Astronomers have identified 54 new exoplanets in the "habitable zone" of their solar systems—meaning they could potentially sustain life as we know it. But we won't be able to live on any of them! Here's why:

Georgia's current state flag is based on the first national flag of the Confederacy. So you'd think "heritage"-pimping Georgians would be cool with a painting based on the Confederate Battle Flag. But apparently not. Was it the Klansman, maybe?

A member of link-sharing site Reddit thought he caught a scammer red-handed. He spearheaded a crusade against her, harnessing the power of one of the web's biggest hiveminds to shut her down. He was wrong. She was fundraising for cancer.

Don't be mad if President Obama doesn't respond right away to your email about how the C.I.A. weather rays will affect the tiny civilization in your neighbor's backyard—White House email accounts were down for several hours today.

Remember when Obama said a transition from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's government had to begin "now"? Looks like he really meant now. The White House is reportedly talking to Cairo about a plan that would have Mubarak resign immediately.

A couple of artists have created a fake 'dating site' by scraping 250,000 Facebook profiles without Facebook's permission. Lovely-faces.com is your source for gawking at strangers who haven't adjusted their Facebook privacy settings!

Well, we called it. Craig Rowin, the New York City comedian who claimed he got $1 millionaire just for asking for it in a YouTube video, has posted a new video revealing it was all a hoax.

Prestige drama Mad Men is beloved by critics and those who give out awards. Now one critic is railing against the show's first four seasons as "weak" and "haphazard." Could he possibly be right?

Only one day after his goon squad chased ABC's Christiane Amanpour into her car and then kicked and smashed said car, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak granted her an in-person interview at Cairo's presidential palace. What's on your mind, Hoz?

Bravo has formally announced that the next version of the Real Housewives franchise will be Miami-set and will premiere February 22nd. The real tragedy here? The fourth season of the New York Housewives has been pushed back to the spring.

Fred Karger is a retired Republican operative who's pulled off some nasty hatchet jobs in presidential elections past. Now he's a gay activist and running for president himself, pretty much just to harass Mitt Romney in televised debates.

Is this the first casualty of high-definition widescreen? Houston news anchor Owen Conflenti flipped off his coworkers mid-broadcast, but failed to anticipate his studio's new widescreen cameras. His off-screen obscenity was broadcast to everyone in Houston with an HD-TV.

Mama Mia! It was Prince Spaghetti Night on Top Chef when the Chef Boyardees had to make-a pasta for a bunch of old school Italians. It was just like the Olive Garden, except the bread sticks weren't as good.

To contextualize the allegation that LiLo stole a $2500 necklace, here's a handy guide to LiLo's kleptomania: $400,000 necklace, $11,000 mink coat, $35,000 Rolex, photo shoot jewelry, Louis Vuitton samples, her friend's clothes. Our hearts. [The Gloss]

The internet is in a snit today over a tweet sent by fashion house Kenneth Cole that used the current civil unrest in Egypt (and the #Cairo hashtag) to advertise its new collection. Kenneth Cole is worse than Mubarak! [Updated]

Last night the Idol Thunderbus rolled into Austin, Texas for a sweet sampling of country jams. It was an episode that was as laid-back and easygoing as the city in which it took place. Giddyup.

House Republicans have given up on their quest to determine which types of rape-induced pregnancies should be eligible for federal abortion funding. "Forcible rape" has reverted back to "rape" in their impending abortion bill, which is still obviously very radical.

An Italian researcher claims Leonardo DaVinci used his apprentice and gay lover Gian Giacomo Caprotti as the model for the Mona Lisa, the most famous painting in the world. We did always think her hands were kind of large.

Halle Berry's custody battle gets ugly. Jennifer Aniston could have been an SNL cast member. Whoopi Goldberg on shitting the bed. Lindsay Lohan didn't steal that necklace, she "borrowed" it. Thursday gossip has feminine wiles.

Washington Redskins owner and despicable rich guy Dan Snyder has, in typical dumb fashion, followed through on his threat to sue the Washington City Paper, for being mean to him. He also says they are anti-Semitic. What a stupid idiot.