Everyone is buzzing today about the new ethics for Internet reporting dictated by David Carr (correction: Carr is not involved in the plan, he merely wrote about it), Simon Dumenco, Adam Moss and a few other notables, and by everyone I mean a bunch of nerds who write things on the Internet, myself included.
Vice published a story today that they are referring to as the "chain pub piss dungeon." It is not for the faint of heart. You would think with all of the weird Internet fetishes out there, we would be used to them by now but for some reason this one seems to have struck a chord. This perhaps trumps even the eel sex…
Donald Trump, Jr. and his brother Eric are under fire from wildlife enthusiasts after TMZ posted up photos of a hunting trip the two took to Zimbabwe that show them posing with their trophies. The brothers are seen posing with the dead carcasses of elephants, wildebeest, crocodiles and other game animals. In one…
A Colombian colonel has apologized to the families of two young men killed by the military after being ordered to do so by military command, Colombia Reports tells us. The murders were part of an ongoing scandal in Colombia that took part over the past two decades, known as the "false positives." From Colombia Reports:
The richest family in Australia, The Rineharts, is embroiled in a bitter dispute over their vast fortunes, and things have started to get ugly. Gina Rinehart, the matriarch of our clan, has just lost an effort to keep the battle out of the media after a judge ruled against her on Friday.
Graham Rayman at the Village Voice brings us more on officer Adrian Schoolcraft, the modern day Serpico who was sent to a psych ward for reporting on corruption in the NYPD. While working out of the 81st precinct in Brooklyn, Schoolcraft became aware of a pattern of crime victims getting caught up in bureaucratic…
Alan L. O'Neil might have gotten away with it, if it weren't for Facebook's meddling algorithms. O'Neil, a corrections officer, had the perfect plan. Why bother divorcing your first wife if you can just change your name and marry a new one?
Former New York Times Co. Chief Executive Janet Robinson received a total payout of nearly $24 million after she left the newspaper publisher at the end of last year, according to a regulatory filing on Friday.
Robert Young, 43, and Mark Rubinson, 25, got a little too carried away with their reverence for phenomenal 80's move Weekend At Bernie's. Both men were sentenced to probation after admitting to driving around Denver with the corpse as well as using the corpse's debit card for stripper funds.
A young boy named Flint really, really enjoyed a visit to his school by a local weatherman and has seen fit to promise Weatherman Ramon that if things turn out the way he expects them to, he will be taken care of. The letter reads:
I don't know much about Greta Van Susteren. Out of all the mouth-breathing pundits on television news channels, my sanity only allows for me to watch a few and she's never really made the cut. I don't know what her beliefs are. I don't much care. She could personally go to northern Uganda or the Democratic Republic…
Atlantic writer Eve Turow was shocked to discover that backpackers in countries like Thailand and Laos have been getting high during their travels instead of ensconcing themselves in spiritual and cultural learning.
The European Chess Union is not about to let you floozies gain an unfair adventure by parading your bosoms around in front of your opponents. Strict new rules govern the accepted wardrobe for woman's matches. Chessbase News has the details:
Trayvon "Trey" Martin, 17, of Miami was visiting relatives living in a gated community in Sanford, Florida. He had just left a local 7-11 after buying a snack and was on his way home around 7:00 PM on February 26. George Zimmerman, a 26-year-old member of the local neighborhood watch, saw Martin and called police to…
Young Audri succeeds in inventing a "Rube Goldberg" machine to catch monsters. He also succeeds in making the rest of us feel very, very lazy and unaccomplished.
In an important decision that will have a drastic impact on court cases for years to come, a man accused of fondling himself on the train in England has been found not guilty after he told the court he was merely strumming a pretend banjo.
Earlier today the Guardian published a story about livestreamers from the US who took a trip to Syria to capture the conflict that has many journalists perplexed. From the article:
...In Iceland, that is. Former Prime Minister Geir Haarde is on trial for negligence over the 2008 financial collapse. From the BBC:
A five-year investigation by the Manhattan DA led to the arrest of 44-year-old Anna Gristina in late February, DNAinfo reports. The millionaire madam, as she has been dubbed, was also caught on tape boasting that she had made millions in the prostitution racket.
According to the Daily Mail, in a recent study psychologists found that women really don't like men with beards. To which I say, bullshit.
