Permanently confused CNN anchor Rick Sanchez has stuck his entire foot in his mouth with his latest gaffe, which isn't really a "gaffe" so much as "textbook anti-Semitism." Did you know that Jews control the media? Rick Sanchez explains.
Andrew Shirvell, the assistant attorney general in Michigan who moonlights as a creepy blogger dedicated to harassing a gay student-body president, has taken personal leave and will face a disciplinary hearing when he returns. His blog's private now, too! Sad.
Excited to see The Social Network this weekend? This Taiwanese CGI summary breaks down the Facebook story: It's got bathroom stall sex, and explores the beef between Mark Zuckerberg and the "row-boating wasps" he allegedly stole the Facebook idea from.
Meet Briana Greathouse of Kansas City, Missouri. Briana, who's 25, recently traveled to Ottumwa, Iowa, four hours away, to meet a man she knew through the internet. And kill him. For making mean internet postings. Her mom was arrested, too.
Six passengers on a Russian airline were forced to stand in the aisles for their entire flight after the wrong airplane—one with too few seats—showed up at the airport. And no, it wasn't Southwest.
It would seem Mark Zuckerberg still hates his iPhone reception: The CEO joined a dis session convened by fellow Facebook executives who find service for the Apple smartphone "so f'ing annoying."
Sen. Saxby Chambliss said in a statement this afternoon that he has fired the staffer who wrote an offensive comment on a gay rights blog last week. His office declined to identify the staffer.
In a glorious culmination of 15 years research, federal scientists bombed the island of Guam with drugged mice sporting cardboard wings and radios. The target: deadly, terrifying snakes, which arrived, in part, via airplane.
While Congress may have tackled the TV commercial loudness situation, it's punting pretty much everything else into the post-election lame duck session, when political pressures will supposedly be muted. The current tally of bills they'll consider? Oh, around 20.
Last Saturday, a White House Staffer canceled a White House tour for recently deceased Medal of Honor winner Vernon Baker's family when his 10-year-old grandson showed up wearing "shorts and a T-shirt bearing a picture" of Baker. They're sorry. [AP]
When Justin Bieber travels on tour, he has a list of demands. Like any kid, he wants to eat candy like Swedish Fish (or "Big Foot" while in Canada) and potato chips. So what else can't Justin live without?
Treasure it, because it's rare: The Senate has passed a good-sounding bill! Ever notice how you're watching a TV show and then it cuts to commercials that are ten million times louder? That appears likely to end now.
Fisher-Price has recalled 7 million plastic tricycles that have a "protruding plastic ignition key near the seat" that can cause, among other things, "genital bleeding." Shudder. Four million other toys and chairs are also being recalled. [AP]
Michigan attorney general Mike Cox went on CNN last night to defend Andrew Shirvell, his assistant attorney general who writes a childish rage blog attacking University of Michigan's gay student body president. Why won't he discipline Shirvell? First Amendment, dummies!
Apple's flagship store in Beijing was shut down for a few hours due to fights breaking out over buying the iPhone 4, M.I.C. Gadget, a gadget blog based in China, reports.
Hauled into Divorce Court by her lying, cheating husband, Madea Family Reunion actress D'Atra Hicks began to moan. Then she wailed. Then closed her eyes and unleashed a bluesy, brokenhearted tune that would put Amy Winehouse to shame.
Law enforcement in the U.S. and Britain say they've nailed 80+ people for stealing millions of dollars from bank accounts using computer viruses. The group even had its own "money mules."
White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, about whom every rumor is usually true, will resign tomorrow to run for mayor of Chicago. Pete Rouse, Obama's ex-Senate chief of staff, will take over. But where will "Rahmbo" live? [Image: Getty]
News Corp. head honcho Rupert Murdoch testified on Capitol Hill today about the need for immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship for current illegal immigrants. Sounds good, kangaroo man! Why not explain this to yourFox News?