Campuses at the University of Texas at Austin, North Dakota State in Fargo, and Hiram College were all evacuated today after separate bomb threats were issued at each school. The campuses of UT and NDS were cleared this afternoon, and students were allowed to return; police are still searching the campus at Hiram.

Jackass alum Bam Margera claims he was rudely awakened last night by a butt-naked girl who broke into his West Chester, Pennsylvania house, and climbed into his bed.

The three Republican members of the Kansas State Objections Board said yesterday they were looking at a complaint that President Obama is not a natural born US citizen, and considering whether to remove his name from November's ballot.

Fresh off a real godforsaken run at foreign policy chops in the wake of deadly riots in Egypt and Libya, Mitt Romney has focused his attention back on making blundering statements about our very own U.S.A. This morning, during a Good Morning America interview, the ultra-wealthy businessman said that he plans on reducing taxes for "middle-income" Americans. But how does he define middle income?

Mere hours after she was ordered by an L.A. Superior Court Judge to quit driving with a suspended license, actress Amanda Bynes was involved in yet another accident while driving around West Hollywood in her black BMW.

French magazine Closer just published some photos of Kate Middleton sunbathing topless while "staying at the French chateau of the Queen's nephew, Lord Linley — making it now two royal nudie picture scandals in three weeks. Click though for some NSFW scans.

Three months after Georgia rejected the Ku Klux Klan's application to participate in the state's Adopt-A-Highway program, the ACLU has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the hooded bigots, claiming Georgia's decision violates the KKK's right to free speech.

Scientists recently identified a new species of African monkey. The monkey, called a lesula, is notable not just for its coloring - "unlike anything I've ever seen, as one researcher put it – but also its unique backside. As the New York Times reports:

On yesterday's show, Rush Limbaugh put forward another of his signature "theories," noting in advance that he was "picking it off the wall."

A surveillance camera inside the Sandsborg metro station near Stockholm, Sweden, captured footage of what initially appeared to be a man attempting to rescue a fellow subway patron who drunkenly fell off the platform onto the tracks.

Competitive Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon players the world over have just been handed the ultimate cheat: Google has embedded a "Bacon Number" Easter egg into their search system, making the distance between you and the number of roles between an actor and Kevin Bacon even shorter.

Relative SNL-newcomer Jay Pharoah will replace Fred Armisen as Saturday Night Live's resident Obama impersonator, according to an interview Lorne Michaels gave to the New York Times today.

In the wake of Mitt Romney's horrible mishandling of last night's deadly attacks on U.S. diplomats in Libya and Egypt, many Americans are wondering if the millionaire Mormon is really presidential material. Now comes news that even Romney's running mate, Paul Ryan, has been hedging his bets against a loss in November.

According to a report from the Associated Press, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is calling for the release of three members of Pussy Riot, saying that any further imprisonment would be "unproductive."

Mitt Romney has already been nearly universally condemned for his overt attempts to politicize last evening's attacks on U.S. diplomatic compounds in Libya and Egypt, and the murder of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens.

While there are plenty of athletes who are allies to the LGBT community, homophobia in sports has not suddenly disappeared. Dan Savage shares the story of Jamie Kuntz, a college football player who was kicked off his team after kissing his boyfriend in the press box during a game.

Look no one's saying President Obama is responsible for 9/11, but his detractors are saying some other things of questionable logic.

Do you see these beautiful berries? These berries are the shiniest living things in the whole entire world. They are shinier than a blue morpho butterfly's wings. They are shinier than a scarab beetle's carapace. They are more sparkling than a child's sunny aura and more brilliant than all the secrets of the sea.

Professor Scott Fahlman, a Carnegie Mellon computer scientist widely credited with creating the smiley emoticon, has spoken out against the graphic rendition of his beloved invention, calling it "ugly," and unimaginative.

In March 2009, an open letter signed by more than 1,100 retired admirals and generals claimed that repealing America's "don't ask, don't tell" policy would "undermine recruiting and retention, impact leadershipat all levels, have adverse effects on the willingness of parents who lendtheir sons and daughters to military service, and eventually break the All-Volunteer Force." It's now been one year since the military withdrew its ban on openly gay soldiers and—surprise—a new study says the repeal has had "no overall negative impact on military readiness or its component dimensions."