Steven Rattner went from New York Times reporter to well-connected financier and Democratic fundraiser to (temporary) auto czar. Now, he may be on the verge of being banned from the securities industry. It's enough to make you exclaim, "Ha."

After 20 seasons on the air, Law & Order may be dead. Who's responsible for killing the program? Let's do an investigation, like on the show!

Well, has he? Australia's jowliest global media mogul has a newspaper war to win and a younger wife to keep up with. Yet he seems to be looking fresher than ever. We turned to a real plastic surgeon, for analysis!

The rallying cry for supporters of Arizona's new immigration bill has been the murder of rancher Robert Krentz at the hands of immigrants. But according to reports, the main suspect in the case is an American, not Mexican.

Goldman Sachs is now the subject of a criminal probe from federal prosecutors.

Four senators sent Facebook a letter of "concern" over its privacy practices—and warned the social network that federal regulators would likely investigate the company. Congratulations, Facebook. It often takes decades to achieve this level of government scrutiny.

A supermodel says she's "praying over Kate's boobs." Spencer Pratt says they're still too small. Everyone's got an opinion on Kate Hudson's boobs—but are they really fake? Or is she pregnant? An photographic investigation featuring celebrity witness testimony.

Earlier today Revolution Muslim, the Islamic group that posted a veiled threat against South Park this week, called us "Darwinist faggots who are as despicable as the rest, walking around eating your Triscuits." But, we wondered, why Triscuits?

Salty Sea Dog and former congressman Eric Massa (D-Public Showers) is under investigation by the FBI for corruption. Uh oh! His campaign made large, suspicious payments days after he announced that he would not seek reelection.

The Albany Times Union has uncovered a six-page document that shows how an investigation by North Fork Bank brought down former New York governor Eliot Spitzer when he tried to conceal a $5,000 wire transfer to an escort agency.

Dozens of minor celebrities are currently crisscrossing the country to collect piles of cash for nightclub appearances. Snooki gets $10,000. Kim Kardashian is yours for $50,000. But why do promoters pay? They tell us they have no choice.

Survivor and Pimp My Ride producer Bruce Beresford-Redman is being held in Cancun, Mexico, after his wife Monica was found dead in the sewer of their hotel. He had reported her missing Tuesday. The cause of death is still unknown.

David Paterson put Andrew Cuomo in charge of the investigation into whether or not Paterson abused his power. "The attorney general's done his job, I think, extraordinarily well over the last four years," Paterson told the press today. O, rly?

CNN is reporting that an old hot dog was unearthed, encased in ice, underneath historic Brooklyn hot doggery Feltman's. Also reported: this dog is 140 years old. We're not science bloggers here—but that shit is impossible. We investigate!

Women's figure skating began tonight in Vancouver with NBC's live coverage of the Olympic short program. American skater Mirai Nagasu's routine went swimmingly (ha), but she ended it with a visibly bloody nose. What caused it? Inside, an in-depth investigation.

In the wee hours of the morning our Deadspin brahs launched an important investigation: Was Venus Williams wearing any underpants at her Australian Open match yesterday? A frame-by-frame analysis for those who dare, lies here.

A tipster reports that Dean Wright, the "ethics editor" for Reuters, is looking into how and why Reuters chief David Schlesinger killed an investigation into SAC Capital's Steven Cohen after Cohen complained about the story to the firm's CEO.

The media world is in a (relative) uproar over what the implications of News Corp. pulling its content off Google would be. But! A three-part Gawker investigation-type thing indicates the impact might be quite minimal for you, the consumer. Observe:

A Senate panel has issued subpoenas to Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and others, to investigate whether or not company executives knew in advance that the economy-destroying mortgage-related securities they created were complete crap.

Barack Obama held a news conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today and if you caught any of it on the news, you may have noticed that Medvedev's translator sounded suspiciously like Borat, so we put together an audio comparison.