Somebody once said, "All good things must come to an end, but bad things can continue forever." Kwipster must be phenomenal then, as it will be ceasing operations on January 31st, just shy of its first birthday. Sniff. For more information, click here. And if you'd like to make one last joke, please do so at our expense below. 1/23/12 3:40pm ET
I hope you can keep the site up a bit longer. Those tampon twins look like they need to be checked up on from time to time.
Texas Governor Rick Perry ended his campaign for president today and endorsed Newt Gingrich. ''I believe Newt is a conservative visionary who can transform this country,'' he said. 1/19/12 12:39pm ET
"I believe Newt is a conservative visionary who can transform this country. Maybe even for the better."
Desperate times require desperate measures. That seems to be the mantra coming out of Greece, which has announced it will begin renting some of its most well known archeological sites, starting with the Acropolis itself, for about $2,000 per day. 1/19/12 12:59pm ET
A Pennsylvania couple has been arrested for attempting to blow up a 2006 Ford Fusion by stuffing tampons in the gas tank and motor oil compartment and igniting them. The couple has been charged with attempted arson, public drunkenness, and criminal mischief. 1/19/12 1:30pm ET
Researchers from the CDC have found that 38 million Americans, roughly a sixth of the adult population, are binge drinkers who over-indulge an average of 4.4 times a month. A binge is defined as five or more drinks in the space of two hours for men, and four or more drinks for women. Wisconsin has the highest percentage of binge drinkers, at 25.6%. 1/11/12 6:22pm ET
For the first time since 1965, homicide was not one of the nation's top 15 causes of death in 2010, according to new data from the CDC. The top 15 were: heart disease, cancer, lower respiratory disease, stroke, accidents, Alzheimer's, diabetes, kidney disease, influenza and pneumonia, suicide, septicemia, liver disease, hypertension, Parkinson's, and pneumonitis. 1/11/12 6:59pm ET
And there it is. Americans are officially too fat to kill.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea's official name) re-opened to tourists this week after its annual month-long winter hiatus. It's the first time foreigners can access the country since the death of its leader Kim Jong Il last month. 1/11/12 7:34pm ET
A handful of large websites will go dark on Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), an anti-piracy bill that critics say will wreck the Internet as we know it. Wikipedia, Reddit, Boing Boing, and the Cheezburger network all plan to participate in the blackout. 1/17/12 1:38pm ET
Researchers from the CDC have found that 38 million Americans, roughly a sixth of the adult population, are binge drinkers who over-indulge an average of 4.4 times a month. A binge is defined as five or more drinks in the space of two hours for men, and four or more drinks for women. Wisconsin has the highest percentage of binge drinkers, at 25.6%. 1/11/12 6:22pm ET
A binge is defined as five or more drinks in the space of two hours. Or as we call it at my house, foreplay.
Researchers from the CDC have found that 38 million Americans, roughly a sixth of the adult population, are binge drinkers who over-indulge an average of 4.4 times a month. A binge is defined as five or more drinks in the space of two hours for men, and four or more drinks for women. Wisconsin has the highest percentage of binge drinkers, at 25.6%. 1/11/12 6:22pm ET
And the other 5 were too drunk to pick up the phone.
A new review of 32 studies published over 27 years finds that divorced adults have a 23% greater chance of dying early than married couples do, which is similar to the risks posed by starting to smoke or drink, gaining weight, or stopping exercising. And it's even worse for divorced men, who face a 31% increased risk of early death, compared to 18% for women. 1/10/12 2:02pm ET
A new review of 32 studies published over 27 years finds that divorced adults have a 23% greater chance of dying early than married couples do, which is similar to the risks posed by starting to smoke or drink, gaining weight, or stopping exercising. And it's even worse for divorced men, who face a 31% increased risk of early death, compared to 18% for women. 1/10/12 2:02pm ET
It's not the divorce that does it. It's the settlement.
A group of scientists is saying that human emissions of carbon dioxide will defer the next Ice Age. The last Ice Age ended about 11,500 years ago, and the next one -- which the scientists had expected to begin within 1,500 years -- may be delayed by another 1,000. 1/10/12 2:24pm ET
The lengths some people will go to to buy a Hummer.
Parents of children at a Georgia elementary school were outraged to find math problems in their kids' homework referring to slavery and beatings. One question read, ''Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?'' Another read, ''If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week?'' 1/10/12 12:27pm ET
The nerd herd at Reddit may have just rewritten history, or at least the prequel to Juno. One of the nerds posted a photo of Michael Cera and Hitler's mother, revealing an eerie resemblance. 1/10/12 1:10pm ET
If only Hitler's mom had as much trouble getting laid....
'The Advocate' has released its 3rd annual ranking of the gayest cities in America. Salt Lake City was named the gayest, followed by Orlando, Cambridge (MA), Ft. Lauderdale, Seattle, Ann Arbor, Minneapolis / St. Paul, Knoxville, Atlanta, and Grand Rapids. [FULL LIST] 1/9/12 6:40pm ET
'The Advocate' has released its 3rd annual ranking of the gayest cities in America. Salt Lake City was named the gayest, followed by Orlando, Cambridge (MA), Ft. Lauderdale, Seattle, Ann Arbor, Minneapolis / St. Paul, Knoxville, Atlanta, and Grand Rapids. [FULL LIST] 1/9/12 6:40pm ET
Reached for comment, San Francisco said, "What-EVER!"
A Steve Jobs action figure complete with miniature iPad and iPhone is set to go on sale this February for $100. The 12'' figure depicts the former chief executive of Apple (who died last year) in his familiar black turtleneck and blue jeans. InIcon, which is making the figure, will include a spare pair of glasses and extra hands -- for gripping the prop accessories. 1/3/12 4:42pm ET
The figure is the first in a new line called Toys for Tards.
Sharks are one of the oldest species on the planet, having honed their sleek, aquatic-killer image only over millions of years of evolution. And now it turns out sharks getting even more specialized. For the first time ever, researchers from the University of Queensland have detected not one, not two, but 57 hybrid sharks lurking off the the coast of Australia. 1/3/12 5:21pm ET
The way to spot them: that self-important smirk on their faces.
Mitt Romney edged Rick Santorum by a mere eight votes in Tuesday's Iowa caucuses, a margin that amounted to a tie in the opening act of the 2012 presidential race. Ron Paul finished close behind in third place, while Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, and Michele Bachmann took the bottom three slots. Perry and Bachmann are now expected to drop out. 1/4/12 11:21am ET
8 being the same number of people who know what a caucus is.
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