#terminology

Tar balls are still washing up on Gulf shores, in what the government calls "moderate to light oiling." Comment »

07:37 AM
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#video Click here to read Sports Reporter Thinks Everyone in San Francisco Is a Pothead

Sports Reporter Thinks Everyone in San Francisco Is a Pothead

Dallas NBC sports reporter Newy Scruggs is in San Francisco to cover the World Series. Beyond the excitement of the event, he comes to a conclusion about the Bay Area: Everyone there is a pothead. Watch the video below. More »
06:50 AM
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By Jeff Neumann
#surveys Click here to read Using Your Cellphone During Meals Annoys Everyone Around You

Using Your Cellphone During Meals Annoys Everyone Around You

Are you that person who can never seem to put their phone down, even during meals? Yes? Well, you're obnoxious. And a majority of Americans agree, according to a new Zagat survey. Taking pictures of your meals is annoying too. More »
06:03 AM
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By Jeff Neumann
#freedom Click here to read Wrestling Fans Allowed To Wear Stupid T-Shirts To Polls

Wrestling Fans Allowed To Wear Stupid T-Shirts To Polls

Wrestling fans of Connecticut, rejoice! A federal judge has ruled that voters can wear their favorite Stone Cold Steve Austin t-shirt to the polls when they vote for WWE goddess Linda McMahon, despite the diabolical liberal conspiracy to ban them.
05:06 AM
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By Jeff Neumann
#stunts Click here to read NYC Steakhouse Selling Lady Gaga Meat Dress for $100K

NYC Steakhouse Selling Lady Gaga Meat Dress for $100K

Lady Gaga's meat dress might be old news, but since Halloween is coming up, the New York Daily News resurrects it for one last stunt. More »
04:41 AM
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By RackedNY
#opencaption

What a Girl Wants

[After going to a doctors appointment in Brentwood, newly single Christina Aguilera takes her son Max shopping at La La Ling in Los Feliz. What a great name for a kid! Photo via AP.]
04:10 AM
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By Max Read
#dna Click here to read Are You Genetically Predisposed to Be Liberal?

Are You Genetically Predisposed to Be Liberal?

Scientists have discovered a "liberal gene" that, combined with an active adolescent social life, appears to correlate with liberal political views. And you thought you made your own choices about your politics! Ha, ha, not according to science. More »
03:56 AM
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By Max Read
#nonissues Click here to read Fox News' Racial Sensitivity Lesson for President Obama

Fox News' Racial Sensitivity Lesson for President Obama

Fox News has taken it upon itself to teach the nation's first African American president a thing or two about racially-sensitive rhetoric. More »
03:41 AM
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By TPM
#visits Click here to read Why Was Bill Gates at Facebook Today?

Why Was Bill Gates at Facebook Today?

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates made an unpublicized stop at Facebook today. A tipster sent this photo of Gates, possibly telling a Native American folk tale he learned in a storytelling workshop. Or just giving a talk about computers. Who knows? More »
03:26 AM
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By Max Read
#photography

The Best White House Photos, by the Best White House Photographer

Here are chief White House photographer Pete Souza's ten favorite images of the Obama presidency (it's the one-year anniversary of "Photo of the Day"). What nice photos! The one with the little boy! Souza should totally get Hipstamatic, though. More »
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02:40 AM
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By Max Read
#whoa Click here to read Scientist Says a Dream TiVo Is Possible

Scientist Says a Dream TiVo Is Possible

Caltech researcher Moran Cerf says he "would like to read people's dreams." Well, wouldn't we all! Except that Dr. Cerf thinks it might be possible, based on his new research. Especially if your dream is about Bill and Hillary Clinton. More »
02:14 AM
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By Max Read
#tragic Click here to read Mom Kills Baby for Interrupting FarmVille

Mom Kills Baby for Interrupting FarmVille

Florida mother Alexandra Tobias has pleaded guilty to killing her infant son after shaking him for crying while she was playing FarmVille on Facebook. She shook him, "smoked a cigarette to compose herself," and then shook him again. Yeesh.
01:15 AM
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By Max Read
#maps Click here to read A Google Map of Google Maps' Legal Troubles

A Google Map of Google Maps' Legal Troubles

Italian officials today launched a probe into Google, which has been accused of collecting mounds of personal information through unsecured Wi-Fi networks with its Street View cars. More »
12:57 AM
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By Fast Company
#swears

All-powerful Oprah has banned the word "bitch" from her new cable network, OWN. Comment »

12:38 AM
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#thedailyshow Click here to read President Obama Defends His Progress, Promises to Jon Stewart on <i>The Daily Show</i>

President Obama Defends His Progress, Promises to Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

Tonight, President Obama sat down for a 30-minute Daily Show interview with Jon Stewart. Much was discussed! There was talk of the economy, health care reform, midterm elections, and more—a few pretty tense moments, too. Video highlights, inside. [Gawker.TV]
12:00 AM
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By Matt Cherette
Yesterday - October 27, 2010
#opencaption

A Moment Later, Five Hundred Bees Landed On Britney Spears' Shirt

[Britney Spears drinks a Starbucks iced coffee in Calabasas, California. Photo via Splash]
11:39 PM
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By Adrian Chen
#conspiracies Click here to read How Pennsylvania Democrats Launched a Crazy Tea Partier's Congressional Campaign

How Pennsylvania Democrats Launched a Crazy Tea Partier's Congressional Campaign

The craziest Tea Party candidates are great for Democrats. The math bears it out. So, Democrats in Pennsylvania figured it was a good idea to help a crazy Tea Party Birther get on the ballot to play the spoiler. More »
10:55 PM
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By Adrian Chen
#southpark Click here to read <i>South Park</i>'s Sexting Advice for Brett Favre

South Park's Sexting Advice for Brett Favre

Since 30 Rock (here) and SNL (here) already threw in their two cents re: Brett Favre's sexting scandal, it seems only natural that South Park would be next. Watch as Cartman visits "Captain Hindsight," who has some advice for Favre. [Gawker.TV]
10:31 PM
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By Matt Cherette
#shills Click here to read Foursquare CEO Thought Secret Kickbacks Were Legal

Foursquare CEO Thought Secret Kickbacks Were Legal

It's a federal offense to take a bribe, endorse a product online and keep it secret. The Feds even launched an educational campaign about it. Too bad they never got around to educating Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley. More »
10:27 PM
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By Ryan Tate
#spoilers Click here to read Watch 100 Horror Movies Get Spoiled in Five Minutes

Watch 100 Horror Movies Get Spoiled in Five Minutes

Infamous spoiler-mongers, the Fine Brothers, just released another one of their helpful (if you hate surprises) videos. Just in time for Halloween, watch as Benny and Rafi spoil the endings of 100 different horror movies—all in five minutes! [Gawker.TV]
10:06 PM
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By Matt Cherette
#theoreillyfactor Click here to read Dennis Miller on President Obama: &quot;Nasty Piece of Work&quot;

Dennis Miller on President Obama: "Nasty Piece of Work"

This week, President Obama told Latino voters that they should go to the polls in order to "punish [their] enemies." Republican "enemies," presumably. On tonight's Factor, Bill O'Reilly—and especially Dennis Miller—took issue with Obama's controversial comments. Watch inside. [Gawker.TV]
09:40 PM
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By Matt Cherette
#accidents Click here to read Guy Shoots Himself While Sleepwalking

Guy Shoots Himself While Sleepwalking

Why do people keep loaded guns near their bed while they sleep? For every crime in progress this stops, another three or four guys probably shoot themselves while sleepwalking. Like this man, who shot himself in the knee. More »
09:11 PM
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By Adrian Chen
#memorabilia Click here to read You Just Missed Your Chance to Buy James Bond's Aston Martin

You Just Missed Your Chance to Buy James Bond's Aston Martin

Each day, we all wake up thinking, "Maybe today's the day I buy James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger." No longer: The car was sold at auction for $4 million today. Maybe you can put missiles on your Prius?
08:26 PM
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By Adrian Chen
#infestations Click here to read Bedbugs Hit United Nations Building

Bedbugs Hit United Nations Building

A bedbug-sniffing dog has found the presence of bedbugs at the United Nations building. Shoot, the bedbugs have basically a freeway to the White House now! This must be Ahmadinejad's doing. We give Iran backpackers, and they give us bedbugs?
08:05 PM
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By Adrian Chen
#privacy Click here to read Creepy Upskirter Targets College Students Wearing Leggings As Pants

Creepy Upskirter Targets College Students Wearing Leggings As Pants

Here's a fun hobby: Covertly filming women's butts in tight pants or leggings and posting them to YouTube. A Canadian university was recently struck by a wave of this "upskirt-lite" voyeurism. But secretly-filmed butts are all over YouTube. More »
07:42 PM
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By Adrian Chen
#picoftheday

We're Over This Rainbow

[A rainbow was spotted over Brooklyn today. This would have been cool if it hadn't been ruined by that stupid "Double Rainbow" guy. A video after the jump.] More »
07:16 PM
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By Brian Moylan
#fads

Chatroulette Founder Says Revenue Is Up, Penis Sightings Down

06:45 PM
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#wereadyou

Comment of the Day: Won't Somebody Please Think of the Witches?

06:14 PM
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#theview Click here to read Did Thandie Newton Out Mariah Carey's Pregnancy on <i>The View</i>?

Did Thandie Newton Out Mariah Carey's Pregnancy on The View?

Today, Thandie Newton visited The View to promote Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls. After Joy Behar noted that Newton was cast after Mariah Carey—subject of rampant pregnancy speculation—dropped out, Newton explained why: "[Carey] is pregnant." Oops? Video inside. [Gawker.TV]
06:10 PM
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By Matt Cherette
#motherhood

Alleged Metro Plotter Was Married to a "Hip Muslim Mom"

05:52 PM
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#secondacts

Balloon Boy's Father Is Peddling Wares on the Internet

05:50 PM
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#whitehouse

Obama Talks 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' With Liberal Bloggers

05:44 PM
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#megalopolis

All of Manhattan Is 'Lethally Noisy'

05:29 PM
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#gayforplay Click here to read Count How Many Times They Say 'Gay' In <em>SATC2</em>

Count How Many Times They Say 'Gay' In SATC2

SATC2 was released this week on DVD and it might just be the gayest movie ever—mostly because the word "gay" was uttered 16 times within the first 10 minutes of the film alone. [Jezebel]
05:06 PM
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By Tracie Egan Morrissey
#recovernomics Click here to read Random Hobo Takes Over $100 Billion Empire

Random Hobo Takes Over $100 Billion Empire

The Way We Live Now: making sacrifices to the oracle. If it demands we mortgage our underwater home to the hilt in order to raise cash to pacify the oracle, then lo, we shall. The oracle's blessing is luxury itself. More »
04:56 PM
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By Hamilton Nolan
#videuhoh

Questionable Debate Moves: Talking in a Cerebral Palsy Voice

04:29 PM
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#war

The most popular name for newborn boys in England and Wales: "Mohammed." Heh. Comment »

04:27 PM
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#perks

Google Is Now Providing Servants to Its Employees

Click here to read Google Is Now Providing Servants to Its Employees
So much for the war on Googler entitlement. Amid heated competition for engineers, Google is trying a remarkable new perk: free use of "runners" to clean apartments, take out trash, cook dinner, run errands—whatever is needed. More »
04:20 PM
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By Ryan Tate
#toiletpaper Click here to read Are You Ready For Tube-Free Toilet Paper?

Are You Ready For Tube-Free Toilet Paper?

On Monday, Scott Naturals Tube-Free toilet paper will go on sale in Walmarts and Sam's Clubs across the Northeast United States. If it sells well, it'll expand nationally, and then globally. Personally, I just don't know what to think anymore. [Gizmodo]
04:17 PM
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By Kyle VanHemert
#quoted

'Can You Just Shut Up and Blow Me?'

— A pick-up line The Situation supposedly used on Annabelle DeSisto, the young lady seen rejecting him and calling him an "old man" on the second season of "Jersey Shore." [Image via Getty]
04:12 PM
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By Brian Moylan
#thingsweactuallylike

Mad Men's Fake Book Is Now Really for Sale

04:09 PM
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#threats Click here to read Christine O'Donnell Campaign Threatens to Sue, 'Crush' Radio Station

Christine O'Donnell Campaign Threatens to Sue, 'Crush' Radio Station

Think Christine O'Donnell's Delaware Senate campaign is scared of the media amplifying her every word for delicious mockery? Because apparently her campaign manager threatened to "crush" a Delaware radio station in court if they, uh, posted an interview tape online. More »
04:01 PM
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By Jim Newell
#clipjob

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

Today at Gawker.TV, Stephen Colbert brags about his NYT crossword appearance, Seth Meyers talks topless models with David Letterman, Conan O'Brien will be himself for Halloween, Steven Slater fights with Matt Lauer on Today, and Marie Claire hates fat people! More »
04:00 PM
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By Matt Cherette
#traderoundup Click here to read Beloved <em>True Blood</em> Star Becoming a Mass Murderer

Beloved True Blood Star Becoming a Mass Murderer

We're sorry to say, it's happening. Cult leader, killer, all that. Also today: a movie studio is more powerful than a country, the new Batman movie is just recycling the old title, and Darren Aronofsky loves robots. More »
03:53 PM
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By Richard Lawson
#healthwatch

Your Problems Are All In Your Head (But Still Fatal)

03:49 PM
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#charliesheen Click here to read Charlie Sheen's Coke-Fueled Hotel Rampage, as Told by Taiwanese Animators

Charlie Sheen's Coke-Fueled Hotel Rampage, as Told by Taiwanese Animators

It's true that we'll never see actual video from inside the Plaza Hotel suite that Charlie Sheen trashed while on a cocaine and alcohol-fueled naked rampage, but this animated reenactment—from Taiwanese company NMA—is a great consolation. Watch inside. [Gawker.TV]
03:47 PM
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By Matt Cherette
#xbox360 Click here to read After Windows, After Xbox, Kinect Is Microsoft's Next Planned World-Changer

After Windows, After Xbox, Kinect Is Microsoft's Next Planned World-Changer

Microsoft says its next generation video game console is backed by a half-billion dollar ad campaign and packs in technology ripped from the fantasy world of Minority Report. It's also already sitting in more than 40 million living rooms. [Kotaku]
03:30 PM
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By Michael McWhertor
#stunts

Candidates: Stop Sending Stinky-Ass Mailers

03:00 PM
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#contest Click here to read Pearls, Large Cutlery, and Red Lipstick

Pearls, Large Cutlery, and Red Lipstick

All can be purchased with the $150 Macy's gift card you could win if you take this survey and email the last question to surveys@gawker.com. You are in the market for props for your Halloween recreation of the Rocky Horror Picture Show scene in which Meatloaf meets his unfortunate (fortunate?) end, right? [Rules]
02:59 PM
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