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Swine Flu Hits Village Voice

Pareene · 05/08/09 12:58PM

Everyone has stopped caring about the Swine Flu, except at still-publishing O.G. alt-weekly The Village Voice, where an intern was just diagnosed with it!

Oprah KFC Coupon Riot!

Hamilton Nolan · 05/06/09 01:11PM

Queen of the USA Oprah gave out coupons to the whole world for a free KFC lunch today. And guess what: As we speak, there are Riots and Sit-Ins and Furor at KFC. BREAKING:

The Flu Is Coming From Inside the White House!

John Cook · 04/30/09 01:27PM

A member of Barack Obama's security detail has contracted a suspected case of the swine flu—this outbreak has Barack "The Typhoid President" Obama's fingerprints all over it.

UPDATE: How the Navy Rescued Cpt. Phillips

John Cook · 04/12/09 02:31PM

NBC News is reporting that three pirates simultaneously popped their heads out of their lifeboat and were taken out by Navy sharpshooters from the U.S.S. Bainbridge.

New York Times Web Site Down?

John Cook · 04/09/09 10:54AM

A little before noon this morning, the New York Times' web site appeared to be going through some catastrophic hiccups. It comes up every third try or so on some computers at Gawker HQ, but here's what we've been getting:

Rachel Maddow Bought a TV

Pareene · 04/08/09 09:43AM

Rachel Maddow, who basically everyone wants to hang out with, lost one of her "mentioned by every damn interviewer" quirks recently, when she got drunk and bought a TV.

Don Imus Has Cancer

Hamilton Nolan · 03/16/09 08:38AM

Radio-talking Marlboro Man doppelganger Don Imus, a famous racist, has cancer. He announced it on his show this morning:

Madoff Wants to Be Sprung from Jail

Gabriel Snyder · 03/13/09 03:13PM

After spending just one night in jail, Bernie Madoff wants out. His lawyers will appeal the decision to revoke his bail while he waits to be sentenced for running a Ponzi scheme.