After turning himself in to British authorities this morning, Julian Assange was denied bail. He will remain jailed in London until his extradition to face charges in Sweden is worked out.
As expected, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by the Metropolitan Police in London today on a European Arrest Warrant for sexual assault charges filed by two women in Sweden. Assange is due to appear in court later today.
Barry Diller—a man who seemed positioned to reign opulently over his IAC media empire for years to come—announced this morning that he's stepping down as CEO of IAC.
An inside tipster tells us "all [New York Times] blogs have been down, meaning no internal access, for at least 90 minutes and counting." My god, it seems to be true! Save us, Nate Silver! Save us, David Pogue!
The Wall Street Journalis reporting that the SEC will file a civil lawsuit against former New York Times reporter, car czar, and asshole Steven Rattner for his role in a pension kickback scheme. His downfall continues!
At around 9:55pm Chile time, Luis Urzua became the last miner to be rescued from the San Jose Mine. Here's video of Urzua emerging from the "Phoenix" rescue vehicle and hugging Chilean president Sebastián Piñera.
The Austin Statesman is reporting an "active shooting situation" on the University of Texas campus. A spokeswoman says an "armed suspect" in the Perry-Casteneda library (pictured) has shot himself. No word on other victims yet. Updates below.
Lindsay Lohan clearly thought she was getting off easy today, but after admitting to failing a drug test—thereby breaking her probation—the troubled starlet has been ordered to go back to jail. Update: The decision has been reversed.
Pastor Terry Jones has just called off his church's 9/11 Koran-burning event, supposedly after getting the Cordoba Initiative to relocate its Islamic community center away from Ground Zero. Cordoba's Imam Rauf, however, is denying any such deal.
Tipster Julia sends in this picture of a raging fire at 12th Ave. And 57th St: "A bunch of cars were on fire." NY1 says this is a "Department of Sanitation Pier". Check back for more details.