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Taliban claim killing of 2 U.S. officers at interior ministry
A gunman who shot dead two American officers inside the Afghan interior ministry remained at large late Saturday as U.S. officials decried the attack in Kabul.
Santorum, Romney trade jabs in Mich.
Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum spent Friday stumping for votes in the state where Romney was born, four days before what has emerged as a critical contest.
Carville: Memo to the GOP's adults
Democratic strategist James Carville says the Republican elders aren't convinced any of the remaining candidates can lead them to victory
Nelson Mandela has hernia surgery
South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was admitted to the hospital Saturday with abdominal pain, the government said.
Berlusconi corruption case dismissed
A verdict is expected Saturday in the corruption case against former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Pakistan razes bin Laden compound
Pakistani authorities have begun to demolish the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, that Osama Bin Laden used as a hideout until he was killed in a raid by U.S. forces in May 2011.
Yemen swears in new president
Yemen swore in its new president Saturday, cementing a power transfer deal reached in November to end months of protests and violence over outgoing leader Ali Abdullah Saleh's longtime rule.
Red Cross seeks Homs evacuations
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces pounded resistance strongholds Saturday, the opposition said, raising questions about what immediate effect a plan by world powers to end the violence will have in the hardest hit areas.
Rare glimpse into besieged Syrian city
A freelance cameraman who visited Homs recently put together a video that provides a rare glimpse of life in the embattled city and an even rarer close-up of the opposition movement in Syria.
RFK's son charged in hospital clash
Robert F. Kennedy's son, Douglas, faces misdemeanor charges over an incident at a New York hospital last month in which he knocked down a nurse while holding his newborn son, attorneys for both sides say.
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Mitt Romney Is Just Like You, People Who Own Multiple Cadillacs [Election 2012]
Self-proclaimed "car guy" Mitt Romney accidentally outed himself as being super rich at Ford Field in Detroit. (Detroit: good place to advertise love of cars, bad place to advertise excessive wealth.) Turns out he and his wife drive multiple cars, which — while not surprising — doesn't help with the accusation that he is out of touch with the common man. USA Today brings us some analysis of the damage done by Romney's car tally. More »
The Best of the Worst Netflix Reviews of Best Picture Nominees [Oscars]
Just because Netflix users aren't professional film critics doesn't mean they don't have strong opinions. Some Netflix reviews are, in fact, insightful, cogent, and sharply composed — but who wants to read those? In honor of the 2012 Academy Awards on Sunday, here are the best of the worst Netflix reviews of the 10 Best Picture nominees. More »
The Best Videos of the Week [Video]
Have you heard that video is a big thing over at Gawker Media? It's true, we watch and post a lot of videos each week. Here are some of the best videos of week, culled from an array of Gawker Media sites.
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Here's a Naked Fat Woman Jumping on a Car (NSFW) [Nsfw]
It's moments like these that I really miss the Bay Area. Yesterday SFist published a photo of a bizarre incident in San Francisco Tuesday: a naked "heavyset" woman jumped onto a man's car and crushed his windshield. More »
What Not to Do at Your Oscar Party [Advice]
Sunday night the television audience for the Oscars telecast will be as large and as social as for any other event except the Super Bowl. Many will have the bright idea to invite all your friends over for an Oscar Party. For those playing host, here are some common party fouls to avoid. More »
Treat Yourself to an Oscar [Oscars]
Short on talent but not on funds? You might be in luck. While it's too late to be considered for any of Sunday's Academy Award wins, you can bid on one of 15 Oscar statuettes on Tuesday. Or, hell, bid on them all. You can always pawn off the extras when you need to pick up a Tony or a Golden Globe. More »
Does This Santorum Headline Sound Filthy to You? [Election 2012]
Reuters reports, "In Michigan, Santorum feels heat from within." More »
Ben & Jerry's Edits Questionably Racist "Linsanity" Flavor [That's Racist]
It makes sense that purveyors of topical ice cream Ben & Jerry's would want to cash in on the nation's love for New York Knicks standout Jeremy Lin. But their hastily made "Taste the Lin-Sanity" flavor may have been created in bad taste. (Figuratively speaking. Racist or not, it sounds delicious.) More »
'They're Portraying Him As a Religious Zealot:' This Week in Hate-Watching Bill O'Reilly [Video]
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Nelson Mandela Hospitalized, But No Need to Panic [Nelson Mandela]
Beloved former South African president Nelson Mandela was hospitalized in Pretoria, according to a statement from current president Jacob Zuma. More »
In Portlandia, Recycling is Very Important and Very Specific [Video]
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"I Hope One Day You Will Get AIDS," and Other Letters You Sent Us This Week [Tail Of Mears]
In this week's mailbag roundup, we heard from someone who wants us to contract AIDS and another who has had enough of all this Hummer hate we haven't been spewing. Read below for this week's (rather brief) batch of hate mail: More »
Random Person on Twitter Says You Should Go to This Comedy Show In Australia Tomorrow [Announcements]
You may have noticed posting was a little sparse today on Gawker. That was mainly my fault: Today was my designated "Traffic whore" day, and I was supposed to post many cat videos and British tabloid stories about people being impaled in interesting ways, so that my colleagues could take time to concentrate on more in-depth stuff, like accurately predicting the reaction if various actors or actresses the day before the Oscars. Maybe Horse_ebooks cast a curse on me, or I ate a bad grape at breakfast. I just couldn't churn them out today. More »
VA Lawmaker Can't Get Laid Because of Transvaginal Ultrasound Bill [Video]
Virginia Del. Dave Albo brought down the state house floor with this prepared monologue today. More »
Someone Made a Lame Dick Joke on Paul Rudd's Wikipedia Page [Pranks]
The photo agency Pacific Coast News just breathlessly emailed us to say they had exclusive screenshots of Paul Rudd's "hacked" Wikipedia page, above. First of all, vandalizing someone's Wikipedia page is not hacking. Just because it happened on the internet doesn't make it hacking. Second of all: "Enjoys sucking penis?" It's "sucking dick," you miserable non-hacking, uncreative 14-year-old. More »
This Is A Post [Die, Die My Darlings]
So this post is here to be posted. But if you post on this post that's posted, you will die. More »
Time Put an Asian on Their Cover About Latino Voters [Oops]
Oh, how awkward. Not only did Time put an Asian guy on the cover of their "Yo Decido" cover about Latino voters, but the Asian guy in question is actually a member of the press. OC Weekly's Michelle Woo reports, More »
Deadspin's Top 10 Movies Of 2011 [Movies]
For many years, prior to the Oscar nominations, the boy from Mattoon and his friend Tim have put on their Ebert t-shirts and run down their personal best movies the year. It's cute. Sometimes I chime in. My list is below. More »
Mitt Romney Tries to Relate to Voters By Bragging About How Many Cadillacs His Wife Has [Video]
Don't you hate when you have so much money that everything you say inadvertently draws attention to your staggering wealth? Bet Mitt Romney does. Today, while giving a speech to what appears to be 18 people in a massive stadium in Detroit, Romney said. More »
$100 Bills Only Cause Trouble [Money]
High-quality counterfeits of American $100 and $50 are keeping North Korea's economy afloat, The End of Money author David Wolman reports in Time. Estimates on Pyongyang's black market counterfeiting profits range from $15 to $25 million "to several hundred million dollars' worth" every year. More »
My Little Brother Made This Drawing in a Timeout [Children]
When my little brother Joey was about six years old, he was sent to "timeout" to think about something he'd done wrong. The thing he'd done wrong that day is now lost to family history, but my father recently unearthed the drawing it produced, and I wanted to share it with you, because it is Friday and because it is hilarious—if also very, very demented. More »
The Whitney Houston Index: What if These People Died the Night Before the Oscars? [Thought Experiment]
Sigmund Freud theorized that humans have a death drive, a latent desire for self-destruction. In a media ecosystem rife with celebity death pictures, celebrity death bets, Celebrity Rehab, I'd say we have a culture-wide "death drive," too. The reaction to Whitney Houston's death two weeks ago, reported the day before the Grammys, underscored our obsession with such celebrity tragedies. What would be the Oscars' version of that particular fallout? More »
Jersey Shore: Lost at Sea [Video]
Finally, the members of the greatest sociological experiment of our time forage for their own food, and they promptly caught crabs. No, the actual crustaceans. They did not contract a horrible case of pubic lice, though they did make lots of jokes about it. The guidos never change. More »
Chris Brown Accused of 'Snatching' Fan's iPhone, Could Face Robbery Charges [Chris Brown]
On Sunday, a 24-year-old Florida woman filed a police report that accused domestic abuser Chris Brown of "snatching" her iPhone from her outside of Miami's Cameo nightclub. More »
Which Star Is Going to Be Arrested Soon? [Blind Items]
Word on the street is this celeb is going to have a warrant put out on him very soon. This actor is trying to get sober and it's not going well. All this singer wants is another baby. No, she's not in Ace of Base. More »
Snoozing NYPD Cop Busted By Occupy Wall Street-er [Nypd]
It's usually the cops giving Occupy Wall Street protesters a hard time. But in this case, Occupy Wall Street supporter and musician Martin Bisi got an NYPD officer disciplined after he snapped this picture of him sleeping on the subway and emailed it to his superiors. More »
Oscar Week: Why Midnight In Paris Should Win Best Picture [Grierson & Leitch]
Tim Grierson and Will Leitch will be writing regularly on Gawker and Deadspin about movies, starting this week. Yesterday and today, to wrap up the week, we're showering love on our favorite films that are up for Best Picture. Yesterday, Tim Grierson took up the case of The Descendants. Today: Will Leitch argues why you should be cheering for Midnight in Paris. Follow Grierson & Leitch on Twitter for more business. More »
John Edwards Sex Tape Will Be Destroyed [Sex Tapes]
A Judge has ruled that the legendary sex tape starring John Edwards and his mistress Rielle Hunter must be destroyed because, if unleashed, it could block out the sun and bring a thousand-year night to the Earth. The judge has ordered the tape to be cast into the very fires from which it was forged: a massive flaming Sambuca in some trashy beach bar. More »
Watch Stephen Colbert Convert All Dead Mormons to Judaism [Video]
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Americans Hate California Even More Than They Hate New Jersey [United Hates Of America]
California is America's least popular state, according to the results of a nationwide poll. More »
Jon Stewart Can't Believe He Is Still Surprised By the Republican Candidates [Video]
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Wisconsin Grifters Characteristically Low-Key [Crackheads]
A 52 year old man was arrested in Madison for strolling into a restaurant, announcing he was the new general manager, and whipping himself up a little dinner. More »
Maryland On Track to Approve Gay Marriage [Gay Marriage]
Maryland, the U.S. state with the most bonkers flag, could become the eighth one to approve same-sex marriage, after its Senate voted today to approve the measure. More »
Thinspo a No-No for Tumblr [The Internet]
Tumblr announced today a plan to ban from the website blogs that actively promote self-harm, e.g., anorexia, bulimia, self-mutilation, or suicide. The new policy will likely take effect starting next week. More »
Live Blogging Project Runway All Stars, Week 8 [Group Chat]
It's time for another episode of Project Runway All Stars—also known as "Mondo's March to (Probable) Redemption." We're live-blogging all the action under this post, so why not join us and strut your commenting stuff? More »
Meat Loaf and Lucy Liu and Ghosts [Ghosts]
Rocker Meat Loaf once mistook a ghost for a groupie, he claimed in a recent interview. More »
Good Luck Taking Your Eyes Off These Incredible Before-and-After Photos of Japan [Japan]
The Atlantic has an amazing collection of exact before-and-after photos documenting the reconstruction of Japan in the wake of last year's quake that should, if we're calculating this right, occupy exactly enough time for you to make it to the end of the work day. [The Atlantic, image via Getty/AFP/Atlantic] More »
NYT Reports That Living Alone Makes You Behave Like an Insane Person [Trends]
Living alone always sounds so good, doesn't it? You'd have complete control over the remote control. You could always finish the last of the cereal without feeling guilty about it. You could walk around naked every morning. The possibilities are endless. More »
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