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Herman Cain Somehow Makes His Abortion Stance More Confusing

Jim Newell · 10/21/11 04:35PM

Herman Cain is incredibly pro-life and doesn't personally believe that it should be allowed in special cases like rape or incest. And yet his attempts to soften the edges of this rigid position are creating, for him, a miserable self-induced error that Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum are loving. Cain makes it worse each time he brings it up! What dumb new "tweak" did he unveil today?

Docs Locate the Female Sense of Humor

Hamilton Nolan · 10/21/11 04:34PM

Gel vagina! Too salty! Letrozole victory! Salad sal-monella! Teen IQs! Proton babies! Skeptical docs! Malaria vaccine! And women laugh like this, while guys laugh like this! Right, fellas? It's your Friday Health Watch, where we watch your health—masculariously!

Madonna Has a Homeless Brother

Brian Moylan · 10/21/11 04:13PM

The most shocking thing in this story from the Michigan Messenger about the influx of homeless people in Traverse City isn't about people dying of frostbite under a bridge. It's the fact that Anthony Ciccone, one of Madonna's older brothers, has been homeless for a year and a half.

This Week in Commenter Executions: A Tutorial

Brian Moylan · 10/21/11 04:10PM

After going crazy and banning multiple people for multiple offenses last week, I've decided to give the mighty banhammer a rest this week and teach you all about one of the newest commenting features here at Gawker.

Gaddafi Son's Last Cigarette Caught on Video

John Cook · 10/21/11 03:56PM

Newly released video shows Mutassim Gaddafi, son of Muammar and former national security adviser in his father's regime, calmly smoking a cigarette shortly before his death.

Vigilante Hackers Wage War on Underground Kiddie Porn

Adrian Chen · 10/21/11 03:01PM

Just below the surface of the internet sits a network of hidden websites home to some of the worst stuff imaginable. Now hackers are going after pedophiles hiding in the so-called dark net.

News Anchor Refuses to Utter Kim Kardashian's Name

Maureen O'Connor · 10/21/11 02:12PM

Good Day Dallas anchor Tim Ryan hates Kim Kardashian. When her name came up in the show's vaguely rude celebrity birthday segment—in which the anchors guess wildly about celebrities ages on their birthdays, then marvel at how old various vamped-up starlets look—he refers to Kim as "she whose name will not be mentioned."

Muammar Gaddafi's Body Is in a Meat Locker Right Now

John Cook · 10/21/11 01:40PM

Libyan rebels are storing Muammar Gaddafi's body in a walk-in refrigerator at a shopping mall in Misrata. They were supposed to bury him today, as per Islamic tradition, but the AP says the interim government delayed the interment so the "circumstances of his death" can be determined. (Check YouTube!) So they've parked him in a strip-mall fridge and are trying to keep the hordes outside from getting in to tear him apart.

Lindsay Lohan's Horrendous Court Outfits and Other Fashion Crimes

Brian Moylan & Maureen O'Connor · 10/21/11 01:23PM

We're judging every single one of Lindsay Lohan's court outfits, and boy have there been a lot! We also take on Katy Perry, Laura Dern, James Franco, and a host of other celebrities who couldn't get a good look together.

Jersey Shore: Ciao for Now

Brian Moylan · 10/21/11 12:59PM

The last episode of any chapter of Jersey Shore, the greatest sociological experiment of our time, is always a little bit sad. It's so hard to see these guys go, but this time, it was all a bit strange as we looked toward the future and tried to make reparations for the past.

The Army's Plan to Cure Nightmares

Wired.com · 10/21/11 12:40PM

A soldier tries to sleep. But he is not safe in his dreams. Jolted awake by a nightmare, the combat veteran fumbles in the dark for his 3-D glasses. He puts them on. Around him are the faces of people whom he trusts. They fight the darkness with him. The soldier's re-lived this scene in his head and the laboratory over and over again, until it has become reassuringly familiar. The soldier knows that his pixelated friends will take him away from these troubled dreams. When the scene is over, he takes off his goggles and looks around him. The soldier is home.

Obama: Troops Will Be Out of Iraq by Year's End

Jim Newell · 10/21/11 12:36PM

President Obama announced that he'll pull (very nearly) all 41,000 remaining U.S. troops in Iraq by the end of the year, fulfilling his earliest campaign promise and finally wrapping this whole debacle up. This is fine news.

Poor as Hell? Ask Barack Obama for a Personal Check!

Jim Newell · 10/21/11 11:43AM

Are you poor and homeless and starving and sick of trying to fix things through the usual channels, which are all broken? Fear not! There may be a secret remedy that you haven't considered: President Obama's personal checkbook. Because he'll occasionally send personal checks to struggling people who write him with their horror stories. Just make sure to include all the gritty details.

Kim Kardashian's Husband Ditches Ring and Moves Out

Maureen O'Connor · 10/21/11 10:55AM

Why did Kris Humphries ditch his wedding ring to carry moving boxes? Shiloh Jolie-Pitt and Kingston Rossdale might be in love. Dina Lohan is shopping a memoir. Kanye's Occupy Wall Street outfit was worth more than $30,000. TGIFriday gossip.

Which Sitcom Star Went on a Crazy Coke Bender?

Brian Moylan · 10/21/11 10:18AM

This former TV star went on a week-long coke binge after the co-star he was sleeping with bedded two other co-stars. An entirely different former sitcom actor hooked up with the actor who played his brother. But just once. He's not, you know, gay or anything.