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In Other News: November 14, 2013

by Jenny Hollander

Well, this is one way to deal with a love triangle: According to officials, a Chicago man found his girlfriend in bed with another guy, and whipped out a lighter and set his rival's testicles on fire. Later, said love rival was found in a laundromat, trying to aid his burns with Vaseline. You really cannot make this stuff up.

More weird news of the day: A guy in Florida thought that his neighbors were being "mean," since they didn't let him drink with them. So the man called 911 and reported his neighbors to the cops. Like you do. After the operator told him that this was not an emergency, the guy rang back and told cops that, well, it was his birthday, and so it absolutely was an emergency.

George W. Bush is done with being President, and he's got some new goals: it looks like he's now trying to convert Jews to Christianity.

A "ghost town" in Northern California is up for sale on Craigslist. The price ($225,000) includes a liquor license. Bargain!

This corgi is twerking. Corgi. Twerking!

This great new tool on the Web that allows you to stick your face into awesome and potentially life-changing GIFs. Here I am, for example.

And finally, here's the brand-new trailer for Darren Aronofsky's Noah, which has adapted the story of Noah's Ark.