Free Pizza'
Leah Beckmann · 03/16/12 01:54PMBOVGOP, Buy One Vasectomy Get One Pizza, is the new BOGO. In festive March Madness spirit, Urology Associates of Cape Cod in Hyannis are offering one free pizza with every vasectomy performed.
Treat Yourself to an Oscar
Louis Peitzman · 02/25/12 11:40AMBuy Barack Obama's Old Chrysler
Louis Peitzman · 01/28/12 11:01AM
Now that he's moved on to bigger and shinier things, Barack Obama has no need for his old mode of transportation. I'm actually pretty sure he ditched it a while back, but hey — now it can be yours. The eBay scourers over at BuzzFeed stumbled on an exciting opportunity to purchase Obama's 2005 Chrysler 300. For a paltry one million dollars, you can drive around in the same car then-Senator Obama may have used to travel between Washington D.C. and Chicago. That's right, no guarantees. At least the listing is honest?
Disney Buys Pornographers' Parenting Website
Ryan Tate · 11/14/11 03:34PMChalk one up for middle-aged mundanity over the edgy glamour of youth. Disney will pay around $40 million for Babble Media, the oft-maligned blogging hub for hipster parents, sources tell Business Insider. Disney will also onboard Babble's founders, whose hyperliterate porn mag Nerve was a critical smash but never very financially successful.