#picoftheday

Bottle Rocket

[Michelle Obama sends a spray of foam flying while christening the U.S. Coast Guard cutter "Stratton" at a shipyard in Mississippi today. Image via AP]
07:30 PM
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By Brian Moylan
#weekinreview Click here to read The Week We Brought It On Ourselves

The Week We Brought It On Ourselves

This week we reported on some incidents that happened involving a certain internet message board and entered into a battle with said message board. Let's see how it all shook out. More »
07:20 PM
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By Richard Lawson
#mysteries

More Mystery Airplanes on Google Maps: In a Yard, Under the Sea

Following our post earlier about the enormous airplane in the middle of Brooklyn on Google Maps, readers sent in other airplane apparitions. One appears to be a real airplane, hidden in someone's yard. The other appears to be underwater. More »
07:10 PM
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By Maureen O'Connor
#specialtreatment

Lindsay Lohan's sentence has been reduced again: She'll get out two days earlier than expected.

06:58 PM
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#fameballs Click here to read Levi Johnston Is Making a Music Video About His Relationship with the Palins

Levi Johnston Is Making a Music Video About His Relationship with the Palins

America's favorite babydaddy, Levi Johnson, is scheduled to film an R&B; music video next month with singer Brittani Senser. He'll play a man driven from his lover by her meddling mother. Who do you think that's supposed to be? More »
06:28 PM
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By Brian Moylan
#nerds Click here to read Military Nerds Put Our Nation at Risk By Befriending Hot Girls on Facebook

Military Nerds Put Our Nation at Risk By Befriending Hot Girls on Facebook

Nerds never change. If they get a friend request from a hot girl on a social-networking site, they'll always accept. Even if they happen to be military or intelligence personnel. One security expert proved this with an experiment. More »
06:22 PM
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By Adrian Chen
#rumormonger

Is Michael Lohan Selling Nude Photos of His Former Fiancee Kate Major?

Click here to read Is Michael Lohan Selling Nude Photos of His Former Fiancee Kate Major?
A source tells us that Michael Lohan—who's been accused of domestic assault by three ex-girlfriends—is attempting to sell nude photos of Kate Major, his ex-fiancee who accused Lohan earlier this week of attacking her and threatening her life. More »
06:06 PM
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By Maureen O'Connor
#oddthings Click here to read Woman Throws Bag of Pee at Police

Woman Throws Bag of Pee at Police

A woman in California tried to run a guy over, then fled. When police pulled her over, she threw her urostomy bag at them, splashing them with urine. The cops dropped their guns and started going: eewww! (Not really.) [AP]
05:47 PM
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By Adrian Chen
#wereadyou Click here to read Comment of the Day: The Mystery of the Mystery Plane, Solved

Comment of the Day: The Mystery of the Mystery Plane, Solved

Today we looked at a curious mystery: how did this enormous airplane end up in Brooklyn? The mystery didn't last long, though! One commenter figured it out. More »
05:26 PM
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By Richard Lawson
#mixedbag Click here to read 10 Things You May Have Missed On TV This Week

10 Things You May Have Missed On TV This Week

In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, Whoopi Goldberg is high on live TV, Mary Matalin fights with husband James Carville, and Janice Dickinson joins the cast of Celebrity Rehab. [Jezebel]
05:20 PM
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By Tracie Egan Morrissey
#fundraising Click here to read Karl Rove's Big Fundraising Total Comes From Four Billionaires

Karl Rove's Big Fundraising Total Comes From Four Billionaires

How did American Crossroads, Karl Rove's "grassroots" fundraising operation, suddenly leap from $200 in monthly donations to a total of $4.7 million? Apparently 97% comes from four billionaires. A Republican Congress better reward them with some top-notch ponies! [Image: AP]
05:16 PM
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By Jim Newell
#cablenews Click here to read MSNBC's Ed Schultz Is Pissed at President Obama (Again)

MSNBC's Ed Schultz Is Pissed at President Obama (Again)

Unwatchable MSNBC host Ed Schultz was invited to speak at this year's Netroots Nation conference, to perform his usual rage-baiting schtick of childish insults about "balls." Also: why won't Obama give him an interview? He's not fighting the cause! More »
05:07 PM
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By Jim Newell
#opencaption

Noted Philosopher Contemplates the Great Mysteries of Life

["Mad Men" sayer of lines January Jones walking in the South-of-Houston section of New York; image via Bauer-Griffin]
04:28 PM
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By Richard Lawson
#andnowhesdead Click here to read Journalist Daniel Schorr Dies at 93

Journalist Daniel Schorr Dies at 93

Daniel Schorr, print and broadcast journalist for 70 years, died today. He was 93 years old. Schorr was CNN's first employee and won three Emmys for his coverage of Watergate for CBS. He had been an NPR commentator since 1985.
04:24 PM
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By Adrian Chen
#breakups Click here to read Marc Jacobs and His Boyfriend Have Officially Split

Marc Jacobs and His Boyfriend Have Officially Split

Lorenzo Martone just confirmed via Twitter a rumor we've been hearing for weeks: He and Marc Jacobs are no longer a couple. Guess that ends the speculation about whether they're married or not. But, why, boys? Why? More »
04:16 PM
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By Brian Moylan
#clipjob

Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day

Today at Gawker.TV, John Mayer reflects about his past over-sharing during interviews, we discover Bender's origin on Futurama, Bethenny Frankel goes into labor, Enrique Iglesias and George Lopez get close, and more words of wisdom from the Double Rainbow Guy. More »
04:00 PM
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By Whitney Jefferson
#campaignads Click here to read Linda McMahon Woos Connecticut Society Ladies

Linda McMahon Woos Connecticut Society Ladies

Connecticut Senate candidate Linda McMahon is still defending her career running WWE, television's trashy, oily porn-violence saga. In her latest very demographic-tailored ad, we see two swingin' suburban princesses babble about McMahon's career, eventually reaching the same conclusion: "Ohhhh yeahhh." Cocktails! More »
03:29 PM
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By Jim Newell
#4chan

Cyberbullying Expert Bullied Off Good Morning America

Click here to read Cyberbullying Expert Bullied Off <em>Good Morning America</em>
Good Morning America was supposed to air a follow-up today to yesterday's report on 11-year-old cyberbullying victim Jessi Slaughter. It got spiked. Why? For one thing, a harassment campaign by 4chan users discouraged GMA's cyberbullying expert from going back on. More »
03:22 PM
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By Adrian Chen
#advertisement Click here to read Manage Your Digital Media and Wow Your Friends at the Same Time

Manage Your Digital Media and Wow Your Friends at the Same Time

Do you have more music, photos, and videos than you know what to do with? Sony's exclusive Media Gallery, available on the new Sony® VAIO® laptop with Intel® Core™ i5 Processor, helps you manage all your content and find what you're looking for. More »
02:59 PM
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#strangeideas Click here to read Elton John Presents <em>Animal Farm: The Musical!</em>

Elton John Presents Animal Farm: The Musical!

Yes indeed. The singer-songwriter and his writing partner Lee Hall (Billy Elliot) are teaming up to create a musical based on George Orwell's classic novel. It's a dark allegory about Stalin! One hopes, naturally, that puppets will be involved. [NYT]
02:58 PM
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By Richard Lawson
#pics

The Wild and Wacky World of Comic-Con Is Just Getting Started

Between the crazies in costumes, celebrities hawking sci-fi projects, and journalists covering both, someone will surely capture every awkward interaction at San Diego's Comic-Con, which kicked off yesterday. More »
02:46 PM
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By Brian Moylan
#privacy Click here to read Wal-Mart to Begin Electronically Tracking Your Panties

Wal-Mart to Begin Electronically Tracking Your Panties

Starting next month, Wal-Mart will put radio-frequency ID tags on all its garments. By waving a wand, they can identify the location of every product, down to size and color. When you bring it home, the tag goes with you. More »
02:31 PM
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By Maureen O'Connor
#carmovies Click here to read This Is What Happens When Michael Bay Comes To Town

This Is What Happens When Michael Bay Comes To Town

Last week Michael Bay continued his reign of terror on Chicago to make the robogasmic explosion pornfest operating under the working title Transformers 3. Here's an up-close look at the destruction and video of them blowing up the Second City. [Jalopnik]
02:15 PM
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By Matt Hardigree
#crooks Click here to read Incarcerated Monster Bernie Kerik Tweets Against 'Ground Zero Mosque'

Incarcerated Monster Bernie Kerik Tweets Against 'Ground Zero Mosque'

Former NYPD commissioner Bernie Kerik, currently incarcerated, is nobly tweeting out against the "Ground Zero Mosque," somehow. Hey, Muslims: Have some respect for 9/11's victims... by having affairs in apartments next to Ground Zero, like Kerik did. [Photo: AP]
02:10 PM
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By Jim Newell
#trailerpark Click here to read <em>Machete</em>: The Bloodier the Trailer, the Better the Movie?

Machete: The Bloodier the Trailer, the Better the Movie?

Here's an ultra-gory NSFW red band trailer for Robert Rodriguez's grindhouse feature Machete, based on a fake trailer from those other Grindhouse movies. We've seen footage of this movie a few times before, but none quite so Rodriguezianly (hah) bloody. More »
02:03 PM
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By Richard Lawson
#stoners Click here to read In Manhattan, Pot Grows Right on the Sidewalk

In Manhattan, Pot Grows Right on the Sidewalk

Pot was recently spotted in Union Square Park. Now the sidewalks are being overrun with sweet, sticky green marijuana plants. Here's a bushy plant NYC the Blog discovered at 1st Street and 2nd Avenue: More »
01:32 PM
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By Adrian Chen
#opencaption

Peaches Geldof's New Tattoos Express Inner Torment, Internet Follies

[The golden couple of embarrassing internet use and odd tattoos, Eli Roth and Peaches Geldof, show off Peaches' new tattoos—including the abbreviation for "Fuck My Life"—at Comic Con. Images via Pacific Coast News and @peaches_g.]
01:26 PM
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By Maureen O'Connor
#porn

Defense Employees, Contractors Tied to Child Porn

Click here to read Defense Employees, Contractors Tied to Child Porn
The pervs at the SEC can relax, because now the attention is on the defense and national security communities, where downloading child pornography on government computers is what happens when government officials aren't fighting the war on terror, apparently. More »
01:11 PM
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By Jim Newell
#mysteries Click here to read The Mysterious Case of Brooklyn's Giant Secret Airplane

The Mysterious Case of Brooklyn's Giant Secret Airplane

Is someone in Bushwick hiding a ginormous 747* behind a bunch of trees in a park? Untapped New York has discovered a mysterious, airplane-shaped apparition on both Google Earth and Google Maps, in a place normally occupied by a playground. More »
12:53 PM
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By Maureen O'Connor
#media

More changes at Condé Nast: The company reports it's splitting the CEO job into two.

12:44 PM
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#bridezillas

Chelsea Clinton Wedding Lockdown Begins with Two Arrests

Click here to read Chelsea Clinton Wedding Lockdown Begins with Two Arrests
Two Norwegian journalists were arrested yesterday for photographing the presumed site of Chelsea Clinton's nuptials. Police are now "working with the U.S. Secret Service" to secure Rhinebeck's Astor Estate which means—OMG!—the wedding's almost definitely happening there, after all. More »
12:32 PM
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By Maureen O'Connor
#traderoundup Click here to read Another Disney Ride Becomes a Movie

Another Disney Ride Becomes a Movie

Sort of for the second time. Also today: Comic Con news from Joss Whedon, two movie stars want to work with Hilary Swank for some reason, TV shows shuffle their actors, and Justin Bieber is involved in a murder. More »
12:28 PM
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By Richard Lawson
#animals Click here to read The Great New York Goose Massacre

The Great New York Goose Massacre

Goodbye, geese. New York is planning to "reduce the number" of Canada geese in the state from 250,000 to 85,000. They're not shipping 170,000 geese off to a magical gooseland, though. They're killing them. More »
12:24 PM
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By Adrian Chen
#loveletters Click here to read Some of Our Favorite Lindsay Lohan Prison Postcards

Some of Our Favorite Lindsay Lohan Prison Postcards

We have some of the most creative readers in the world, so naturally they responded to the blank Lindsay Lohan Prison Postcard yesterday by filling it out in all sorts of hilarious ways. Here are some of the best. More »
12:20 PM
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By Brian Moylan
#flashwalk Click here to read Watch a Time-Lapse Walking Tour of All Five Boroughs in New York City

Watch a Time-Lapse Walking Tour of All Five Boroughs in New York City

Many people who live in the Big Apple haven't even been to all five boroughs, much less in one day. This video of Flashwalk 2010 gives you a much easier (and at 4 minutes, faster) way to see the city. [Gawker.TV]
12:14 PM
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By Henry Baker
#campaignads Click here to read Finally, 'The Official Alvin Greene Rap'

Finally, 'The Official Alvin Greene Rap'

Here's incredible South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Alvin Greene's YouTube song, (allegedly) written, produced and edited by the candidate [Updated below]. It's got LeBron James highlights, lyrics about not showing porn to college girls, you name it. Just watch. More »
11:47 AM
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By Jim Newell
#apple Click here to read Don't Hold Your Breath for a White iPhone

Don't Hold Your Breath for a White iPhone

Not that Apple obsessives need it, but here's a new conspiracy theory to chew on. Apple announced this morning it would be delaying production of the white iPhone until later this year. More »
11:33 AM
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By Business Insider
#realitytv Click here to read New Reality Show Will Feature Celebrities Outing Themselves

New Reality Show Will Feature Celebrities Outing Themselves

Publicist Howard Bragman, known for shepherding celebrities like Chaz Bono through the coming out process, has teamed up with A&E; to make a one-off reality special called Coming Out, in which people of note will, well, come out. More »
11:09 AM
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By Richard Lawson
#gossiproundup

Angelina's Sexy Shower with Leo DiCaprio, and Other Arousing Tales

Since Brangelina definitely aren't breaking up, gossips dig deep for rumors from Angie's past. SamRo visits LiLo in jail. Bret Michaels' tour bus busted for drugs. Mel Gibson's latest rumored rant: "I want Jew blood on my hands." TGIFriday gossip. More »
10:40 AM
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By Maureen O'Connor
#blinditems Click here to read Which Singer Cruises the Locker Room to Pick up Guys?

Which Singer Cruises the Locker Room to Pick up Guys?

He loves to get steamy in the steam room. This Oscar winner was a pedophile. Next to that, a cheating actor, a hard-partying heiress, and a cross-dressing golfer don't seem like that big of a deal. More »
10:39 AM
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By Brian Moylan
#original Click here to read Everything You Need to Know to be Ready for Season 4 of <i>Mad Men</i>

Everything You Need to Know to be Ready for Season 4 of Mad Men

The season four premiere of Mad Men is just a few days away and the whole world is giddy in anticipation. Need a refresher? We have just the video for you. [Gawker.TV]
10:35 AM
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By Matt Toder
#moments

Historic Meeting of the Moms to Convene in Alaska

10:23 AM
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#opencaption

'Crates for Sale! Crates for Sale!' She Would Always Yell, Until One Day He Finally Came Up and Talked to Her

[Bryan Greenberg and Mila Kunis film Gawker's new favorite movie, "Friends With Benefits" right outside our offices yesterday; image via Bauer-Griffin]
10:16 AM
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By Richard Lawson
#publicservants

Best Jobs In America: Suburban LA City Manager and Police Chief

08:30 AM
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