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Inside the Private Planes of Arms Dealers and Heads of State [Photography]

There’s “flying first-class” rich. And then there’s “I own the damn airplane” rich. For three decades, photographer Nick Gleis has been capturing the spaceship-like interiors of planes owned by the second category—from arms dealers to heads of state. More

Real Housewives of New Jersey: The Eruptions [Recaps]

Last night was part two of our Housewives journey to the old country. No, not the Old Country Buffet. To Italy — Italia , as foreigners call it — where we met the Jewdice family and learned lessons about travel budgeting. More

Wired Says ‘The Web is Dead’ — On Its Increasingly Profitable Website [The Future]

Chris Anderson will generate plenty of chatter with his “The Web is Dead” Wired cover, foretold here previously . Fair enough; that’s what a smart magazine editor does. But all the more reason to note the rich ironies in his eulogy. More

Inside the Weird World of Justin Bieber Micro-Gossip [The Internets]

Internet fandom has existed since the dawn of the Internet. But Justin Bieber ‘s fans have pioneered a strange new form: Justin Bieber micro-gossip, which painstakingly chronicles the obscure controversies and characters only a true Belieber can follow. More

Your Most Spectacular ‘I Quit’ Stories [Jobs From Hell]

In the wake of folk hero flight attendant Steven Slater quitting his job so spectacularly, we asked for your own tales about going out in a blaze of glory. Wow, you all sure have left jobs in creative ways! More

How Bogus Drug Scares Get Started [Guides]

Bogus drug scares are a mainstay of mainstream media reporting and reactionary parenting. A roundup of the latest in ludicrous drug trends—and look back at how bogus substances have stirred panic for more than a century now—below. More

Playboy Posts Pictures of the Woman Who Brought Down HP’s CEO [Exclusive]

Jodie Fisher ‘s days of fame-seeking might be well behind her, but the woman who claimed sexual harassment by Hewlett Packard ‘s CEO is getting pushed further into the limelight: Playboy has now posted online 16 pictures from a 1980 Fisher shoot. More

Paul Narang Is America’s Most Eligible Man [Amazing Americans]

“This guy is handing his card out on the ‘L’ train in Chicago to women for dating purposes,” a tipster informed us today. The guy in question is Paul Narang : Businessman. Republican. And eligible male. Let’s meet him, shall we? More

The Playboy Spread of Jodie Fisher, the Woman Who Took Down HP’s CEO [Exclusive]

It’s public knowledge that Jodie Fisher , the woman whose sexual harassment claims forced HP CEO Mark Hurd ‘s resignation, was in softcore porn . What isn’t widely-known is that a 20-year-old Fisher posed for Playboy in 1980. Well, we’ve got the pic. More

The Quitting Tale That Suckered the Whole Internet [Hoaxes]

Photos of an aspiring broker purportedly telling off her boss garnered widespread news coverage and more than 105,000 Facebook “likes” Tuesday. Too bad the story was published by two guys who have pranked the media before. More