Business Buzz The online stock trading site Zecco surprised its customers with fake multi-million dollar balances. Ha-ha! But then something happened… People started buying lots and lots of real stock! Now, everybody's screwed. Woopsies, Zecco!
Google Street View removed its picture of a vomiting British dude being consoled by his friend in a reindeer hat. But why? I loved this!
Culture Buzz Michelle Owen's plan to bust her boyfriend's child porn habit backfired when cops found videos of her getting a lickin' from her beagle, Toby, in the computer's recycling bin. She claims they “were just something she did when she was drunk and barely remembers,” but sadly, Toby does. Try to avoid adopting any beagles named Toby in Whiteland, Indiana for a little while. They might have strange reactions to peanut butter.
Science Buzz There was a bat with a broken wing stuck on the Space Shuttle when it blasted off into space! While scientists think he held on for as long as his little bat wings could hold until he died, the space bat likely set speed and altitude records for his species. They will forever call him the Batronaut. RIP you crazy bat.
TechCrunch accidentally posted a homophobic image this morning that read, “why twitter is not lame. (or for fags),” alongside a post defending other Twitter posts. Even though it was changed in a few seconds, it still lingered in feed readers all morning, offending a number of TechCrunch readers, who wondered, “WTF?!”
'Twas such an honest mistake! But sadly, Satan has no heart. We'll see your little soul in hell. Leave your hat on at the door, it looks flammable.
TV Buzz Some poor, poor casting director didn't realize who they were dealing with when they cast “Bruno” as an extra on NBC's Medium. It quickly became Funkyzeit mit Patricia Arquette, and NBC had to stop filming for the day. God love ya, Sacha Baron Cohen.
TV Buzz When half the country tuned in to TBS Saturday night for Game 6 of the MLB ALCS Championship, they faced a rerun of the Steve Harvey Show instead. For those who freaked out without actually enjoying the hijinks of Chicago’s Booker T. Washington High School, you should know, it’s actually really good! These links will help clear up what you missed.
This potentially X-rated photo was actually published by the AP Monday night, after they caught Milwaukee Brewer first basemen Prince Fielder getting doused with some celebratory Champagne. No further commentary for me. That is all.
Barack Obama, the son of a a black man from Kenya and a white man from Kansas, really is a moment for the history books. Nobody does a slip-up with such conviction like ABC’s Terry Moran.
Tech Buzz After prematurely sending out a comic book introducing Google’s new open source web browser to a few bloggers, the search giant announced the launch of the beta version of Google Chrome, available today. Shortly after that little woopsie-daisy, Google went ahead and published the comic book for the masses in the interest of “information for everyone” anyways. So Googley of them!
Politics Buzz Could it be that a bumper sticker beats Barack Obama’s big text message VP announcement? KMBC’s Micheal Mahoney is reporting that a political literature company in Kansas City has been producing these Obama-Bayh bumper stickers, and he has this bumper sticker as proof.