This actor married a male-to-female transsexual and no one knew. These two "straight" actors are dating, and this actor is addicted to plastic surgery. The only thing he hasn't had done is a gender reassignment!

Yep, it's 11/11/11. Crazy. People are getting married for good luck, doctors are offering discounts on births. Haven't seen this many ones since November 11, 1911.

It was excruciatingly awkward at Wednesday's Republican presidential debate when Rick Perry forgot the name of the third federal agency he plans to cut. But was it awkward enough? We made this extended cut to see just how bad it could be.

North Carolina State University professor Michael Dickey and his research team have devised a way to turn sheets of plastic into boxes and other shapes simply by applying heat to them. The discovery could completely revolutionize the origami industry.

We can think of several things that Tennessee residents Erica Wilson and Jesse Brooks should never, ever do together. "Drink Everclear" is one. Another is date. These two should not date! Not only are their relationship expectations incompatible, but they're also first cousins.

Here's a video in which a man describes a shooting that took place "30 feet" from the Occupy Oakland site. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, protesters said they "did not recognize" the victim, who was shot in the head and died shortly thereafter. Nevertheless, Oakland mayor Jean Quan has asked protesters to shut down their camp.

Did you know that homosexuality is a gateway drug? "Gateway drug to what,?" you ask. Well, I'm not really sure, because I didn't attend Baylor University, which offers a whole course on the subject, or even major in Gateway Drug Studies.

Just hours after Poynter Instituter Julie Moos wrote that there were "questions" about popular media blogger Jim Romenesko's use of quotation marks—questions ostensibly raised by a single person—Romenesko handed in his resignation letter, bringing his 12-year stint with Poynter to an end.

In a span of 24 hours, Rick Perry has gone from longshot presidential contender to unwitting Gingko Biloba spokesman to national joke to late night comedian. At this rate, by 4 a.m. he should be hosting an infomercial for Epilady for Men® on the Ion channel. Soak it up, Rick. This is your moment. Probably not the moment you'd hoped for, but it's a moment nonetheless. [Late Show]

The conventional wisdom is that since obesity rates are so high among the poorest Americans, that fast food is the grease-and-ketchup-soaked engine driving them upwards. But a new study on food consumption from UC Davis medical school got surprising results: It found that middle- and upper-middle income earners are the ones gobbling up the most Big Macs, Whoppers, and that artisanal pork log known as the McRib.

It took the court martial jury four hours to find Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs guilty of murder in connection with the infamous "kill team" — a rogue Army unit that murdered unarmed Afghans, including a teenager, for sport.

Forget everything you thought you knew about alleged Herman Cain sexual assault victim Sharon Bialek's domestic living arrangement! (If what you know about it is absolutely nothing, then congratulations. You might actually lead a fulfilling life.) Claims that she and her 13-year-old son live with her fiance are not true, according to said fiance!

First chaos struck, then tragedy at the Occupy Burlington encampment on Thursday afternoon, when a 35-year-old military veteran shot himself in the head and later died from his wounds. The victim's name was not yet released, but Daily Kos reports his first name was Josh.

You know who will never work at the Genius Bar? Or see his name anywhere near the word "genius" in his lifetime? Michael Alan Skopec. The 48-year-old from Bristol, Illinois, was arrested at 1 a.m. on Wednesday morning, for, according to the sheriff's office report, calling "911 on five occasions to report that his iPhone was not working."

If you updated your iPhone Yelp app today, you may have noticed that the popular consumer review network has done away with three kinds of bugs. Let's see now — there's the bookmarks bugs, the layout bugs, and the...uh...EPA bugs? No, wait darn it, that's not it. Can someone help them out here? Anyone? Man, they really stepped in it this time. [Yelp]

When R. Crumb was commissioned to draw a cover for a June 2009 issue of The New Yorker, he came up with this illustration of a gender-indeterminate couple tying the knot before a city clerk. A sign near them reads, "Gender Inspection," accompanied by a red arrow. The cover, which Crumb had never made public until now, was rejected by New Yorker editor David Remnick, and Crumb responded to the slight by publicly announcing that he'd never work for The New Yorker again.

A 10-year-old girl from Puebla, Mexico has delivered a baby boy after a 31-week pregnancy. The baby weighed 3.3 pounds and is in generally good condition as it recovers from pneumonia in an intensive care unit at a local hospital.

Two collisions took two lives within four hours of each other on San Diego's Interstate 8 today. Not particularly newsworthy. Add to the story the fact that the victims were father and teenage son, and you get one hell of a chilling tragedy.

Three months ago, new images of a skeletal Somali baby named Minhaj Gedi Farah shocked the world. When taken by the International Rescue Committee from Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp and a severe famine zone, to a safer and better-equipped camp in neighboring Kenya, the seven-month-old weighed just 7 pounds. Minhaj's condition was so severe, he instantly became "the face of famine." Minhaj was given three blood transfusions and put on an intensive feeding regimen with Plumpynut, a fortified peanut paste, and now weighs a healthy 18 pounds and is crawling. Look at those chubby cheeks!

It's a Thursday night in November, which, as it turns out, is the best night to grab a bottle of wine and stay in watching TV until your brain threatens to pack up and leave.