 In a holiday season driven by Black Friday deals, ostentatious house lighting and stories about jolly men with tiny helpers and flying reindeer, it's sometimes easy to forget that Christmas actually has something to do with Jesus. But a well-placed billboard from American Atheists is arguing that the story of Jesus's birth is just as fantastical as a story of a fat man in a red suit shimmying down a chimney. The billboard at the entrance of the Lincoln Tunnel in New Jersey reads, "You KNOW it's a Myth / This Season, Celebrate REASON!" And wouldn't you know it, it's making some people pretty angry. [MORE]  | We're in the process of upgrading our commenting system, so you may see some strange behavior. For instance, old comments may not immediately appear on previous posts (with a million old comments, it takes a while to migrate everything over). We appreciate your patience.... [ MORE ] |  | Rapper Lil Eazy-E with a self described member of the Bloods in Reds cap (via Jasmyneckannick) If you've been in Queens Supreme Court recently, you may be wondering if there's been a major migration of people from Cincinnati, judging by all the Cincinnati Reds red-and-black caps which seem to... [ MORE ] |  | One of everyone's two favorite marijuana enthusiasts, Willie Nelson, was arrested early yesterday morning by US Border Patrol officers in Texas on suspicion of marijuana possession...and by suspicion, we mean the 6 ounces of pot found in his trailer. A patrol spokesman said officers smelled marijuana wafting from the... [ MORE ] |  | Cathie Black, Shael Polakow-Suransky With the announcement that Bloomberg's Schools Chancellor choice Cathie Black would serve with a second-in-command with extensive education experience, one would think that the controversy over her appointment would slowly roll to a stop. But no. Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and other city pols say they... [ MORE ] |  | In case you were wondering, the body of 105-year-old Ethel Baar is still being refrigerated as her great nephew, James Pollak, has blocked her cremation on religious grounds. Baar wrote in her will that she wanted to be cremated, and the rest of her family supports it, but Pollak... [ MORE ] |  | via Flying Pasties In case you've set your RSS feed only to Justin Bieber-related information for the past couple months, people have been none too chipper about the TSA full-body scanners and full-body pat downs which have taken over our airports this holiday season. But one woman didn't find... [ MORE ] |  | On Wednesday, police found the body of a nude woman in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem. Although initial reports suggested the woman may have been emotionally disturbed, last night police announced that they were treating Nina Rivera's death as a homicide. The murder of Rivera, who was found under... [ MORE ] | | |
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