Wikileaks Founder Accused of Sexual Harassment (Updated) #accusations #wikileaks

It's Official: LSD, Special K, and Magic Mushrooms Are Now Good For You #science #drugs

Jersey Shore: Women Scorned #recaps #jerseyshore

The First Thing You Should Do With Facebook Places: Don't Let Other People Tag You #yourprivacyisanill #facebook

How to Make Justin Bieber Sound Incredible: Slow Him Down 800 Percent #whoa #justinbieber

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#polidicks

Republicans are Poor

The Republican National Committee only has $5.5 million on hand as mid-term elections heat up. The DNC has almost twice that. This explains why Michael Steele has been giving speeches wearing nothing but a barrel held up by suspenders.

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By Adrian Chen

#letters

Click here to read New Jersey <i>Housewives</i> Banned From Country Club Following Weave-Gate

New Jersey Housewives Banned From Country Club Following Weave-Gate

Remember that Real Housewives of New Jersey episode with the epic (read: trashy) weave-pulling/fight between Danielle and Ashley/everyone at the North Jersey Country Club? (Watch here.) Well, a tipster emailed us a letter from the club... they've all been banned! [Gawker.TV]

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By Matt Cherette

#disasters

Flooding in Pakistan has Claimed Unknown Number of Lives

Three weeks of flooding in Pakistan has made four million people homeless, and one third of the country has been hit directly. And yesterday, Pakistan's UN envoy said the official number of 1,500 dead is too low. [Image: Getty]

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By Jeff Neumann

#opencaption

'Yes, Bosnia Has Many Beautiful Babies. Why Do You Ask?'

[Angelina Jolie meets with Haris Silajdzic, a member of the Bosnian tripartite Presidency in Sarajevo, Bosnia. She was inspecting locations for a film set in Bosnia and doing good works. (Pic AP)] More »

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By Adrian Chen

#mysteries

Van Gogh Painting Stolen for the Second Time

A painting by Vincent van Gogh was reportedly stolen from the Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Egypt today. Estimates put the value of the painting, "Poppy Flowers" at $50 million.Also, this is the second time the painting has been stolen. More »

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By Jeff Neumann

#etiquette

How Not to Creep Out Your Friends Using Facebook Places

Maybe you're one of the people who are completely comfortable with Facebook Places, Facebook's new location-broadcasting feature. Maybe you can't wait to start tagging all your friends wherever you hang out. Stop! Think! Don't be a creep! More »

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By Adrian Chen

#goodbyes

It's Official: Rush Limbaugh No Longer Lives In New York

Rejoice, New York. Rush Limbaugh no longer lives in you! He just finalized the sale of his gaudy Fifth Ave. penthouse. Final price: $11 million. (He was asking $14 million.) Wouldn't it be funny if Laura Schlessinger bought it? [Gothamist]

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By Adrian Chen

#drugs

Now Available on Brooklyn Streets: Hallucinogenic Plants

There have been a lot of wild marijuana plants spotted growing on the streets of New York this summer. Today we learn about hallucinogenic plants turning up in Brooklyn alleys. Why pay for drugs when you can pick them yourself? More »

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By Jeff Neumann

#askingprices

Spencer Pratt Wants $5 Million for Sex Tape

Semi-famous white guy Spencer Pratt, who is shopping a sex tape of himself and soon-to-be ex-wife Heidi Montag, has reportedly set an asking price of $5 million: "This is the best thing I can do for my ex-wife." [TMZ; Bauer-Griffin]

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#truth

Click here to read Facebook Upset that <em>The Social Network</em> Has Fictional Cocaine-and-Boobs Party Scene

Facebook Upset that The Social Network Has Fictional Cocaine-and-Boobs Party Scene

Facebook's ideal Facebook movie is one which depicts Mark Zuckerberg coding alone in his dorm room, the action climaxing in a bathroom break. But The Social Network has cocaine and boobs. What happened to Hollywood's age-old defense of the truth? More »

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By Adrian Chen

#rightwing

NY Tea Party Platform: Relocate Welfare Recipients to Prison Dorms

Filthy rich racist emailer Carl Paladino, who is running for governor of New York with Tea Party backing, says he would like to house welfare recipients in converted prison dorms, where "we'll teach them personal hygiene." More »

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#idiots

Bank Robbers: Don't Email Newspapers to Correct Stories About Your Own Robberies

A 19-year-old bank robber in Germany emailed newspapers to correct factual errors about his recent heist. Police traced the email and arrested him. This guy should be an honorary inductee in the non-existent Fact-checkers Hall of Fame. [Reuters] (via Bullfightsonacid)

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By Adrian Chen

#gambling

Shocker: The company set to run the Aqueduct racino in Queens may have ties to the mob.

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#bedbugs

Bedbugs Attack Empire State Building!

Sorry, we're trying to be more copacetic about bedbugs. But, they've invaded the Empire State Building! Towering symbol of modernity? New York icon? Bed bugs don't give a bed bug fuck. They're taking it down, from the bottom up. More »

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#opencaption

Check Me Out, I'm Awesome

[A young Chinese tourist wears a traditional Tibetan outfit at the inland salt water Qinghai Lake, in Qinghai Province, China today. Image via Getty]

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By Jeff Neumann

#accusations

Wikileaks Founder Accused of Sexual Harassment (Updated)

Just minutes after reports surfaced that secret-sharing website Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange was accused of rape and "molestation" he was un-accused of rape. Swedish police now say the rape accusations are "unfounded." (But not the molestation accusation.) More »

12:01 PM

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#breaking

Our lazy, undercover Muslim president, Barack Obama, is having a picnic on the beach today.

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#lifehackertop10

Top 10 Facebook Fixes

Facebook may be the de facto social network of, frankly, almost everyone, but that doesn't mean you have to use Facebook exactly the way its creators, or your Farmville-addicted friends, want you to. Here are 10 tweaks to make Facebook better. [Lifehacker]

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#operations

Saudi Court Trying to Punish Man by Severing his Spinal Cord

Sure, stoning is a harsh punishment. But how about having your spinal cord severed on court orders? That's what one man in Saudi Arabia is facing, after paralyzing another man in a fight over two years ago. A little brutal? More »

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#bears

A Caged Bear Mauls Its Caretaker at Meal Time

Sam Mazzola keeps a large collection of bears, wolves and tigers at his home in Ohio. He's let people take on "Caesar the Wrestling Bear" for money. Shockingly, on Thursday one of his bears attacked and killed a caretaker. More »

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#gossiproundup

Two Versions of Heidi Montag In One Terrible Sex Tape

Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag's Sex Tape Will Feature pre- and post-op Heidi. Lindsay Lohan can't exercise. Real Housewives of New Jersey blow-up! Saturday Gossip Round-up is part of the problem. More »

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#gunsforhire

Blackwater Fined $42 Million, Still Hustling Deals Overseas

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#rejections

Wyclef Officially Out of Presidential Race, More Time for 'Charity'

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#picoftheday

Bugging Out

[This grasshopper was just out shopping today with the rest of the people in SoHo. All he found was something trashy. Image via AP]

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#weekinreview

The Week We Were Bieber'd

This week people got punked by the Biebs, fired by Bravo, Tweeted by Palin, and trashed by Apple. Let's take a look back. More »

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By Richard Lawson

#hotjams

Cee-Lo Green's "F*ck You" Should Have Been the Song of the Summer

The Internet's been buzzing all day about "Fuck You," a new track from Cee-Lo Green. The only negative here is that it didn't come out in time to be dubbed "Song of the Summer," because it's criminally catchy. Listen inside. [Gawker.TV]

07:54 PM

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#pulpopaul

Paul the Psychic Octopus Un-Retires to Help England with World Cup Bid [Gawker.TV]

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#mixedbag

10 Things You May Have Missed On TV This Week

In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, Jennifer Aniston calls her self "a retard" and Regis Philbin laughs, Tina Fey's first commercial surfaces, and Dolph Lundgren goes on Fox & Friends. [Jezebel]

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#yourprivacyisanillusion

German Guy Willing to Be Beat Up In Name of Google Street View

Google is letting privacy-minded Germans opt out of Google Street View. But one Street View fan, IT consultant Jens Best, has sworn to photograph every excluded house, then upload them manually to Google Maps. Meet the human embodiment of Google.

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#wereadyou

Comment of the Day: Being Wicked to the Stepmother

Today we looked at how young lawyers are shit out of luck. This inspired one commenter to tell us a story about his brother, his stepmother, and some passive aggressive law school attending. More »

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#smackdowns

Glenn Beck on Rick Sanchez: "The Dumbest Man Ever on Television"

Finally, something about which we can all agree with Glenn Beck: Rick Sanchez, CNN host and certified buffoon (video examples here), is "the dumbest man ever on television." Inside, video of Beck's hilarious Sanchez bash from his radio show yesterday. [Gawker.TV]

05:47 PM

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#upliftingsongs

This Exists: An Anti-Ground Zero Mosque Country Song [Gawker.TV]

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#pets

Animal Shelter Employee Eats Pet Pig: Delicious!

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#opencaption

Steve Carell Is a Swinger

[Steve Carell and Rainn Wilson play nice on the set of The Office. Image via Pacific Coast News.]

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#sextapes

Heidi Montag Sex Tape For Sale

This was inevitable: Spencer Pratt is reportedly negotiating the sale of a sex tape starring his soon-to-be ex-wife Heidi Montag. No word, as of yet, whether it was shot before or after Heidi's Barbie-like surgical makeover. [TMZ, image via INF]

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#science

It's Official: LSD, Special K, and Magic Mushrooms Are Now Good For You

According to scientists, rave party staples LSD and ketamine (better known as Special K or just K) can be cures for depression and other psychiatric disorders. Wow, the '90s really are coming back full force. And the best part, too! More »

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#trendwatch

Wednesday: man plummets onto Phish stage. Thursday: man jumps to death at Swell Season show.

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#fearmongering

Iran 'Hours Away' From Having a Nuclear Weapon Power Plant!

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#anchors

The Psychosexual Longings of a Stodgy Newsman

Granted, noon is the equivalent of 6PM when you host a morning show. In GQ's new profile of Joe Scarborough, the professional chit-chatter reveals his sexual fixations and calls co-host Mika Brzezinski "mommy" while she chugs vodka from a mug. More »

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#luxury

Tales From the Recession: The Ins and Outs of Manhattan's $200,000 Fish Tanks

If you hate your life, pause, and consider that it could be much worse: "I get calls at quarter to 12 on New Year's Eve," says Ralph Ammirati, who tends to the maxed out aquariums of New York's megarich. [Gizmodo]

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#travel

Australia's All-Male Vacation Spot Is Full of... Hot Women?

The no-female-guests-allowed Lynx Lodge opens in November and it's billing itself as the ultimate "mancation" spot. Yes, we're gonna get our gay on in New South Wales! Wait, it's staffed entirely by female models? Ugh, it's like a live-in Hooters! More »

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#books

Here's a new list of the highest-paid authors. Once again, it's all the crappy ones.

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#people

The Most Isolated Man in the World

No, not John McCain. We're talking about a 40-something-year-old South American Indian who lives by himself in a remote patch of the Brazilian jungle, the last of a lost, uncontacted tribe. Can he stay isolated forever? That's the question. [Slate]

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#journalisism

Hack: It's Obama's Fault That People Think He's Muslim!

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#clipjob

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

Today at Gawker.TV, Stephen Colbert wishes President Obama had announced the war's end with more gusto, Melissa Joan Hart talks about child stars, and Jennifer Aniston and Jon Stewart awkwardly recall the date they went on over 15 years ago. More »

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#recessionomics