A driver for a private garbage trucking company was charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. Police say that Auvryn Scarlett lost control of his truck on West 35th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues Tuesday night, fatally hitting a couple and injuring a man; they believe Scarlett had a seizure and note he recently stopped taking his seizure medication. A passenger with Scarlett, who worked for Action Carting of Newark, NJ, told the police,......

On this dreary day, we draw your attention to this awesome photograph. What people will do to make their homes more comfortable for their pets! dchadwick took this photograph and wrote, "my neighbors removed their air conditioner and made a little cat observatory. (there's a plastic panel over the front)" We are all for pet owners making little perches for their animals so we can ooh and aah over them. Also brilliant: This Daily......

The divorce proceedings of a bubblegum-snapping Britney Spears were spoofed on Saturday Night Live (video - click the one of Amy Poehler in a blunt cut wig) last night. While we can only wish that Kevin Federline had opened up a club just for pit bulls - which failed because, you know, pit bulls don't have money - it turns out that Britney might not be that dumb given her pre-nup. The NY Post, by......