Obama sends out Special Operations Forces to Syria.

Local college student creates program to pair service dogs with people who have epilepsy and it’s probably the sweetest thing ever.

What’s better than George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt? It’s actually Sandra Bullock leading an all female cast in an Ocean’s Eleven remake!

Check out this pretty awesome video of a dance-off with a police officer!

No plans on Halloween? Set yourself a date with these horror films that will make you wish you made plans instead of being alone and scared in your extremely dark house.

Laying down while at work and pretending to adult never seemed so realistic until now. Oh, technology.

Pizza will never break your heart. Just check out these awesome photos for proof.

Psst. Looking for your own personal zombie for Halloween? Lyft has the hook up.

According to the Malaysian government, an earthquake was caused by naked tourists.

There are no health benefits to eating placenta.

Volcanoes are what killed the dinosaurs.

At a music festival in Germany, a lightning strike sent 33 people to the hospital.

Our favorite fast food chains feature some peculiar menu items in other parts of the world.

A police officer flipped out on some bikini clad teenagers at a pool party in Texas.

People in indigenous tribes don't have back problems.

This photographer captures the human side of pets.

In Florida, a man wrapped his house in tinfoil.

Boz Scaggs turns 71 today!

The penguin population in Punta Tombo is dropping due to climate change.

A Catholic Diocese in Montana is filing for bankruptcy protection in the wake of proposed settlements for lawsuits claiming the clergy sexually abused hundreds of people over a period of decades.

Amanda Knox ain't gonna “go willingly.”

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man accused of being responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing.

Police may have cracked one of the biggest auto theft rings in Albuquerque history.

Russell Glanton has been accused of touching a girl inappropriately; the gymnastics community is left flabbergasted.

Is Colorado trying to horn in on the green chile?

The Department of Corrections is reviewing its options concerning men behind bars being able to marry and father children while being locked up.

A Pizza Hut employee was arrested for spitting on a cop's pizza pie. Revenge never tasted so yucky.

Powerful typhoon leaves hundreds dead or missing in the Philippines.

Senate Republicans voted down an
international treaty banning discrimination against people with disabilities.

The rest of the world is pointing and laughing.

Supporters of Egypt's President Morsi confronted opponents camped outside the presidential palace, and things got violent.

Money may have been the top factor keeping House Republican women out of leadership positions.

Daniel Ellsberg calls Bradley Manning a hero.

The upcoming state legislative session could include election law changes.

New koala.

Mapping drones permitted for use here in the U.S.

Your TV is listening.

NYC, buried in carbon emissions.

This month's war frontlines photo-dispatches.

"Driving in Russia." [All 13 minutes are totally worth watching.]

I think I like this band.

Missed high fives.

The year's best book lists.

Southeastern Ohio Bigfoot Investigation Society.

Aren't you also "clamoring" for Pizza Hut perfume?

The American Lung Association says Santa Fe is the safest place to breathe.

Foothills area command chief reprimanded after sending an email blaming APD officer-involved shootings on schools, parents, the court system and victims, among others.

Top Pentagon leadership demands major shake-up over anti-Islam military training materials.

Bahrain hires a professed Saddam Hussein admirer to help repair its latest image problems.

Arguments begin today before the Supreme Court over the constitutionality of Arizona’s S.B. 1070, enacted to root out illegal immigrants in the state. Mitt Romney may be among the people eager to avoid the issue.

Newt Gingrich says he's willing to “be honest about what’s happening in the real world.” (Pundits predict he’ll be out of the G.O.P primary race by this time next week.)

Another sign the general election is in full swing: the president guest stars on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.

Opposition to broadly-worded surveillance legislation gains momentum.

The U.S.D.A. would like to offer its assurance that only cows need to be worried about the latest case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Suuuure, lady, you may look content as you sip a beer and read a book, spooning up your minestrone all by yourself. We know that you’re really just doing a good job of masking your humiliation and sorrow.

Videogame editor declares the work of cutting-edge noodle designer “stunning.”

Customers in the Middle East will be the first to enjoy the “chicken gem”- and “special sauce”-riddled results of Pizza Hut’s crust-stuffing craze.

Speaking of gems, notorious media mogul Rupert Murdoch was full of them this morning as he testified in British court.

New Ikea camera has added benefit of being easy to smash by younger consumers who don’t know what a viewfinder is.

Mitch Daniels won’t run for president.

Another volcanic eruption shuts down Iceland’s airports.

Snake Oil used to actually work.

Three banks handle 95% of spam scam money.

Has “The Office” jumped the shark?

Choking happens in the Ukranian Parliament.

Memories of Macho Man Randy Savage.

How to spot a psychopath.

50 photos of Basset Hounds running.

Shatner exists.

A woman pulled a sword in Pizza Hut. Another woman pulled a grenade in Dairy Queen.

Beware the Hair Burglar.

Mumbles wants a Compabo Burger.

The yeti was filmed in Alaska.

An ABQ bus driver is accused of assaulting a passenger.

Sid Cutter, founder of the Balloon Fiesta, died of stomach cancer.

APD found two dead bodies over the weekend.

Happy birthday, Joan Collins.

Thanks to Tom Nayder, Geoffrey Plant and Oskar Petersen for some of today’s fine links.

The combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell nearest my house is closed for reconstruction.