Virginia Del. Bob Marshall has proposed a committee to explore "whether the Commonwealth should adopt a currency to serve as an alternative to the currency distributed by the Federal Reserve System." The Articles of Confederation ruled, didn't they?

Britney Spears recently tweeted, "Heard an early demo of my new single leaked. If u think that's good, wait til you hear the real one Tuesday." That means this song, "Hold It Against Me," is actually her new single.

A new study published in the American Journal of Health Promotion found that people who drink heavily tend to exercise more than people who drink moderately. Our own studies have proven this completely false. Unless using SeamlessWeb counts as exercise.

When I first saw these amorous images, I thought supermodel Stephanie Seymour had taken a young lover. But—surprise!—that is actually her 18-year-old son. How close is too close when it comes to mothers and sons?

Not to be outdone by Madonna and Kim Kardashian, Jake Gyllenhaal took the Q train and made all the other riders swoon. Except the man passed out next to him. Glad to see the subway doesn't give celebs special treatment.

Demonstrations protesting terrible economic conditions are now sweeping Tunisia, sparked by a 26-year-old's dramatic self-immolation last month. In addition to the normal police beatdowns, the Tunisian government is frenetically censoring the Internet, arresting bloggers and a popular dissident rapper.

Will Kim's world explode when Kris Jenner and Kris Humphries meet? Lea Michele made a 14-year-old girl cry. Eddie Cibrian bought LeAnn Rimes' engagement ring after getting his child support reduced. Friday gossip is full of uncomfortable realizations.

That sounds like a public appearance gone really bad. This celeb's mother is an enabler, and these costars are having an affair on set. Guess actors are either making love or war. Nothing's fair.

Rob Sgobbo (pictured), a young writer for the New York Daily News, has had a freelance story he wrote yanked from the Village Voice's website. He apparently fabricated sources and lied about his reporting. (Update: the NYDN has canned him.)

Just three days ago the pride of the Emirates, the 160-floor Burj Khalifa hotel, celebrated its first birthday. The next day, a Chinese official announced plans to build a $1.3 billion knock off of the "seven star" hotel in Beijing.

The reviews are rolling in for Season of the Witch, Nicolas Cage's latest home movie. And, surprise! They are not very kind at all. This might be Nicolas Cage's worst movie, ever! Which would be a feat.

Dozens of residents of Vernon Township, Mich. have been evacuated after a train carrying 20,000 gallons of hydrochloric acid derailed and began to leak. No injuries have been reported, but still! Hydrochloric acid! Yikes!

According to a new Vanity Fair article, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange threatened to sue The Guardian when classified State Department cables obtained by Wikileaks were leaked to the paper without his consent. No fair, he got the stolen information first!

Two Republican Congressmen, Pete Sessions of Texas and Mike Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, missed the House swearing-in ceremony today because they were at a party. But they decided to cast some votes anyway, even though that's against the Constitution.

Nobody knows the identity of the rogue engineer who "accidentally" programmed Google's Street View cars to slurp up emails, passwords and other data from nearby wi-fi networks. But South Korea wants to find out, and punish them.

All these scary bird, crab and fish die-offs have prompted many to wonder if the world was coming to an end, a whole year before it's officially supposed to. But so-called "scientists" say these massive die-offs happen all the time.

Show Media, the company that sells advertising on the top of New York City taxis, is giving back to the city—and making up for its slowest month—by featuring work by Chuck Close and Kehinde Wiley. Good stuff!

This morning, most people concluded that "Baby Yoga with Lena Fokina"—the latest addition to the strangely popular Russian swinging baby video genre—was fake. So what do we make of this video, featuring Lena and others swinging more babies?

Ted Williams, the panhandler from the side of the I-71 in Columbus, Ohio with the golden voice, has been hired by MSNBC to do voiceovers for the network's Lean Forward campaign.

The Way We Live Now: starving. Who can afford food these days? Maize, soybeans, wheat... the prices are all ridiculous. We're saving our money to fund our empty pension plans, replace our crumbling football stadiums, and recreate the Rust Belt!