Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope, the hip hop duo that makes up Insane Clown Posse is pretty unhappy with the FBI for labeling their fan-base, known as Juggalos, as a "loosely-organized hybrid gang," so unhappy that they're suing.
The grossest news of the day comes out of San Francisco, where officials say that a prime reason escalators in their BART public transit stations break down is the voluminous amounts of human excrement that "gum up" their gears.
In the days since Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Chicago Alderman Joe Moreno each suggested they wouldn't allow a Chick-fil-A franchises to build in their cities, a lot of people, including supporters of gay marriage, aren't so sure they're acting legally.
Dana Milbank on Romney and defense cuts, Michael Kinsley on changing public opinion, George Will on the Texas Senate race, Andrew Jensen on gun control, and Lisa Biagiotti on AIDS in the rural South.
The Commission on Presidential Debates released dates and details Wednesday so mark your calendar for a tension-filled Halloween season!
Despite Chick-fil-A's attempts to walk themselves out of the culture war surrounding their president's comments on gay marriage, Rich Santorum, one of 2012's most prominent culture warriors, is boldly entering the fray, stomach first.
Jimmy Kimmel had a hilarious segment Tuesday night during which celebrities read aloud from cruel tweets written about them, but if the morning-after reactions of those whose rude missives were featured are any indication, the cruel celebrity-haters of the internet cannot be shamed.
The Hill newspaper has released it's annual want-but-can't-look-away of a listicle: The Hill's 50 Most Beautiful People, which rounds up the most attractive politicos the swampland has to offer. The big news this year: Democrats have are now just as attractive as Republicans.
Gary Alan Fine on Penn State's victories, Robert Samuelson on the deficit, Peter Orszag on privatizing the Postal Service, Craig Whitney on the gun control debate, and Margaret Carlson on Yahoo's new CEO.
Ask Jim Henson Company why they're no longer partnering with Chick-fil-A and they'll cite the restaurant president's views on homosexuality, but ask Chick-fil-A why their toys are no longer for sale and they'll blame "potential safety concerns."
The New York City board of health held a public hearing on the Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed ban on the sale of sugary soft drinks over 16 oz. Tuesday, allowed citizens, representatives from the beverage, movie, and restaurant industries, and city officials to express their thoughts, including Holocaust references.
Fox News's morning show Fox and Friends certainly has the most original rebuttal to President Obama's "you didn't build that" speech that we've seen: The hosts interviewed Clara and Eliza Sutton, two lemonade stand owners and pundits-in-waiting aged seven and four. Seriously.
Mark Ragins on reacting to Aurora, Joe Nocera on the Penn State sanctions, Arthur Herman on modernizing the Pentagon, Charles Lane on European gun sales, and DeWayne Wickham on Michele Bachmann.
The vetting of campaign ad stars continues: Jack Gilchrist, the New Hampshire businessman disgruntled with President Obama's "you didn't build that" line and the star of Mitt Romney's "These Hands" ad, has reportedly received some government help for his business through the years.
A little more than a year after the death of stereo magnate Sidney Harman, his estate is no longer willing to help fund Newsweek and The Daily Beast, Reuters' Peter Lauria reports.
Jill Lepore on the election, Jackson Diehl on the Olympics and the press, Josh Barro on Obama and the rich, Michael Gerson on AIDS prevention, and Seth Goldman on Bloomberg's soda ban
Former President George W. Bush, for the second election in a row, won't be attending the Republican National Convention, a move that makes sense if you imagine that he probably wanted to attend about as much as the Romney campaign wanted to have him there.
Lost creator and writer Damon Lindelof suggested, and then quickly retracted, an idea that those headed to see The Dark Knight Rises pay respect to victims of the Aurora, Colorado, shooting with a moment of silence.
Peggy Noonan on communication failures, Mark Edmunson on online education, Joshua Green on Romney's campaign strategy, Barack Obama on cybersecurity, and Taner Akcam on Turkey's human rights
Two companies have managed to keep the Stalker Unmanned Aerial System, also known as a drone, in flight for over 48 hours by using lasers on the ground to recharge the aircraft's battery mid-flight. That's terrifying and cool.
In the days since fans erupted with rage at the first negative review of The Dark Knight Rises, there have been several more sour takes on the film, but because most of the film's staunch defenders haven't actually seen the movie, their only tool is the ad hominem attack.
Juliette Kayyem on Bachmann's crusade, Gail Collins on the VP picks' writings, Michael Kinsley on Romney's faith, Joseph Thorndike on tax returns, and Maggie Shipstead on weddings.
Mitt Romney is giving a town hall in Bowling Green, Ohio, and in response to a woman's assertion that President Obama is a "monster," Romney replied, "That's not the term I would use."
John McCain gave a pretty forceful floor speech Wednesday morning in defense of Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton's deputy chief of staff (and Anthony Weiner's wife), whom a few House Republicans have suggested is part of a Muslim Brotherhood infiltration of the American government.
Some experts greeted China's announcement in June that The Great Wall is actually about 2 and a half times longer than previously thought with skepticism, suggesting their motives might not be purely archaeological.
Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen on Mexican drug crime, Ta-Nehisi Coates on Joe Paterno's statue, John Lloyd on London's Olympics gloom, Peter Orszag on summer vacation's harm, Clifford Winston on the driverless car
The Knicks are declining to match a $25 million offer from the Houston Rockets for point guard and sensation Jeremy Lin Tuesday, so off he will go to Houston, leaving nothing but five-month-old memories of Linsanity.
Supporters of President Obama have learned a valuable lesson from a laid-off steelworker in a popular anti-Bain ad who has gone off the reservation: just because someone doesn't like Mitt Romney doesn't mean they're an Obama supporter.
Steve Almond's take-down of Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart in The Baffler further proves that serious people seem to like when funny people are serious, but funny people aren't much in the market for serious people to join their ranks. And serious people hate that.
Ramesh Ponnuru on the GOP's defense spending hypocrisy, Richard Cohen on the Bain debate, Luigi Zingales on ethics at business school, Frank Bruni on selfishness in America, and John Podhoretz on Romney's apology demands.
Woe unto Marshall Fine, the film critic whose negative review of the massively anticipated Christopher Nolan Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, was the first negative one to hit Rotten Tomatoes.
It's not just international dictator gossip that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his mystery lady seem more and more like a married couple. Analysts are scrutinizing the public appearances for signs for how the young Kim's emerging leadership style will veer away from his father's.
Tom Coburn on Grover Norquist, Elizabeth Kolbert on climate change, David Lampo on the GOP and gay rights, Albert Hunt on candidates' fiscal plans, and Megan McLemore on protection for sex workers.
Richard Zanuck died of a heart attack Friday, Variety's Steve Chagollan reports, and it's a fitting time of year to remember the 77-year-old Oscar-winning producer, since he helped create the phenomenon we all call the summer blockbuster movie.
Following reports that News Corp. was putting The Daily "on watch" for its big losses, Jesse Angelo, the iPad newspaper's editor, has lashed out against the rumors and the media organizations making them.
Irvin Goldman, who oversaw risks at JPMorgan until those risks led to a $2 billion $5.8 billion loss in May, has officially left the firm, all this on a big news day (Friday the 13, indeed) for the bank.
Sure, the White House's reaction to the ongoing controversy over the Chinese-made U.S. Olympics team outfits was a little more tepid than, say, Harry Reid's, Nancy Pelosi's, or, um, Donald Trump's, but it's clear that this issue is not going away any time soon.
Peggy Noonan on Condie for VP, Eugene Robinson on Paterno's shame, Joshua Green on Bush's tax cuts, Benjamin Sachs on pensions and Citizens United, and Newt Gingrich on power outages.
President Obama revealed what he believes is "the mistake" of his first term, during a sit down with CBS This Morning's Charlie Rose Thursday, and it's kind of... not the mistake we're used to hearing about from his opponents.
The internet fiends at Reddit are requesting that Newark Mayor Cory Booker participate in an "Ask Me Anything" session with them, and the request's ascent to the Reddit front page shows the large national profile the mayor has.
With just two weeks until the opening ceremonies in London, news organizations like CNN are beginning to wonder if England's oft-remarked upon bad weather will ruin our Summer Olympics fun.
There's a fascinating tiff brewing between Japanese and U.S. diplomats after Hillary Clinton reportedly corrected a State Department official who referred to women drafted into prostitution by the Japanese during World War II by the widely used term "comfort women," asking that the Department instead call it like it is and say "enforced sex slaves."
Patricia Murphy on the Obamacare repeal, Michael Kinsley on outsourcing, Jamal Abdi on Apple and Iran, Edward Glaeser on coal mining, and Daniel Henninger on Romney's vacation.
If The New York Times is to be believed, groups of co-workers are now bonding by getting together and sharing those trendy all-liquid cleanses, which, if true, strikes us as sort of troubling given the close quarters officemates so often share and the, um, side effects of these diets.
As expected, the House of Representatives voted today to repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act, and the final tally came in at 244-185 in favor of kicking the bill to the road.
Fox News' Megyn Kelly takes that third commandment pretty seriously viewers learned Wednesday after she showed a video of today's Ohio train explosion during which an onlooker (understandably) exclaimed, "Jesus Christ."
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has discovered the secret of how to get journalists to read press releases: Just be hilariously self-deprecating, and claim, for example, that David Letterman called you fat 327,832 times.
Matt Miller on Republicans and health care, Milos Forman on Obama's 'socialism', Holman W. Jenkins Jr. on China's Huawei, Doyle McManus on political ads, and John Steele Gordon on air conditioning.
It's been awhile since Vice President Joe Biden made us chortle with some salty off-the-cuff remark, so here he is Tuesday musing on the, erm, parental mechanics that spawned his crowded house he and his three siblings grew up in.
Newly resigned Barclays CEO Bob Diamond has bravely agreed to forgo his very substantial bonus of $31 million, but he'll still collect a year's salary of about £2 million, or $3.1 million.
When the Sarasota County GOP announced that Donald Trump would be named 'Statesman of the Year,' we delicately questioned why, but the group's chairman Joe Gruters gave a lengthy interview to The Atlantic's Conor Friedersdorf to explain the honor.
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