Grinnell Guard Jack Taylor Scores 138 Points, Shatters NCAA Record Jack Taylor made 52 of his 108 shot attempts, including 27 three-pointers on 71 shots from behind the arc. Arms: tired. Read more More
800-Pound Woman Rocks the Biggest Wedding Dress in the World To get ready for her summer wedding, Susanne Eman, who’s on a quest to become the world’s heaviest woman, commissioned a custom-made wedding dress that requires 45 feet of fabric to fit her 107-inch waist. And she looks great in it. Read more More
The Scream Sells: The Madness of a Mad Man's Painting Fetching $120M Think about that sale price: 50 million users uploading more than 5 million photos a day all combined to give Instagram a value only 8 times that of this one man’s one thing. That’s how you make art. Mindgrapes, crushed. Read more More
Record Store Day Prep: Here’s an Interview With One of America’s Best Shop Owners Record Store Day, the annual celebration of independent music stores, is this Saturday. Our Weeping Elvis sits down with Bryan Burkett, owner of one of America’s best shops, about Gwar’s coming appearance and the fate of the industry. Read more More
You Can’t Make France’s Biggest Omelet Without Breaking 5,212 Eggs How’s this for a big breakfast? In the village of Haux in southern France, the yearly Easter celebration involves the cooking of an omelet whose eggs outnumber the population 50 to 1. Read more More
The 30 Most Anticipated Albums of 2012 From Rodrigo y Gabriela to Leonard Cohen to Smashing Pumpkins, from Van Helen to Rush to Mumford & Sons, our Weeping Elvis music blog has you covered on the most anticipated albums of the year. Get the inside scoop inside. Read more More
Wait. Why Haven’t They Thrown Out This 100-Year-Old Christmas Cake Yet? Pierre Girard, of Golden Valley, Minn., discovered a petrified spice cake in 1992 sitting on a closet shelf during an estate sale. The cake was baked in 1911, and Girard just celebrated its 100th birthday. Read more More