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Facebook's Bad Boy Acts Out Again

Ryan Tate · 10/05/10 02:34PM

It's just like old times: After being ejected from Facebook after a cocaine-related arrest, Sean Parker worked hard to cultivate a more upscale image. But now comes news he flipped out at a New York nightclub doorkeeper. Whoops.

Apple May Pay $625 Million For Messing with Texas

Ryan Tate · 10/05/10 11:12AM

Apple was the loser in the fourth-largest patent verdict in U.S. history. A jury in East Texas federal court found the company infringed three patents in the Cover Flow, Time Machine and Spotlight features of its Mac operating system.

Why 'Lesbian' Is Blocked on Google

Ryan Tate · 10/05/10 09:55AM

Google's new "instant" search results turn into a blank screen when you enter certain forbidden terms. But why are terms like "lesbian" and "Latina" given this treatment? A Google employee has shed a little light on the situation.

Brazen Manhattan Execution-Style Murders Still a Mystery

Hamilton Nolan · 10/05/10 08:52AM

Two men found shot dead execution-style in their SUV near Union Square in Manhattan yesterday were each witnesses to separate murders in NYC last year—but cops don't think that's why they were killed.

Toxic Sludge in Hungary Burns Victims 'To the Bone'

Jeff Neumann · 10/05/10 06:41AM

The Hungarian government is calling a toxic sludge spill there an "ecological disaster" and has declared a state of emergency after three people were killed and over 100 injured when a reservoir at an alumina plant ruptured. Six are missing.

Is This the Communist Facebook?

Max Read · 10/05/10 01:36AM

Vietnam's ruling communist party isn't too psyched about the idea of its citizens using Facebook and other social networking sites. So they've made their own: It's called go.vn, and you need your government-issued I.D. number to sign up.

The Classiest Weed Commercial Ever Made

Ryan Tate · 10/04/10 05:26PM

It's also a little creepy. Do we really want bud going this corporate? How many years before we see one of these spots on television? And that's totally a fake British doctor's accent, right? In any case, it's nice that they're planning to make this place environmentally efficient, and maybe guard it with Navy SEALs, according to The Atlantic. We wouldn't want just anyone to be able to light up this sticky icky. Just users with legitimate, arguably medical issues (the whole state).

Facebook CEO's Humanizing Simpsons Cameo

Ryan Tate · 10/04/10 04:25PM

Sure, there's a Hollywood blockbuster about him, he's got half a billion users, and his net worth is estimated at $7 billion. But for cultural relevance, it's hard to beat Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's cameo on The Simpsons.