[Japan's Aiko Uemura flies in the air during the Ladies' Moguls Final in Sochi on Saturday. We think this is how it's supposed to look. Image via Getty]
Olympic Contractor Tells Sochi Horror Story
Barring a particularly memorable Winter Games, the Olympics in Sochi are destined to be remembered as "The One Where Everything Was Shitty."
Promoter Calls Off George Zimmerman-DMX Fight
The man behind the George Zimmerman-DMX fight announced that he has cancelled the bout. Earlier today, Damon Feldman revealed on Twitter that he made the decision to forego "a lot of money" because people's feelings mean more to him than money.
Salon has published an excerpt of Toronto journalist Robyn Doolittle's Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story. The selection goes into great detail about the ways in which Ford is a reckless, vindictive, and borderline-incompetent politician.
Same-Sex Couples Are People, Justice Department Announces
Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to announce on Monday that he will instruct the Justice Department to extend full and equal protection to same-sex marriages in all of the programs it oversees. Among the considerations granted in the policy memo are that same-sex couples cannot be compelled to testify against…
Watch the Ceiling of Chicago Club Collapse, Dump Debris on Dancers
Last night the ceiling at Concord Music Hall in Chicago collapsed during a performance by Datsik, a dubstep DJ. Above you can see a panel of the ceiling completely give way, dumping debris on patrons like a Nickelodeon prank.
Brooklyn Men Released From Prison 22 Years After False Conviction
After serving almost 22 years in prison for a triple murder they did not commit, two Brooklyn men, Antonio Yarbough and Sharrif Wilson, were released this week after exonerating DNA evidence was found.
An Air Force transport jet departing from Germany has been diverted due to an "in-flight incident" and will land soon in Massachusetts, The Boston Globe is reporting. Emergency crews are on standby awaiting the landing and are prepared for an unconfirmed depressurization in the plane's cabin.
Olympic Committee Supports Russia's Arrest of LGBT Activists
Since the start of the Olympic Games in Sochi yesterday, at least 14 people have been arrested across Russia for staging — or attempting to stage, or perhaps even thinking about staging — protests of Russia's anti-gay laws.
Death Penalty Sought In Brutal Murder of British Teacher In Qatar
Back in October, Lauren Patterson, a 24-year-old British teacher working in Doha, Qatar was reported missing. Despite being badly burned, a body found soon thereafter in the desert was identified as Patterson through DNA testing. Two Qatari men, who have not been named, are standing trial for the murder after having…
Here's Everything Else NBC Edited Out Of The Opening Ceremony Broadcast
NBC promised to show yesterday's Olympic Winter Games opening ceremony events from Sochi "as they happened." That obviously wasn't true
The Global Salon
The salon sat at the bottom floor of the developing world’s version of a gated community— a five star hotel. The hotel was precariously perched, hosting an army of foreigners working on war, while staying in business under a regime denying war crimes. As a Tamil-Sri-Lankan-American I am neither entirely foreign, nor comfortably local.
Colorado CEO Commits Suicide With Nail Gun
A CEO committing suicide is not an entirely unusual event, but the case of Colorado executive Richard M. Talley is particularly startling. Earlier this week, Talley killed himself in his home by firing seven or eight shots into his torso and head with a nail gun.
Same-Sex Couple Denied Communion by Priest at Mother's Own Funeral
For anyone who thought that the liberalizing perspective of Pope Francis
Dylan Farrow Responds to Woody Allen: "I Have Never Wavered"
Dylan Farrow has met Woody Allen's strongly worded denial
American Sage Kotsenburg won Sochi's first gold medal in men's slopestyle snowboarding. More impressive is that he made it out in one piece.
Trapped U.S. Bobsledder Smashes His Way Out of Locked Sochi Bathroom
Here's one bathroom in the Olympic village in Sochi that we can be fairly certain was not being spied on by the Russian government
Writer for Whitey Bulger's Hometown Paper Has Opinions About Russia
Remember, this is the country that sent us the Tsarnaevs. Never forget. Never.
— Kevin Paul Dupont (@GlobeKPD) February 8, 2014
Woody Allen Responds to Daughter's Sexual Abuse Allegations
Friday night, the New York Times published Woody Allen's response to his adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow's open letter
Clint Eastwood, 83, Saves Golf CEO's Life With Heimlich Maneuver
Clint Eastwood saved the life of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament's CEO on Wednesday night, the Carmel Pine Cone reports today. "Clint came up behind me, and he knew exactly what to do," said CEO Steve John. "He did the Heimlich maneuver, and he lifted me right off the ground. He's strong! The cheese popped out,…
