Anonymous Swears It Was Trying to Extort $50,000 from Antivirus Company for Charity [Digital Underground]
An Anonymous hacker tried to use stolen source codes to extort $50,000 from antivirus firm Symantec. Turned out it was a law enforcement sting. Now Anonymous is in spin mode, claiming the hacker was trying to raise money for poor kids in India. More »
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Answers to All of Life's Little Mysteries [Mysteries]
The Reddit User Who Asked Woody Harrelson About Taking a High School Girl's Virginity Speaks [The Internet]
After witnessing Woody Harrelson's spectacular Reddit Ask Me Anything fail, we wanted to talk to the genius who asked him about the time he allegedly crashed a high school prom and took a female student's virginity. So we messaged Reddit user AndyRooney. More »
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Shocker: Rick Santorum Goes Three For Three In Tuesday's Elections Despite Being Rick Santorum [Election 2012]
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Here Are Some Important Twitter Messages the Manhattan DA Has Subpoenaed from an Occupy Wall Street Protester [Occupy Wall Street]
Malcolm Harris, a 23-year-old Occupy Wall Street protestor and the 2011 Most Loathsome Gawker Character behind that Radiohead prank, is currently fighting a subpoena for data from his Twitter account by the Manhattan District Attorney. That includes a few ill-fated messages we exchanged with Harris last fall. More »
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Oh God Lindsay Lohan What Are You Doing [Bralessness]
An Unnecessary New Cable News Network Could Be Coming Soon [Media]
America currently has three major 24-hour cable news networks. The repugnant right wing propaganda one that's actually successful, and the one that's trying to be left wing propaganda that's less successful, and the one that used to be the "real news" one and is now pretty much down for whatever in order to avoid being the least successful. More »
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Romney Campaign Attacks Santorum For Polar Bear And Comfy Seat Earmarks [Election 2012]
Fearful that Santorum might do better than expected in some upcoming primaries, the Romney campaign is sending out surrogates to attack the former senator's conservative credentials. The thing is, though... they're attacking him for trying to fund things that sound really nice and pleasant. And fluffy. The Huffington Post reports that Romney supporter Tim Pawlenty participated in a conference call today. More »
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The Globe-Trotting Do-Gooder Who Inspired The Philanthropist Is a Shill For Syria's Brutal Dictator [Syria]
Bobby Sager is a millionaire entrepreneur who has devoted his life—when he's not busy serving as chairman of Polaroid—to traveling the world and helping people with his money. He's pals with Sting, hobnobs with Lady Gaga (pictured), and served as the inspiration for NBC's The Philanthropist. And according to internal emails from the Syrian regime, he's a great friend to that country's butcher of a president, Bashar al Assad. More »
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CNN Debuts "Caucus Cam" Which Is Absolutely Not A Thing [Election 2012]
CNN is well known for needlessly incorporating quirky features into its coverage, most notably the Will.I.Am hologram from the 2008 election night. More »
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NBC's Heavily Hyped Smash in 45 Seconds [Video]
NYT Sunday Review: Incredibly Cheap Bastards [Newspapers]
The New York Times Sunday Review section invites professional editorial cartoonists to draw cartoons for free and submit them to the paper; one will be selected to run each week. The winning cartoonist will be paid $250. Everyone else gets nothing. More »
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Which Actor Ruined a Co-Star's Relationship? [Blind Items]
This actor guest starred on a hit show some years back, he ruined this actress' relationship. This actor is a stoner, this famous couple are coke heads, this new mother is already smoking again, and this sober actor gives his money to help other people fight addiction. Well, that sure is a change of pace. More »
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Totally Chill Judge Allows Barry Bonds To Have His Bat Back [Legal]
M.I.A.'s Fiancé on Date with 'Very Pretty Black Girl,' According to Paper's Email Screw-Up [Gossip]
The New York Daily News has an item today about Super Bowl finger-giver M.I.A. breaking up with her fiancé, Seagrams heir Ben Bronfman, and moving to London away from her three-year-old son. And what's that at the very end of the article? Is that... the original email from the gossip reporter to his or her editor? More »
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Ronald Reagan's Ghost Is 101 and the American Experiment Is Dying [Usa]
Tech Dorks Are Secretly Wearing Amazing Socks [Fashion]
Please Welcome Our Night Writer Audition: Noah Garfinkel [Announcements]
Good Day New York's Greg Kelly Will Not Be Charged With Rape [Crime]
Giants Fans Occupy Zuccotti Park, Demands Unclear [New York]
Hundreds of New York Giants fans have occupied Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, to watch today's Super Bowl victory parade. The crowd of peaceful, if slightly-scruffy demonstrators have no unified message, outside of a vague sense of elation over their team's victory in the world's most hyper-capitalist sporting event. Many, we assume, are unemployed. More »
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Reporters: There Is Nothing Wrong With PR Firms Doing Research on You [How Things Work]
We take a backseat to no one when it comes to spewing forth venom at the public relations industry. But we feel compelled to stand up and make this point: PR people doing research on what reporters have written and making a file on that topic is not a scandal. It is the same thing that reporters do, okay? More »
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Real Housewife of New Jersey Jacqueline Laurita Stops By Watch What Happens To Curse On Air [Video]
The Old GOP Debate Moment Nobody Talks About: Ron Paul's Claw Hand [Video]
There are the GOP debate moments everyone talks about and we all remember: Romney's $10,000 bet, Newt being indignant about a Juan Williams question, Romney saying "I'm running for office for Pete's sake," Newt being indignant about a John King question, Cain introducing us to 9-9-9, Newt being indignant about a Chris Wallace Question, etc. Then, there is perhaps the most well known debate moment, Rick Perry's "Oops." But, lost among these is something very important that Ron Paul did. Fortunately — or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it — Ron Paul's moment has been completely overlooked because it happened during Rick Perry's famous "Oops" moment. What did Ron Paul do? He held up his hand like a claw and said "Five." Remember? Watch his creepy claw hand. "You need fiiiihyv... it's fihyv." - Ron Paul More »
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