The Sony hacking scandal by the “guardians of peace” is the crime of the year–with the leaked emails from Amy Pascal and Scott Rudin just the tip of the iceberg in the affair. THE INTERVIEW getting pulled from release & the possible insurance reasons for Sony’s decision, as well as the fallout of internet security, free speech, and mega-company comeuppance …

A Chinese restaurant in Chongqing – Na Huo started a campaign where they give men discounts for being overweight and women discounts for being skinny. Men weighing over 300lbs and women weighing less than 75lbs are being given free food at the restaurant–though many are looking at the discrepancy between the sexes with skepticism. Shadows of the Heart Attack Grill …

VIRUNGA, the documentary examining the crisis of wildlife in the Congo’s Virunga national park, is shared with the trailer, film clips, and insightful explanation by director Orlando von Einsiedel. The risks being taken by a select group of people on behalf of gorillas that are being threatened, and the myriad of hardships being faced by those in the Congo are …

NWA’s “Fuck tha Police” got a man pulled over in Florida for blaring the song in his car. The officer proceeded to tell the 26-year-old Harvard graduate, Cesar Baldelomar, that playing music at that volume was illegal. Baldelomar then used his degree to school the officer by telling him that in 2012, the state supreme court struck down any law …

A weed Christmas tree was discovered during a police raid in a Chile home that was meant to be a routine drug bust. The owner of the tree, 50-year-old mother of two Angelica Navarro Pereira, was a suspected drug trafficker who had been under police surveillance for about a month. Police also found 4,000 dollars in cash, 21 five-foot cannabis …

Syrian President Bashar Assad could be prosecuted for war crimes after photographs documenting the torture and death of civilians under his regime included as many as 10 foreign victims who were identified by the FBI. This was confirmed by US State Department official Stephen Rapp who said that several Europeans were identified during an FBI analysis of 27,000 photos that …

South Dakota’s “Don’t Jerk and Drive” ad campaign has been pulled by the Department of Public Safety due to the negative reaction it received from the citizens of South Dakota. The campaign was actually meant as a public safety ad to raise awareness about driving on icy roads, but the double entendre ended up rubbing people the wrong way. We …