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• Med Student Dies From Legal Party Drug

  Med student and aspiring surgeon Hester Stewart was found dead in Brighton, England on Sunday after a party following an awards ceremony with her cheerleading squad. She died from a drug the kids are taking which has not yet been made illegal. Read More... Posted Apr 29 2009, 02:56 PM by Colleen Kane with | with no comments Filed under: death, UK, england, the sun, cheerleader, GBL, hester stewart, date rape drug, GHB

• Sloppy Seconds: Because Breast Milk is Cheaper Than Cow's Milk?

  HBO is developing a new show called "Women's Studies." And we all know what that means. [AfterEllen] Author JG Ballard, perhaps best known for his book "Empire of the Sun" is dead at 78. [Yahoo!] If Pulitzer Prize winners are being laid off, is there any hope for us? [Portfolio] Tennis star Andy Roddick married his girlfriend Brooklyn Decker on Friday. [People] Read More... Posted Apr 20 2009, 06:33 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments Filed under: kids, sloppy seconds, dead people, death, HBO, the UK, toilet, jobs, television, lesbians, fear, pregnancy, authors, journalism, recession, grey's anatomy, ellen pompeo, cheese, breast milk, television shows, lay offs, laid off, monday, toddlers, jg ballard, toilet training, pulizter prize, breast milk cheese, writing, potty training, women's studies, empire of the sun, april 20

• From the Annals of "Sassy": Kurt Cobain Wore an Engagement Ring

  Can you believe it was 15 years ago that Kurt Cobain died? His body was discovered at his home in Lake Washington on April 8, 1994. To celebrate his life, the fine folks at I Heart Daily pulled out an old issue of "Sassy" (which, unfortunately met its end two years after the rocker) which featured Cobain and Courtney Love on the cover, shortly after the two were engaged. What stood out to us most was this little bit of sweetness: Read More... Posted Apr 02 2009, 12:39 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments Filed under: kurt cobain, courtney love, marriage, drugs, love, death, R.I.P., anniversaries, magazines, seattle, suicide, grunge, rock, sassy magazine, sassy, engagement rings for men, beauty marks, francis bean, engagement rings, zits

• Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome Worse than Celibacy, Death, or Sex with Zach Braff?

  The top story on MSNBC right now: "US Home Prices Slide By 19%, Sharpest Decline on Record." The most-read story, though: "11 Baffling Medical Conditions," which the page on Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome leading the charge. Before you get all excited about catching this illness, wait till you read about the symptoms... Read More... Posted Mar 31 2009, 03:29 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: death, natalie portman, medicine, PSAs, doctors, sex life, Zach Braff, sexual abuse, scarlett Johanson, celibacy, aroused, persistent sexual arousal syndrome

• While You Were Sleeping: John Mayer's Penis

  Jason Segel has no luck with women, claims the Post. Really dig this Tropic of Cancer-inspired photo. [NSFW] George W. Bush is writing a book on "the most important decisions of his presidency." Since those were all made by Cheney, we wonder why they're calling this an autobiography. Read More... Posted Mar 19 2009, 10:09 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: books, dead people, john mayer, death, Victoria's Secret, george w bush, penis, autobiography, new york post, penises, dick cheney, dvds, sfw, robberies, twilight, jason segel, dead penis society, natasha richardson, john mayer's penis

• While You Were Sleeping: The Top Models Brawl

  Charlie Sheen's wife gave birth to twin boys. Wonder what that childhood's gonna be like... Political turncoat Ron Silver died of cancer at the age of 62. Silver was most recently known for appearing on The West Wing. An arrest warrant was issued for Lindsay Lohan over the weekend; she faces a hearing today. Read More... Posted Mar 16 2009, 09:08 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: charlie sheen, lindsay lohan, babies, death, trailers, America's Next Top Model, painting, tucker carlson, while you were sleeping, jon stewart, birth, grand parents, box office, arrest warrant, the watchmen, jim cramer, brawl, lionel richie

• Famous Last Words

  Why is it that celebrities are able to muster more creative energy than they've had in years to consistently utter their unforgettable last words? Take, for example, the curious case of Dylan Thomas, poet, raconteur, and mainly raconteur who drank himself to death via shots of whiskey at New York City's White Horse Tavern before staggering back to the Chelsea Hotel, more than a dozen blocks later, and collapsing in its now-famous lobby. His immortal last words? Read More... Posted Mar 11 2009, 01:20 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: beer, dead people, death, booze, drinking, celebrities, President, bars, mythbusters, che guevara, rumor mongering, dive bars, presidents, dylan thomas, whiskey, bogart, oscar wilde, humphrey bogart, classical music, famous last words, thomas jefferson, chelsea hotel, beethoven

• Exploding Office Chair Kills Man, Um, Anally

  You do the math. Oh, right, this doesn't really make sense does it? Let us try to offer you a bit of an explanation. Read More... Posted Feb 20 2009, 03:25 PM by Emily Farris with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: dead people, news, death, China, weird shit, anal, anus, weird news, death by anus, anally, exploding chair kills boy, exploding office chair kills boy, anal death

• Is This Another Murder-Coverup of a Black Man?

  Police in Mississippi want you to believe that Billey Joe Johnson, Jr. died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head while in park during a routine traffic stop. Police want you to forget that Billy Joe was black, his girlfriend was white, and that the angry white father keeping them apart was a friend of the police officer on the scene.  They also want you to forget that the official report has one glaring inconsistency... Read More... Posted Feb 06 2009, 11:03 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 49 comment(s) Filed under: police, cops, dead people, death, guns, mississippi, racism, suicide, murder, racial profiling, murderers, ex-girlfriends, dead, the south

• Today is the Day the Music Died

  On February 3, 1959, a small chartered airplane carrying rock 'n roll singers and virtual superstars Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper (alias of J.P. Richardson) crashed in an Iowa field, killing them instantly. While everyone knows this story, recounted in the famous tribute "American Pie," a #1 single by Don McLean, the so-called "Day the Music Died" is most interesting for all the many strange and unusual turn of events that led Holly, Valens, and Richardson to fly that plane... Read More... Posted Feb 03 2009, 09:49 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: rock and roll, airplane, music, dead people, death, concerts, winter, money, albums, minnesota, country music, money changes everything, iowa, rock star, dead, 1950s, weather, buddy holly, waylon jennings

• While You Were Sleeping: Mickey Rourke's Wrestling Career

  John Landis, the director of the Thriller video, is suing Michael Jackson, who wants to do a Broadway musical of the hit song. This is the funniest prisoner escape story we've yet come across. Here's how we really do not want to die... Read More... Posted Jan 29 2009, 10:58 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: michael jackson, mickey rourke, death, Iraq, toilet, oscars, pregnancy, paparazzi, Broadway, prison, songs, rumor mongering, michelle obama, masturbating, Wrestling, while you were sleeping, sean penn, the wrestler

• 20 Most Amazing Coincidences... or Hoaxes?

  This is an oldie, but when we'd never seen before: Daily Cognition's list of the 20 Most Amazing Coincidences. Some of them have to be hoaxes, as a few of these stink worse than a dumpster at the Pike Place Market, but the rest will blow your cynical little minds... Read More... Posted Jan 28 2009, 03:46 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: police, dead people, norman mailer, death, spies, celebrities, pranks, website of the day, titanic, james dean, hoax

• Sloppy Seconds: Evan Rachel Wood Goes There, We Lose Our Lunch

  Novelist John Updike is dead at 76. [AFP] Don Draper on 30 Rock is going to give us serious sensory overload, and we're going to like it! Here's a preview: [Vulture] Perv alert! Naked Broadway star Harry Potter Daniel Radcliffe invited Sasha and Malia Obama to "Hogwarts." We've not read Harry Potter so that probably sounds a lot dirtier and more grown up than it really is. [People] Read More... Posted Jan 27 2009, 06:07 PM by Emily Farris with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: tina fey, 30 rock, harry potter, jessica alba, sloppy seconds, dead people, kissing, mickey rourke, death, mad men, Barack Obama, making out, TMZ, poverty, sweden, poor people, bill o'reilly, daniel radcliffe, switzerland, flight of the conchords, dead, jon hamm, dumb, evan rachel wood, malia obama, sasha obama, liz lemon, john updike, rick warren, the wrestler, 2009, dan draper, president barack obama, january 27, bret mckenzie, hogwarts, sucking face, sahsa and malia, the obama girls, novelist, evan rachel wood and mickey rourke making out, jemaine clement, sasha and malia obama

• While You Were Sleeping: Lily Allen Sends Topless Pic To Wrong Guy

  Marcia Cross' husband is being treated for cancer.  Tens of millions of credit/debit card numbers were compromised in a major security breach. The biggest problem-- we don't know which numbers were affected. Amy Winehouse's father says she was near death on two occasions. Only two? We're guessing that's counting "continuously for 14 months" as one of the occasions...  Read More... Posted Jan 21 2009, 09:08 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: police, kissing, amy winehouse, lily allen, death, Barack Obama, credit, cancer, bicycles, topless photos, ted kennedy, sfw, african american, marcia cross, text message, police academy, inaugural

• The Facebook Pages of the Italian Mafia

  We always suspected La Cosa Nostra had infiltrated Facebook from prison but, until now, we haven't had the proof... Read More... Posted Jan 08 2009, 01:29 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: dead people, death, facebook, crime, facebook applications, prison, social networking, italy, murder, Italian, criminals, murderers, mafia, gangstas, gangs, kill

• While You Were Sleeping: Tara Reid Back To The Booze

  Guess who's to blame for the continued conflicted in Gaza? The United States, that's who-- they blocked a UN resolution calling for an end to the fighting. (Not that it would've done a damn thing to stop the assault.) Have you been buying Pepsi from the Atlanta plant? (First of all-- why are you buying Pepsi?) It turns out they are using illegal Mexican Pepsi. Marijuana has been decriminalized in Drugachusetts Massachusetts (for the most part) and cops are refusing to hand out tickets because... Read More... Posted Jan 05 2009, 09:08 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: gawker, dead people, death, senate, al franken, booze, israel, marijuana, scientology, alcohol, john travlota, Republican, rehab, minnesota, pepsi, Mexican, teenage girls, tara reid, nude photos, flying, war on drugs, massachusetts, sfw, atlanta, scientologists, united nations, gaza

• Scanner Highs and Lows: Auld Lang Syne

  It seems like just last year that we were doing this... Read More... Posted Jan 02 2009, 05:02 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments Filed under: scanner, new york, dead people, death, holidays, Christmas, highs and lows, scanner emily, hair, presents, pictures, new years, missouri, famous people, the joy of sex, emily farris, getting laid, images, kansas city, teacher sex, scanner highs and lows, whitney houston, dying, funny pictures, scanner blog, 2009, new year's, days off, january 2, new year, i believe that children are the future, hot teacher sex, teach them well and let them lead the way, third-hand smoke

• The Greatest Dive Bars: The Comfort Zone

  We can't say for sure that this bar qualifies as a dive, since it's more of a dance club than a place with, say, a jukebox and your Uncle Morty, sporting a fedora, downing Old Crow in the corner; however, we'll take the reader's suggestion and include Toronto's notorious Comfort Zone on our list for two incredibly good reasons. Read More... Posted Jan 02 2009, 12:55 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: dead people, drugs, death, dancing, bars, meth, clubs, dive bars, the greatest dive bars, dance, whiskey, toronto, musicc, drug bust, reviews

• Sloppy Seconds: Courtney Love's Bizarre Death Rant

  After male superhero movie after male superhero movie after male superhero movie, Wonder Woman is finally going to the big screen—except not. It's going straight to DVD. And it's animated. [Jezebel] Britney Spears equates her life to a jail sentence. [People] Read More... Posted Nov 18 2008, 05:19 PM by Emily Farris with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: wonder woman, crazytown, britney spears, kurt cobain, courtney love, sloppy seconds, jail, death, MTV, penis, keri russell, nicole kidman, vagina, hollywood, beyonce, pete wentz, cartoons, suicide, ashlee simpson, animation, superheroes, ashlee simpson wentz, acting, keith urban, pete wentz's penis, super heroes, superhero movies, pete wentz penis, jobs in acting, beautiful girls make me suicidal, acting jobs in nashville, quitting the biz, suicidal, quitting acting

• Live From Death Row: A Killer's Last Words, Before His Life Was Spared

  Jose Angel Moreno should be dead already. He's a death row inmate in Texas, of all places, which means he's lucky he wasn't taken out and shot before his appeal even came up. This is not a dig at Texas-- this is a dig at how Texas State Government views the death penalty. And the fact that 23 years have passed since Moreno committed a murder-kidnapping and Moreno still hasn't been put to death is either a miracle or a travesty of justice, depending on which side you're on... Read More... Posted Nov 18 2008, 11:59 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: anderson cooper, police, cops, death, scary, texas, prison, kidnapped, food, journalism, arrest, cnn.com, murder, government, desserts, diaries, murderers, dead, death penalty

• The Saddest And Most Hopeful Story in Rock & Roll

  We've wanted to tell you this story involving the Go-Betweens for a long time now, but never felt it had the ending it deserved. The tale of this Australian band is one of the saddest in all of rock... and now, deservedly, one with a potential happy ending... Read More... Posted Nov 13 2008, 09:55 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: rock and roll, music, U2, Bono, death, Friends, heart attack, australia, famous people, sad news, songs, happy ending

• While You Were Sleeping: Halloween Edition

  (Un-)happy Halloween, everyone: a woman's memories of life with her serial killer Dad. A disturbing mugshot is the capper for a drama teacher's teaching career, which follows her arrest for having sex with three teenage boys. A woman's dying wish was to vote for Barack Obama. Luckily, she cast her ballot (hopefully it'll be counted, goddamn it) and within the hour... Read More... Posted Oct 31 2008, 09:08 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: lindsay lohan, halloween, horror movies, dead people, death, scary, Barack Obama, Joe Francis, john McCain, celebrities, voting, teacher student sex, food, arrest, teacher sex, while you were sleeping, teenage boys, supreme court, serial killer, father issues, lindsay and sam, jaill, voting for obama, buffet

• While You Were Sleeping: Mischa Barton Can't Keep Her Clothes On

  Once you read this family's story, you won't have much to complain about anymore. Yesterday, seven members of the Palin administration (gack! no, we mean her administration in Alaska, don't worry) agreed to testify in the Troopergate investigation. They'll probably say they didn't know anything about the unethical firing; after all, everyone who actually knows something is refusing to cooperate. Tonight, VH1 broadcasts the Hip Hop Honors, with awards going to... Read More... Posted Oct 06 2008, 09:08 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: movies, hip hop, death, mischa barton, fights, vice president, harrison ford, indiana jones, nipple slip, joe biden, kimbo, vh1, sfw, naked photos, sarah palin

• Hero of the Day: Dad Who Killed A Sex Offender Turned Home Invader

  The Brew Board website wants to buy this guy's killer a beer. We couldn't agree more that, if ever there is a case where someone needs to be put down for someone else's self defense, this is arguably the one... Read More... Posted Sep 29 2008, 04:59 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: condom, dead people, death, sexual assault, sex offenders, teenage girls, rape, murder, indiana, murderers, indianapolis

• South African Lovers Pick The Wrong Place To Have Sex

  Everyone remembers the classic sex scene on the train in Risky Business. This South African couple may have seen the movie and misunderstood the actual location of the screen couple in relation to their train... Read More... Posted Sep 29 2008, 09:49 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: cops, dead people, death, public sex, train station, sex, tom cruise, condoms, risky business, train wrecks, Chicago, south africa, prostitute, trains

• NYPD Tase A Nude Man To Death

  At about 1pm yesterday, the NYPD responded to a complaint in Brooklyn about a naked man standing on an awning. About an hour later, after he waved a long fluorescent lighting tube at officers, the man was tased... ...and fell to his death. We have video of the incident, sfw and without the actual landing (don't worry), after the jump... Read More... Posted Sep 25 2008, 11:48 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: video, dead people, shock videos, death, youtube, brooklyn, ron paul, NYPD, sfw, tasered, naked man

• Richard Wright Went To That Great Gig In The Sky (sorry for the obligatory obituary title)

  (What about: Richard Wright: Wish You Were Here... or Richard Wright Is Dead, Here Come The Wor-- no, too offensive.) Richard Wright, who made his final on stage appearance with the reunited, core Pink Floyd at Live 8 three years ago, and who wrote Us And Them and The Great Gig In The Sky for Dark Side of The Moon, succumbed to cancer today. Here he is playing Comfortably Numb and leaving the stage with the other members for the final time... Read More... Posted Sep 15 2008, 04:14 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: rock and roll, music, dead people, obituaries, death, concerts, england, the beatles, pink floyd, the 60s, the 70s, ringo starr, live 8

• While You Were Sleeping: Ciara's Naked Vibe Cover

  We still have a long way to go, baby: gay marriage is not equal to straight marriage in California and Massachusetts... at least when it comes to taxes. Inspired by Radiohead's slap at the record industry, Michael Moore will post his next movie online for free. We think it's called "Sicko II: The John McCain Story." And aren't we past this, especially with a female Vice Presidential candidate on the Republican ticket? Read More... Posted Sep 05 2008, 09:43 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: movies, tina fey, death, gay marriage, 50 Cent, texas, Radiohead, john McCain, vice president, michael moore, vibe, governor, vaccines, economy, ciara

• While You Were Sleeping: All The Harry Potter Kids Are Getting Naked

  Wonderful: right as Michael Lohan is tearing his daughter's life apart, his father dies. Maybe Michael will reassess his values now that the guy had to go out right in the middle of an embarrassingly public family dispute. We missed out on Michael Phelps giving swimming lessons at the Y. Is David Duchovny having an affair of just trying to promote his show, Californication, with this latest shocking report? Read More... Posted Aug 29 2008, 09:42 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: politics, harry potter, sex addict, death, gay marriage, david duchovny, george w bush, Barack Obama, sex scenes, school, new orleans 9th ward, john McCain, vice president, Republican, bigotry, New Orleans, michael lohan, Rupert Grint, daniel radcliffe, Hurricane Katrina, swimming, conventions, religious wackos, atlanta, michael phelps, olympians

• While You Were Sleeping: Kate Moss Doing Nude Orgy For Music Video

  The Dalai Lama is too exhausted for a world tour-- even a world tour that involves medical testing. The first woman to ever face bigamy charges in Kentucky is on the run. Warning: do not marry this crazy nutjob. Led Zeppelin have returned to the studio! Oh, but there's a small catch... Read More... Posted Aug 27 2008, 09:18 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: dead people, death, Led Zeppelin, nudity, orgy, kate moss, madonna, music video, boyfriends, madam, jesse jackson, buddhism, bigamy, dr. dre