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Mindy Kaling's 'Gross Body' Brings Her 'A Lot of Happiness'

In an interview with the Guardian, Mindy Kaling spoke about topics ranging from body positivity to minority representation in Hollywood, to her relationship with B.J. Novak. Kaling called her relationship with Novak “intoxicating,” adding “he has always given me is the utter and total belief that I am one of the… »9/05/15 3:50pmYesterday 3:50pm

NYC Developer Accused in DWI Death Counted Cash in Court to Kill Time

The New York City real estate developer accused, after wrecking his Porsche, drunk, in the Hamptons, of dragging his passenger out of the car and leaving him to die, killed time in court on Friday by counting out a thick wad of cash, the New York Post reports. »9/05/15 2:55pmYesterday 2:55pm

Letters to My Brother (or: How to Live in a Country That Requires Your Destruction)

The following correspondence between Brian Alsup and Kiese Laymon took place during the week of August 31, 2015. As John Callahan once wrote of the decades-long exchange between Albert Murray and Ralph Ellison in Trading Twelves: The Selected Letters, it is “the bounty of a rare and spontaneous friendship in which… »9/05/15 2:10pmYesterday 2:10pm

Man Sentenced After Skinning and Eating Ex-Girlfriend's Bunny Rabbit

Today in men handling rejection poorly: Dimitri Diatchenko skinned, cooked, and ate his ex-girlfriend’s pet rabbit, California prosecutors said, after she suggested that they stop living together. He also sent her pictures. The Associated Press reports that Diatchenko plead guilty on Friday to animal cruelty.
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Oakland Whole Foods Security Guard Fired After Allegedly Assaulting Customer

An armed security guard employed by a Whole Foods market in Oakland has been “permanently removed” after an altercation with a customer ended in violence, SF Weekly reports. “He was trying to buy groceries with his EBT card and ended up in a stretcher,” one witness, Zoe Marks, wrote on Facebook. »9/05/15 11:40amYesterday 11:40am

Mayor Who Tried to Prosecute Parody Twitter Account Settles in Free Speech Lawsuit

Last year, Peoria resident Jon Daniel, 29, started a Twitter account satirizing (loosely) his city’s mayor, Jim Ardis, portraying the mayor as a hard-partying strip club patron. Ardis did not take kindly to this caricature, ordering a police raid on Daniel’s house; Daniel sued in federal court claiming civil rights… »9/05/15 10:35amYesterday 10:35am

Disgraced Nevada Beauty Queen Caught in Second Meth Arrest This Year

Katie Rees, the former Miss Nevada 2007 who had her crown (and her shot at the Miss USA title) taken away in a naughty photo scandal, is having an eventful 2015. After being arrested in July for allegedly selling meth in Las Vegas, she was picked up again Tuesday on drug charges including meth possession. »9/04/15 1:17pmFriday 1:17pm

Today's Best Deals: Star Wars Toys, Nexus 6, Ultrawide Monitor, and More

Here are the best of today’s deals. Get every great deal every day on Kinja Deals, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to never miss a deal, join us on Kinja Gear to read about great products, and on Kinja Co-Op to help us find the best. »9/04/15 1:08pmFriday 1:08pm