DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE TO FOLLOW
The Strange Case Of The Man With Two Hearts
When a man was fitted with a new heart, his mind changed in unusual ways. Why? The answer reveals a surprising truth about all our bodies.
TIME AFTER CRIME
About The Strange Behavior Of Officers After They Killed Akai Gurley, Tamir Rice, And Eric Garner
When someone is killed, few things tell you more about how the the person who did the killing thinks and feels about the deceased than what they choose to do in the immediate aftermath of the killing itself.
FUNNY BUSINESS
CollegeHumor Is Up For Sale
IAC, which acquired a majority stake in CollegeHumor eight years ago for a reported $20 million, is hoping to find a buyer that will pay around $100 million.
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These Clothes Were Made For You
This is how shopping should be.
MINTY FRESH
The Proposal To Redesign The Dollar That’s Weirdly Blowing Up The Internet
Travis Purrington is laying out a bold proposal that replaces long-dead American presidents with motifs of innovation and nature, with a distinctly American inflection.
JEEPERS, CREEPERS, ANIMATE NEW PEEPERS
Disney Reveals How It'll Make Creepy 3-D Eyes Look More Real
The folks at Disney Research just released a video outlining their plan to make the most difficult feature to animate — the eye — look more realistic. Hopefully, this will be a huge step forward in solving the "uncanny valley" problem we encounter with most CGI characters.
'CASUAL VACANCY' ONLY REAPS CASUAL PROFITS
J.K. Rowling Set To Release New 'Harry Potter' Stories
On the first day of Christmas, J.K. Rowling will give to you: new "Harry Potter" material. On the second day of Christmas, she’ll give you some more.
IN CASE YOU FORGOT
Antares Rocket Explosion Repairs Will Take A Year And Cost $20 Million
The Antares rocket that exploded on liftoff near Wallops, Virginia on October 28th did about $20 million worth of damage to the launch facility, which is owned by the Virginia Commercial Spaceflight Authority.
'WE VEHEMENTLY REFUTE THIS CLAIM'
UVA's Phi Kappa Psi Releases Official Statement In Wake Of Rolling Stone Apology
On Friday, the editor of Rolling Stone issued an apology for the "discrepancies" in its November story about an alleged gang rape on the UVA campus. The fraternity identified in the story, Phi Kappa Psi, has just issued a statement outlining what it claims are factual errors in the original reporting.
WHY NOT BOTH?
Don't Hate Justin Bieber, Hate His Father
A few days ago, TMZ reported that Jeremy Bieber hurled the family dog off of a two-story balcony because it bit Justin's little brother Jaxon sometime last year. This is just one of Jeremy's alleged transgressions, and it is certainly not the first.
FOOTAGE FROM THE TRASH COMPACTOR
The New 'Star Wars' Trailer Remade Shot For Shot With Original Trilogy Footage
Do we even need J.J. Abrams at this point? Seems like we'll be just fine without him and his fancy lightsabers.
LOST ONE AND HALF MEN ALONG THE WAY
'Two And A Half Men' Is Finally Ending
CBS is closing one comedy door and opening another on Feb. 19, announcing on Friday an hourlong series finale for “Two and a Half Men” and the series premiere of “The Odd Couple.”
HOPE THIS DOESN'T GO THE WAY OF 'MANNEQUIN'
Artist Making Waves With Bizarrely Lifelike Fembots
Taking advantage of the Internet generation’s ADD mind-set, the artist Jordan Wolfson is making robots, videos, and a name for himself as an art world provocateur.
THE PHYSICS OF INCONVENIENCE
Dumb Experiment Annoys People Just Trying To Use The Damn Escalator
This video defines itself as a "static loop of kinetic energy, redefining location." It's not really a loop, because the guy at the top has to keep kicking the balls down. It does redefine this location, but in the same way an "escalator out of order" sign would.
BLOODY SHAME
The Red Cross CEO Has Been Serially Misleading About Where Donors' Dollars Are Going
The American Red Cross regularly touts how responsible it is with donors' money. "We're very proud of the fact that 91 cents of every dollar that's donated goes to our services," Red Cross CEO Gail McGovern said in a speech in Baltimore last year. "That's world class, obviously." The problem with that number: It isn't true.
THE OTHER WHITE POWDER
Black Market For Stolen Baby Formula Hits Billions Of Dollars
Organized crime rings are making millions peddling the most innocuous white powder there is, and the street value is surging
WOULD YOU WIPE YOUR ASS WITH AMAZON?
A Preview Of The Real Amazon Store
This will sound strange to people who don’t live as nodes in Amazon’s worldwide logistics experiment, but a little less strange to Prime members who do: Amazon already makes, or at least brands, a wide and strange assortment of things.
OKAY, LET'S GO TO MARS
Watch NASA's Orion Spacecraft Make Its Historic Splashdown
NASA's new Orion spacecraft landed with a perfect splashdown Friday following an unmanned test mission that broke records for being the fastest and furthest space fight in a craft built for humans since the Apollo moon missions.
STICKY FINGERS
The Tech Behind The Catch That Broke The Internet
Asked the money question — whether Odell Beckham Jr. would have made his famous catch without sticky gloves — he replied, “I have no idea.” But there’s little doubt that they make catching passes easier in general.
FULL INVESTIGATION TO FOLLOW
Rolling Stone Apologizes For Inaccurate Reporting In UVA Campus Rape Story
"In the face of new information, there now appear to be discrepancies in Jackie's account, and we have come to the conclusion that our trust in her was misplaced. [...] We are taking this seriously and apologize to anyone who was affected by the story."
THE FRIDAY NEWS DUMP GROWS EVER LARGER
Columbia Football Coach Pete Mangurian Resigns Amid Mistreatment Allegations
The school announced Mangurian’s departure on Friday, a day after its student newspaper, the Columbia Spectator, reported that 25 players sent a letter to top university officials alleging that they had been mistreated by Mangurian.
THEY'VE GOT SO MANY TO CHOOSE FROM
An Interview With Darkside, Russia's Favorite Dark Web Drug Lord
Among the handful of black markets that have survived law enforcement’s recent crackdown on the Dark Web, the drug selling site RAMP is different: First, it’s written in the Russian language, and caters to only Russian clientele. Second, it’s the longest-surviving crypto market out there; It’s outlived both the Silk Road and Silk Road 2. And third, there’s the unusual figure behind it: A chatty, no-nonsense drug lord who goes by the name of Darkside.
THE EVERYTHING CHART
Amazon's Many Businesses: Here's A Map To Keep It All Straight
Amazon is fighting on so many fronts, you need a battle map to keep track of it all.
BLACK CRIME IS NOT THE PROBLEM
No Such Thing As Racial Profiling
There is no such thing as "racial profiling" — there is simply racism.
'NOT A SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH'
I Told A Grand Jury I Saw A Cop Shoot And Kill An Unarmed Man. It Didn't Indict
Many years ago, during the the 1980s, I witnessed a killing: a New York City cop shooting an unarmed homeless man near the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I was later called as a grand jury witness in the case. The grand jury did not indict the officer.
ONLY '90S KIDS WILL CARE
dELiA*s, Retailer For Teenage Girls, Plans To Liquidate
The struggling retail chain whose catalogs enchanted teenage girls in the 1990s is getting ready to sell its last pair of jeans and bottle of nail polish.
NSFW: GRAPHIC
Best Reuters Photos Of 2014
The best photos of the year and the stories behind them.
8,000 PEOPLE, TWO TOWN HALLS
Straddling Two States, The Hometown Of Mormon Fundamentalists Is Breaking Apart
On the border of Utah and Arizona, Mormon fundamentalists have long lived according to their own rules. But in recent years, the outside world has started to encroach. When a former sect member and his family moved to the town where he’d grown up, they expected a homecoming of sorts. What they got was a war.
MASS MEDIA SCHADENFREUDE
Mass Resignations At The New Republic
Facebook billionaire Chris Hughes and his lieutenant from Yahoo gut one of journalism's great publications, setting off waves of resignations and tears.
WASHINGTON POST ASKS THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
UVA Fraternity To Rebut Claims Of Gang Rape In Rolling Stone
A lawyer for the University of Virginia fraternity whose members were accused of a brutal gang rape said Friday that the organization will release a statement rebutting the claims printed in a Rolling Stone article about the incident. Several of the woman’s close friends and campus sex assault advocates said that they also doubt the published account.
FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE(CRACKERS)
Thousands Of Firecrackers Set Off In The Middle Of Town
The title of this video translates to "Taiwanese nuclear style firecracker battle." We have no idea who these people are battling, but it's safe to say everybody won.
NATURE CALLS
From Desert To Flood Zone In 40 Seconds
Uhh... wasn't there a bridge here just a minute ago?
PROGRESS
Orion Capsule Returns To Earth After Dramatic Test Flight
Boosted to an altitude of 3,604 miles by a powerful Delta 4 rocket, NASA's Orion deep space exploration vehicle fell back to Earth Friday in the program's maiden voyage, slamming into the atmosphere at nearly 20,000 mph, enduring a hellish 4,000-degree re-entry and settling to a Pacific Ocean splashdown to wrap up a critical unmanned test flight.
NEEDED A WILDCARD
Key And Peele: 'Loco Gangsters'
"That's not being loco... that's just being cavalier with your finances."
WHERE WILL CANDY LAND?
Candy Crowley Leaving CNN
The veteran anchor has been at the cable news network since 1987.
SO IF THE FOOD IS BAD YOU TIP LESS?
Restaurant Adds Line For Kitchen Gratuity To All Checks
Starting tonight, LA's Silver Lake restaurant strives to equalize pay between kitchen and front-of-house employees.
BREAKING
China Arrests Former Security Chief And Expels Him From Communist Party
China’s former chief of domestic security, who has been under investigation for months in an anticorruption inquiry, has been expelled from the Communist Party and arrested, the official state news agency announced early Saturday.
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Consider 'The Simpsons' Holiday Couch Gag An Early Christmas Present
Share this video with a friend to spread some holiday cheer. It's a simple animated pleasure that everyone should enjoy.
GET WELL SOON
Rapper Beanie Sigel Shot In New Jersey, Currently In Surgery
Rapper Beanie Sigel is in surgery Friday morning following a shooting in Pleasantville where he and another man was injured.
GOES BY 'ASH'
Obama Nominates Ashton Carter As Defense Secretary
President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Ashton Carter to be his fourth Secretary of Defense in six years. He was tapped to replace outgoing Sec. Chuck Hagel, whose short-lived tenure lasted about one year.
RED DAWN
The Chinese Century
Without fanfare — indeed, with some misgivings about its new status — China has just overtaken the United States as the world’s largest economy. This is, and should be, a wake-up call — but not the kind most Americans might imagine.
BUT WHAT ABOUT MAILKIMPS?
Court Rules Chimps Don't Have Same Rights As People
We told you last month about an appellate court taking up a case that explored whether chimps had the same rights as people. Today we have an answer: No.
TAYLOR-MADE
2015 Grammy Nominations Announced
Ed Sheeran and Pharrell Williams revealed which musicians are in the running on "CBS This Morning." "We don't want to, like, geek out in front of everybody," Williams, who learned he is a nominee, joked. "This is national TV."
MAKING WHEEL PROGRESS
The First 30 Days In A Cyr Wheel
By day 30, this guy is practically ready for the circus after starting off as your average Joe. A simple reminder that practice makes perfect!
DIGG PICKS
What We Learned This Week
This week we learned why everyone's racist, how restaurants cheat us and how to do the moonwalk.
IT'S ALL IN THE DONUT
Scientists Discover How Animals Orient Themselves
According to researchers at Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, feelings of disorientation are likely caused by a temporary failure in what they think is the mammalian brain’s 3D compass — a compass that doesn't rely on a magnetic field, but that orients our brains relative to our surroundings.
BROBAMA STRIKES AGAIN
Obama Breaks It Down With Santa At The National Tree Lighting Ceremony
We've invited Barack Obama to our holiday party so he can teach us all how to do the Cupid Shuffle.
PLEASE, STOP DANCING DOWN THE AISLE
The Modern Wedding
A white gown, a grand reception, a multi-tiered cake — the stuff of a traditional wedding or something else entirely?
THE ONE TIME THE GRATEFUL DEAD IS OK
Little Girl Starts A Hoedown On Subway Platform
The subways of New York are littered with musicians, good and bad. Most people just ignore them. But this little girl is all it took for people waiting for the L to cut loose.
ALMOST MAKES YOU WANT TO START A DIARY
The Diary Of A Self-Hating Meat Eater
"The following are excerpts from a diary that I found in the pocket of a black trench coat at a thrift store in Oslo, Norway. I have translated the diary from the original Norwegian (Bokmål). [...] Also I shall note that the diary smells repulsive. It smells like my dad’s socks."
'WE CAN'T BREATHE'
Jon Stewart Is Still On The Warpath After The Eric Garner Verdict
Step one: Set up the arguments why Eric Garner "deserved" to die or "brought it on himself." Step two: Show why each of those is utterly ridiculous.
YOU DOWN WITH OBE?
My Quest For An Out-Of-Body Experience
Will one writer's spirit escape from her body and make it through the doors of Beyoncé’s house?
HAPPY FRIDAY
Biggest Payroll Gain In Almost Three Years Boosts U.S. Wages
A broad-based November hiring surge ranging from factories to offices and retailers powered the U.S. economy to the largest number of jobs created in almost three years, triggering long-awaited wage gains.
AN E! NEWS EXCLUSIVE
Can Ryan Seacrest Sit Still For One Minute?
Ryan's meditation training is starting at level one. With practice, he may even be able to take a vacation day soon.
FINGER ON THE BING
Microsoft Makes Its Audience Polling Service Bing Pulse Available To Anyone
Microsoft is expanding its audience polling tool Bing Pulse — Josh Gottheimer, general manager of corporate strategy, told me that it’s moving from a model of one-off partnerships to self-service. So basically anyone can now use Bing Pulse at their events and meetings.
GET HYPE (UNLESS YOU OWN AN XBOX)
'Street Fighter V' Is A PS4 And PC Exclusive, It Seems
"Street Fighter V" has been apparently announced as a PS4 and PC exclusive in what's believed a teaser trailer for the game.
DUBYA-T-F
George W. Bush Finds Garner Decision 'Hard To Understand'
"You know, the verdict was hard to understand," he said. "But I hadn't seen all the details — but it's sad that race continues to play such an emotional, divisive part of life."
SECOND TIME'S THE CHARM
Orion Spaceship Blasts Off In First Test On The Road To Mars
America's most powerful rocket launched a robotic test version of NASA's Orion deep-space capsule on its first flight on Friday, a day after a series of snags forced a scrub of the first attempt. NASA and its commercial partners are designing Orion to take astronauts to a near-Earth asteroid in the 2020s, and to Mars and its moons in the 2030s. For that reason, NASA portrays Friday's 4.5-hour test flight as a first step toward deep-space exploration.
WHY IS THIS AN APP?
Aaron Paul's New 'Yo Bitch' App Does Exactly What You'd Expect
The 'Breaking Bad' actor's new app is like Yo, but instead sends a profane and mildly sexist message to your friends. How fun!
YES, ROLLER DERBY IS A REAL SPORT
Skate Or Die
Team USA’s Emily Langmade, better known on the roller derby circuit as “Fisti Cuffs,” wants you to know about her sport’s evolution.
HUNGER GAMES
An Interview With Someone Who Got Fired For Not Having A 'Hunger For Marketing'
"Not long ago, a friend told me he’d been fired from a West Coast marketing internship for not having a 'hunger for marketing.'"
LEAVING MORE THAN JUST SKID MARKS
A Ferrari, A Porsche And Soiled Pants
"Neal Pollack's quite brilliant confession of near-Lexus-soilage prompted many colleagues who knew of a past struggle to urge me to tell my story publicly."
NEED TO ADJUST THE WHITE BALANCE
Here's How The NYPD's New Body-Camera Program, Which Launches Today, Will Work
The NYPD's pilot body-camera program is set to launch today in three precincts across the city. Advocates of outfitting police officers with body cameras hope, among other things, that the devices will discourage officers from mistreating the public —and cause citizens to behave a little more politely toward cops, as well.
RETOX YOUR BODY INSTEAD
Sorry Juice Cleansers — You Can't Detox Your Body
There’s no such thing as "detoxing." In medical terms, it’s nonsense. Diet and exercise is the only way to get healthy. But which of the latest fad regimes can actually make a difference?
THWARTING MIDDLE SCHOOLERS SINCE '84
The Ongoing Failure Of The PG-13 Rating
PG-13 was meant to signal a strong note of caution to parents that a movie might be too intense or troubling for some children, or might inspire some conversations a parent wasn’t ready to have.
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
In A Face-To-Face GMO Debate, The 'For' Side Wins
About 450 people packed into New York City's Kaufman Center to hear a genetics professor and Monsanto's chief technology officer debate against researchers who are against the use of any genetic engineering technology. Among the audience members were writers for environmental magazines, a well-known biologist who had invented major genetic techniques, and Bill Nye the Science Guy. It was a sold-out show.
SEX IS MANY THINGS, BUT IT'S NOT DRY
The African Sexual Health Issue No One’s Talking About
"Dry sex" is the practice of reducing moisture in your vagina in order to seem tighter and cause more friction during intercourse. This is believed to be more pleasurable for the person with the penis, but for the women involved, it's incredibly painful.