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It pretty much never gets old to watch kids coming out of their drug-induced haze after medical procedures, and Matt here is no exception. He has just woken up from having surgery on his arm, and the meds are making him a little bit loopy. More »

(Io9.com ) Did you know that H1N1 reached Russia by whale? Or that you can get the flu from a bird and give it to a pig? Find out why viruses tend to jump from animals to us, and why they seem to always pick the cute ones. Viruses have numbers on their side, but not anything else. More on Io9 »

THE BIG PICTURE | May 28: Female members of the military are seen saluting with President Barack Obama and Maj. Gen. Michael S. Linnington during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.

Model Bar Refaeli is the number one lady on Maxim's Hot 100 list and could probably have her pick of romantic partners, but it seems like she's already made her choice. More »

Ketchup never seems to want to come out of its bottle. It's an age-old problem that many people claim to have solved. ("Hit the '57' on the bottle three times with the heel of your hand!" "Stick a knife up in there!" "Use a squeeze bottle!") But now a smarty-pants at MIT seems to have fixed the... More »

There's some good news in the case of Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old woman in Georgia who came down with a horrifying case of necrotizing fasciitis (NF) that started after a flesh-eating bacteria called Aeromonas hydrophila infected a gash in her leg. More »

So Wired Magazine comes out with a cover featuring Geek Dads, those kooky, awesome dudes who like to build robots with the kids or touch up the weekend submersible for the Maker Faire, and suddenly all the womens are up in tattooed arms. "What about moms?" they protest, "Moms can be geeks,... More »

After hearing Nicki Minaj's ubiquitous hit "Starships" for about the umpteenth time today, I couldn't help but get the phrase "Starships were meant to fly" in my head for the latter part of my afternoon. More »

It's summer's inaugural weekend, which means that you can begin in earnest your mission to swim with as many marine mammals as will tolerate the erratic vibrations your awkward flopping makes in the water. More »

More than two weeks after telling Rolling Stone that she would undergo hormone replacement therapy to transition to life as a woman named Laura Jane Grace, the Against Me! More »

(Io9.com ) Barbie's had dozens of careers, so it makes sense she'd give the vocation of "cosmic, insanity-inducing abomination" a whirl. Indeed, Sabrina Zbasnik has given the blonde icon a face full of tentacles and an authoritative wooden stick accessory with which to menace her edible cultists. More on Io9 »

Even though it's Memorial Day, you can still haul yourself out of your hot dog, watermelon, and cupcake reverie to appreciate the latest installment of New York's Finest Gay Weddings: More »

In case you people thought I've given up on pursuing baseball fandom, THINK AGAIN. I am not a dumb baby quitter! I will conquer baseball! What happened is that I moved. More »

Cathy Ridge, of West Cobb, Ga., touches an American flag at the grave of her husband, retired U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Charles Edward Ridge, Monday, May 28, 2012, at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, Ga.

Fears that Greece could be teetering on the brink of insolvency if its membership to the Costco that is the European Currency Union is revoked have been pretty bad for all businesses, but especially bad for sexy businesses. More »

Nas's new video to go along with his poor-overwrought-parent song "Daughters," ruminates on, among other things, the strong possibility that having a daughter is some sort of metaphysical punishment for a former womanizer. More »

(Kotaku.com ) Companies fail all the time, but this, this was different. For Brenda Laurel, it was personal. Logistically, Purple Moon amounted to six years and $40 million dollars spent on research where thousands of kids were interviewed, and eight games were produced. More on Kotaku »

Lego's "Lego Friends" set, aimed at "the other 50 percent of the world's children" — meaning girls, but only girls who enjoy clubbing, shopping, tanning, and hanging out at the "Butterfly Beauty Shop," whatever that is — More »

Has anyone noticed that "vagina," the trisyllabic word for a vagina, has been popping up everywhere recently? You can hardly turn on the TV or go to the movies without running into like a hundred "vaginas," a fact that is sometimes praised as evidence of gender equality, and other times derided as... More »

Avowed socially liberal Republican Meghan McCain wrote Sunday on the Daily Beast about how conservative bloggers across this poorly-lit back alley we call the internet turned on her like a pack of jackals in the wake of her appearance on Al Sharpton's MSNBC show PoliticsNation. More »

What was your favorite part of the Harry Potter saga? Was it the delightfully rich and textured universe of mythical creatures author J.K. Rowling created? More »

Remember when Jennifer Lawrence transcended from respected up-and-coming actress into Hunger Games-fueled blockbuster magic and Kristen Stewart wanted to rip her hair out for stealing her tween-heavy Twilight shine? More »

Enjoy the trailer for newly-minted Palme d'Or winner, Love, or Amour for all of you fancy-pants Europeans.

Unless you're a fan of automobiles traveling rapidly around a tilted oval, you probably didn't watch the 96th Indy 500 today. Spoiler alert: Dario Franchitti won. More »

After the racial brouhaha that surrounded a Hunger Games fan's Tumblr site calling for Jesse Williams to play Finnick, every bigoted fan of the Suzanne Collins trilogy seemed to become a bigtime casting director overnight, suggesting, with varied levels or ardency, Finnicks from across the pallette... More »

A Christian Jordanian woman named Vivian Salameh is suing her former employer, the Dubai Islamic Bank, for arbitrary dismissal after she was fired a week ago for refusing to comply with her company's dress code, which required her to wear a headscarf that would cover all her hair except for her... More »

In this Wednesday, May 23, 2012 photograph, a young deer and a large cat touch noses in a village near Jodhpur, Rajasthan state, India. (AP Photo)

A Portuguese commercial for the social-events site Vai Bater features an act of domestic violence so strange that it might not leave you so much outraged as utterly bemused that anyone could have possibly thought that this would be a good way to create some positive buzz for the site. More »

Sandy Dahl, whose husband Captain Jason Dahl died on 9/11 while piloting United Flight 93, was found dead in her Colorado home on Saturday. Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Carl Blesch has said that there were no indications of foul play and that Dahl died in her sleep of "natural causes" at age 52. More »

Who is Priscilla Chan, other than married to Mark Zuckerberg and casually not interested in a New York Times interview? She's a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, at least, she is if you're trying to figure out where she pops up in The Social Network, which is where I've acquired all of... More »

Cuba's Leonel Suarez competes during the high jump at the men's decathlon at the Hypo Meeting in Goetzis, Austria, on Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)

(Gawker.com ) In an interview with People magazine to promote the upcoming release of her gardening book, American Grown, Michelle Obama took a brief detour to discuss the intimate details of a nighttime ritual she shares with the President. "We have a ritual where he tucks me in, because I'm usually in bed... More on Gawker »

This may not be particularly revelatory for you, but I had no idea that otters didn't just know how to swim, considering how slinky and unctuous there are in the water, what with their crafty, sardonic little eyes. More »

Have you heard of this charming gentleman named Dan Riehl? If you haven't, let me have the honor of pointing him out to you — he's the blogger for Breitbart.com who recently fired off a series of misogynistic tweets apparently insinuating that Salon editor Joan Walsh perform oral sex on him... More »

Though "Divorce Hotel" sounds like the title of the Break Up's sequel in which a freshly reconciled/married Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston decide to break up AGAIN the very first night of their Costa Rican honeymoon and have to hilariously spend two weeks tip-toeing around each other in the... More »

The main dancer of a traditional Thailand dance group prepares for a performance during the annual Carnival of Cultures parade in Berlin, Sunday, May 27, 2012.

Japan has broken free from the long chain of unsatisfying ideas on how to stop global and national economies from sucking so bad by enlisting the help of pop group and wireless router serial number AKB48 to sell government bonds. More »

The New York Law School graduation at Radio City Music Hall became acutely adorable when Ellis, an 80-pound black lab, sashayed merrily across the stage to get his honorary degree, which, because Ellis is a service dog, he had the good manners not to eat. More »

Citing security concerns after especially zealous religious groups protested her upcoming performance, Lady Gaga has cancelled a show in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, surely disappointing the 50,000-plus monsters who'd purchased tickets to the June 3 event. More »