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AMI Executives Agree: Everything's Fine at AMI

Hamilton Nolan · 01/14/11 04:00PM

Yesterday we told you that a revolt may be brewing at National Enquirer publisher AMI, where employees are upset about furloughs, layoffs, and perceived management screw-ups following its recent bankruptcy. Did we get some feedback from AMI execs? Did we!

Warm Winter Glow

Richard Lawson · 01/14/11 03:54PM

Need a little light in your life, specifically for your desk? Well, we're giving away two vintage industrial lamps from Chase and Scout and all you have to do to win one is enter a caption contest!

U.S. Embassy Isn't Letting a Coup Get In the Way of a Vacation Day

John Cook · 01/14/11 03:38PM

In case you haven't noticed, Tunisia's fallen apart. Its president just fled the country after weeks of riots, and the military has taken control. The U.S. Embassy will still be closed on Martin Luther King Day, though. Holidays are holidays!

Let's Predict the Golden Globe Winners!

Richard Lawson · 01/14/11 03:06PM

Sunday night is Hollywood's drunkest gilded night of the year, the annual bestowing of Golden Globe awards upon the golden people who rule the globe. Who will win? Who will lose? Let's go category by category making some predictions.

Jared Loughner's Ex: 'He's Faking Everything'

Jim Newell · 01/14/11 02:35PM

Thanks for participating, Kelsey Hawkes, but another ex-girlfriend of Tucson shooter Jared Loughner, Ashley Figueroa, has emerged on television. Figueroa also dated Loughner in high school, and she brings the dirt: "I think he's faking everything."

5-Year-Old Terrorized by Eyebrow Wax

Maureen O'Connor · 01/14/11 01:55PM

Child abuse infomercial Toddlers & Tiaras has outdone last week's episode—which featured a 2-year-old in a cone bra—by finding a pageant mom to force her screaming, begging, and crying 5-year-old to get her eyebrows waxed on television.

Police Produce Captivating Girlfight Play-by-Play

Maureen O'Connor · 01/14/11 01:27PM

The police department of Lincoln, Nebraska has a crimestoppers website where they post America's Most Wanted-like videos about local criminals. Today's entry: an uncomfortably anthropological girlfight play-by-play featuring a Mickey Mouse hat, flying hair, and a public bus.

Good News for Gabrielle Giffords

Jim Newell · 01/14/11 01:22PM

Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot point-blank in the head six days ago, keeps making ridiculous progress in her recovery. She's still in critical condition, but doctors' expectations keep rising.

Cancer Scientist Loses Laptop with Years of Research Data

Adrian Chen · 01/14/11 11:43AM

Scientist Sook Shin had two years of prostate cancer research on her laptop when she and her husband stopped at a local Panera for dinner in Oklahoma City. The computer was stolen, and now prostate cancer will never be cured.

Which Actor Likes to Frequent Gay Bars?

Brian Moylan · 01/14/11 10:52AM

If a night out in West Hollywood doesn't make someone queer, then what does? This conservative show host is having an affair, and this actor is about to get married so no one knows how much he likes West Hollywood.

Robocall Victim Takes Robo-Revenge

Hamilton Nolan · 01/14/11 10:46AM

Aaron Titus, a father of five in suburban Maryland, is the newest folk hero for our modern age of mild technological annoyances! Earlier this week, the school district awoke him with a 4:30 a.m. robocall. Two can play that game.

Fox Shoots Hunter

Max Read · 01/14/11 02:50AM

A hunter was shot by a fox in Belarus. Not, like, a sexy woman—an actual fox, that the hunter was trying to kill. I know, right?

Turns Out Comic Sans Is Good for Something

Max Read · 01/14/11 01:45AM

Poor Comic Sans! The favorite font of administrative assistants and H.R. representatives everywhere is deeply hated by so-called "design nerds." But guess what, design nerds? Poor unpopular Comic Sans might actually have a beneficial use. Because it's so horrifically ugly.

Chatroulette Founder Regrets Not Playing Nice

Adrian Chen · 01/13/11 09:25PM

Hard to believe that tech's most powerful players were once squabbling for a piece of videochat site Chatroulette. Its teenaged Russian founder spurned them all, and Chatroulette is close to dead. Now he's having second thoughts.