“We asked them not to do it and they did it anyway.”
 — BBC presenter Shelagh Fogarty apologizes to listeners after Rage Against the Machine singer Zach de la Rocha “unleashed a barrage of F-words on Radio Five Live’s breakfast…

A group calling itself the Danville, VA Tea Party Patriots spent $1350 on a plane hired to fly over Washington, DC this morning carrying a banner that read “SURRENDER DOROTHY.” Kidding. It was actually something about…

Do you have synaesthesia? Go look at these tests and find out!

“One genetic mutation occurs on average for every 15 cigarettes that a typical lung-cancer patient smokes, according to a study that has identified for the first time all of the mutations acquired during the lifetime of a cancer patient.” GREAT. I’ve already induced half a genetic mutation this morning.

Apart from certain MTV-related mishegas, it’s been a relatively mayhem-free week in New Jersey. But there is this: “Police: Ocean Township man threatened motorist with knife for driving too slow.” From the Asbury Park…

From Rap Radar, here’s a video message Jim Jones had Snoop Dogg make for his mom-who, like most moms, is clearly a big fan. Soon after sending it, Jim Jones got totally busted by his mom for smoking pot.

A writer named Lisa Warren wrote a story yesterday afternoon on the Huffington Post. It was headlined “Two Black Role Models Done In By Hubris.” One of those two “Black Role Models” was the president. (The other one was…

Here’s the text of the speech delivered by the Dean of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. Now, to be fair, there are plenty of disclaimers in the speech about how it is a bad time, and there are no revenue models in…

We had to ask, back in September: where the heck are you, Rene Russo? Great news! Or at least: news! “Rene Russo joins cast of ‘Thor’: Actress set to play Frigga, mother of Norse hero.” Yes. Opposite Anthony Hopkins. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. I don’t know either! But we’ll take it.

What the world needs now: The Death of American Virtue, “the first definitive history of the Clinton scandal” hits bookstores in February. Clicking in at 769 pages, it features new interviews with Monica Lewinsky and Ken Starr! Aren’t you totally excited to relive those times?

I’m always suspicious when they announce the discovery of a new, semi-Earth-like planet mere hours before the opening of a mega space opera movie. Like, okay James Cameron, what CAN’T you manipulate? And yet there it is, announced yesterday: GJ 1214b, a planet a mere 13 parsecs away (just…

“”How can they say such things? Me, instigate violence?”
 -A baffled Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, responding to suggestions that “he had himself created the current climate with his often violent attacks on judges and journalists who he claims are mounting a conspiracy…

Please enjoy the story of Faith, the two-legged dog who walks upright and inspires those who need courage.

Here you will find a collection of underground art inspired by the television program “Lost.” Do with that what you will.

BlackBerry e-mail service down! REPEAT: BlackBerry e-mail service down! Glad I’m not you!

Stories like this one, about a Florida man who was freed today after spending 35 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, drive me crazy. James Bain was sentenced to life at the age of 19 after being convicted for the kidnapping and rape…

“It would have been cheaper if I’d just stabbed the fucker. The most I would have got was an Asbo barring me from certain parts of Croydon.”
 -Comedian Alexei Sayle complains about the expense of defending himself from a libel suit. A group of British humorists…