A tipster spotted infamous Times Square tourist bilker the Naked Cowboy parking his Escalade at a parking garage at 44th Street and Broadway this afternoon. We wonder if the driver's seat is actually a saddle. Another picture inside.
In this mesmerizing new video by Justin Johnson, a split screen tracking shot down Market Street in San Francisco shows what things looked like both before and after the Great Earthquake of 1906—putting the damage into grim perspective.
Charlie Sheen's life is like a gossip feedback loop. It's a never-ending cycle of drugs, floozies, domestic squabbles, and arrests. Adding to the strange repetition are that his cars are regularly being driven off cliffs. Why does this keep happening?
[This is "BP Truck," a 2006 oil painting by Chicago-based artist Chuck Meyers. Maybe BP just wanted to paint the Gulf (brownish) red? Image via chuckmeyers.com. Update: Chuck whipped together an updated version, on sale now on eBay.]
Apple has suffered another embarrassment. A security breach has exposed iPad owners including dozens of CEOs, military officials, and top politicians. They—and every other buyer of the cellular-enabled tablet—could be vulnerable to spam marketing and malicious hacking.
East Coast: Jealous of all that free oil Louisiana is getting? No worries! The National Center for Atmospheric Research says that the huge oil slick from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe could hit the East Coast in a matter of weeks.
So, "top kill," BP's last-ditch effort to seal up their oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, has failed. Now that our best chance for stopping the leak didn't work, what's next? And what sexy nickname will it have?
While filming a live news segment about road trips, this reporter for KTLA gets multiple parking tickets. Obviously, the claim of proper permits and the news crew, would not deter the cop. That's the LAPD, always hard at work.
In the last six months, three New Yorkers have died after hopping down onto the subway tracks to retrieve something they dropped. Subways are not funhouse playlands! Are you being unsafe underground? This easy guide should help.
Seven-year-old Aiyana Jones was killed early Sunday morning when Detroit police conducted a raid while searching for a murder suspect. Apparently, the officer's gun accidentally discharged during a confrontation. According to Jones' family, the suspect wasn't in their apartment.
In their super awesome second duct tape special, the Mythbusters crew build a terrifying bridge and slam cars through 3 inch thick duct tape barriers. This looks fun. Can you get a grad degree in mythbusting?
Here's something you didn't see during tonight's highly hyped 60 Minutes interview of Conan O'Brien by Steve Kroft: a possibly-not-legal, but still hilarious, joyride around Los Angeles by the two men in O'Brien's infamous 1992 green Ford Taurus. Video inside.
Amanda Pogany's Honda was stolen in 2006. She just got it back. With a new engine, new tires, new rims, new windows, and new manual transmission. And a Dominican flag and "giant wooden cross." Perfect for a Judaic studies teacher.
Chris Hansen traveled to Detroit, Michigan for a Dateline special that aired tonight on the state of what is probably America's most desolate city. And in aerial footage—devastation porn at its best—Detroit's grim plight was revealed. Video inside.
Oprah lent Nate Berkus out to Richard Branson, of Virgin Records/Mobile/Airways et al. fame and fortune, for a jaunt on his personal island—and a ride on his custom mini-submarine.
[Is this what happens when a temperamental passenger realizes a cabbie has been price gouging? Nah. But this taxi did suddenly burst into flames on Ninth Ave in Manhattan today. Image via Splash]
The concept of the spycar has been around since the invention of the car so the guys from Mythbusters decided to play a little game of chase to find out whether the techniques shown in movies work out on the road.
Studying sperm competition in fruit flies, scientist Mollie Manier color-coded their junk and made videos of sperm "racing around the female's genital tract at high speed, like miniature formula-one cars," according to one awed science writer.
Snoop Dogg was the guest on Larry King Live tonight, and it was pretty damn entertaining. LarBear and the Dogg discussed Tiger Woods, Susan Boyle, marijuana and more, but the best moment involved the two rollin' on dubs. Video inside.
Helio Castroneves came onto Good Morning America to hand over the keys of the 2010 Chevy Camaro SS Pacecar which will be driven by Robin Roberts at the 94th Indianoplis 500.
