Following in the footsteps of Elmo and others, a 48-year-old man dressed in a Cookie Monster costume in Times Square was arrested on Sunday for groping a 16-year-old.

A recent study from Penn State has put together a definitive profile of the average American female serial killer, combing through the 64 "FSKs" who committed their crimes in the US between 1821 and 2008.

Despite the health concerns that have arisen after several different energy drinks have been cited in a bunch of deaths, college kids are apparently still totally willing to risk their lives in order to stay awake to cram for finals (or party). It would appear that the ad whizzes at Red Bull got it right when they…

First Rihanna shoots a dude, and now Kanye's dangling some nice lady's bloody dome from his fingers. Why are you so dark and twisty, Music Videos? What ever happened to good old-fashioned bitches and bling?

Here's one notable perspective: "Banning the video would be akin to throwing out the results of an ink blot test when they prove to be unpalatable. Instead of censoring it, we should be taking notes."

Severed woman-heads, dead-looking zombiettes, women hanging from nooses, gratuitous diamond-teeth close-ups: it's all right here, in the latest, most complete-est version yet of Kanye's still unfinished but maybe almost-finished song commercial. Corpsey New Year!