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World Watches as Norway Runs Out of Butter

Max Read · 12/09/11 11:05AM

What's wrong with you, America? While you leer at "hoochie mamas" on VH1 and use "sext messages" on your "crackberries," a very real international crisis is being ignored across the ocean: Norway is running out of butter.

Anders Behring Breivik Will Likely Avoid Prison

Seth Abramovitch · 11/30/11 02:02AM

Anders Behring Breivik — the man who last July hunted down and killed 69 teenagers on the Norwegian island of Utoya just hours after he set off a car bomb in Oslo that killed eight — has been declared "psychotic" during the attacks by two forensic psychiatrists.

Lacoste Doesn't Appreciate Norwegian Terrorist's Free Advertising

Jeff Neumann · 09/08/11 07:23AM

Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik — a big fan of wetsuits, hazmat suits and Lacoste sweaters — has enraged iconic French fashion brand Lacoste by mentioning the company in his manifesto and wearing it repeatedly outside of jail. In fact, the unwanted attention is getting so bad that the company has written to Norwegian authorities to ask that they stop letting Breivik wear Lacoste. From the Telegraph:

Giant Eagles 'Could Target Children'

Maureen O'Connor · 09/02/11 01:48PM

The Scottish government recently imported 14 sea eagles from Norway, to reintroduce the giant bird of prey into the wilds of Scotland. Unfortunately, they chose areas not quite wild enough, according to the Scottish Gamekeepers Association, which is calling for an inquiry into the feathered monsters with wingspans of up to eight feet:

Norwegian Police Arrest Another Right-Wing Extremist

Lauri Apple · 08/28/11 04:17PM

Police in Norway have arrested another man whose hobbies allegedly include stockpiling weapons and explosives and espousing extreme right-wing ideologies. So far police haven't identified any connection between the man and Anders Behring Breivik, the right-wing extremist responsible for the July 22 bombing in Oslo and shootings on Utoya Island that left 77 dead.

Norway Shooter Recreates Massacre for Authorities

Max Read · 08/14/11 04:55PM

Well, how's this for creepy? Admitted terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a simultaneous bombing and spree shooting, took Norwegian authorities on a tour of Utoya—the island on which he shot 69 people to death and injured dozens more.

Teenage Hacker Breaks Into Norway Shooter's Email

Adrian Chen · 08/09/11 05:50PM

Hackers have reportedly broken into Norway shooter Anders Behring Breivik's email account and turned the contents over to police in an effort to help their investigation. See, hackers aren't all amoral cybermonsters.

Norway Shooter Demands Cigarettes, Complete Overthrow of Society

Max Read · 08/02/11 08:27PM

Admitted Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik has a bunch of demands. Some are pretty easy: Cigarettes! Clothes! Norway has plenty of those things. Some are a little more difficult: Command of the Norwegian army! "The complete overthrow of the Norwegian and European societies"!

Lesbian Couple Rescued 40 Teens During Norway Massacre

Seth Abramovitch · 08/02/11 02:31AM

A full week after their incredibly heroic efforts made the pages of Finland's largest daily newspaper, their story has bobbed its way across the Atlantic and onto our shores. It concerns Hege Dalen and Toril Hansen, a lesbian couple from Norway who were sharing a quiet dinner near the doomed island of Utoya when they began to "hear gunfire and screaming" coming from the island: Anders Behring Breivik's shooting rampage had begun.

Norway Shooter's Twitter Account Hacked

Max Read · 07/31/11 03:21PM

The Twitter account widely believed to belong to right-wing Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik was hacked on Sunday by a person or group claiming affiliation with Anonymous Norway.