New Orleans Saints kicker Garrett Hartley says he expects to serve a four-game suspension when the regular season begins because he tested positive for a stimulantHartley says he obtained the Adderall prescription pills from a former college friend and used it to help him stay awake while driving from Dallas to New Orleans for an offseason workout ( Read more... )

Challenge: try to explain the arrest of Henry Louis Gates and the resulting kerfluffle -- culminating in the beer summit -- to someone who hadn't heard of it, without having to interrupt with "I'm not kidding, this really happened" whenever you pause for breath. But you have to, to get the full effect of Cambridge Cop Accidentally Arrests Henry ( Read more... )

Make sure you get to see the New York Times online gallery of Edgar Martins's work. It's an interesting exploration of the spaces in which....

It's what? Shopped? Hrm, so it is. (I love the MetaFilter thread. It's like listening to the zeitgeist talk to itself.)

Normally it's just an embarrassment, but for someone who hangs his hat on the ( Read more... )

Via aardy, MTV's online coverage of today's events goes way out on a limb:

The Los Angeles Times and TMZ reported late Thursday afternoon that Jackson had died, but those reports were unconfirmed at press time. A spokesperson at UCLA Medical Center declined comment when contacted by MTV News ( Read more... )

From an ESPN story re: the Shaq-to-Cleveland trade: Shaquille O'Neal's first full year with the Phoenix Suns, in which the team won nine fewer games than the previous season, was an abomination when looking at his history with new teams.

That might be true, but only accidentally. Perhaps you were looking for another "ab-" word?

Blame recession cuts. Pizza Hut is reportedly slicing the "pizza" from its name. The fast food chain will now be known simply as "The Hut."...The new "hut" stores will be more than simply places to place a delivery order, according to MediaWeek. They will include televisions that broadcast CBS programs such as "Wheel of Fortune" and "Entertainment ( Read more... )

Ah, this is the humanity I'm used to. Twin Cities resident decides $2700 silicone injection treatments are too expensive and hey, what do docs know anyway? So she buys $10 of silicone lubricant online, gets a syringe and injects her face with it.

Amazingly the results were not what she expected.

Remember Beccah Beushausen, the "mother" of the "terminally-ill" "baby?" Yeah, the Sun-Times wishes it could forget. From Regret the Error:

A Page 1 story Friday on Beccah Beushausen’s Internet hoax about a terminally ill baby described her as a social worker. While she has worked in social services, she says she is not a licensed social worker. ( Read more... )

Put the barrel of the gun in your mouth and pull the trigger. Another can't-miss idea from the Budd Dwyer School of Marketing.

My favorite corrections du jour from Regret the Error:

NYT: An earlier version of this article misstated the number of girls younger than 18 who were allegedly invited to a villa by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy. Mr. Berlusconi is alleged to have invited about 40 women to the villa, but only some of them were allegedly younger than 18 ( Read more... )