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Convicted murderer Jodi Arias was given a sentencing retrial today when a jury was unable to unanimously decide whether she should get life in prison or the death penalty.
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read more »Lois Lerner, the IRS official in charge of tax-exempt organizations who pleaded the Fifth Amendment before a Congressional committee yesterday, has been placed on administrative leave.
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Around 1,400 voting members of the Boy Scouts of America National Council voted 61 percent to 38 percent this afternoon to finally dismantle the group's ban on gay scouts. Unfortunately, the council also voted to continue barring gay scout leaders.
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The last time I met up with ???C???, the CEO of Bang with Friends, it was for a boozy night of bar-hopping that ended up on a Brooklyn rooftop. He refused to tell me his last name. That changed last week when the Webutante Ball inadvertently outed Colin Hodge and his cofounder Omri Mor by listing their names in the ballot for ???king??? of the ball.
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Law enforcement officials in Florida believe they know who was behind the May 5th shooting death of a Lauderhill man ?? because the mastermind accidentally butt-dialed 911 and practically confessed to the crime.
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read more »According to Twitter, a video of a "woman squeezing a balloon out of her vagina" has been infiltrating Facebook newsfeeds. Have you seen this video? If so, I have a few questions.
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Welcome to Thatz Not Okay, a regular column in which I school inquiring readers on what is and is not okay. Please send your questions to caity.weaver@gawker.com with the subject "Thatz Not Okay."
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As of this writing, the Rob Ford Crackstarter??our attempt to crowdfund $200,000 to purchase and publish a video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine??has exceeded $145,000. At the rate it's going, we will reach our goal by Saturday, if not sooner. Since it looks like the money may actually come together, we are going to lay out the present state of play as clearly as we can. First order of business: The last time we established contact with the people who are in possession of the video was this past Sunday, and we have not been able to reach them since.
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read more »"Operation Swill," a New Jersey investigation into bars scamming consumers by substituting cheap alcohol for quality booze, turned up one watering hole selling rubbing alcohol, caramel coloring, and other filler as scotch.
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