Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is on the lookout for Shari'ah law.

Does anyone remember Sam Brownback? He was part of the failed bastion of Republicans who ran for President in 2008 (how long ago does that feel?), along with the likes of Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee. Except Brownback didn't even make it to the primaries. More >>

Hey, college students!

If you weren't already bummed that 53 percent of you will likely face joblessness or underemployment upon graduation, or that university is a big waste of time and money, we have even more bad news for you.

Unless Congress gets its shit together -- which it probably won't because it's Congress -- interest rates for federally backed Stafford loans will totally swell from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent July 1, according to the Associated Press.

For some 7 million U.S. undergrads, that means that tuition would go up $1,000.

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Benjamin Sherman started marketing Barack Obama condoms on a whim in 2008, in the hopes of making a few quick bucks. Sherman, then a college student, simply ordered 2,500 Obama and 2,500 John McCain and hired his kid brother as an intern to sell them. He didn't really think much about the future of his biz. By October of that year, however, Sherman's venture had grown to 40 employees, and he had been unexpectedly been thrust into the national spotlight.

His company, New York-based Say It With a Condom, now ships internationally and has gotten attention recently as well, when Sherman unveiled Mitt Romney rubbers. Runnin' Scared caught up with 30-year-old Sherman to see what other political prophylactics might hit the market this election season.

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Only one third of singles expect to get laid on Valentine's Day -- about the same number that Facebook stalk their exes, a new study reveals.

The survey of 515 self-identified singles, conducted by Facebook dating app Areyouinterested.com, finds that 33 percent plan on winding up in bed on what's marketed as the most commercialized romantic day of the year. (Gross.)

Apparently, singles are not deterred by blind dates -- 74 percent would totally meet up with a stranger "indicating singles are not intimidated by the romantic pressure the holiday typically brings."

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And now we present a form of birth control that will make people want to be abstinent. Forever.

Runnin' Scared introduces the Mitt Romney condom -- recently unveiled by the same New York company that first marketed Barack Obama rubbers in 2008 (h/t New York Post).

Say It With a Condom's "Never Settle" model, available for $4.95, is perfect for "anyone with an elitist penis" and "great for any position" (yuk yuk yuk), according to the website.

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After a massive fervor must have ensued (we're guessing that liquor businesses, like liquor patrons, can be quite vocal) following the New York Post's story on the Health Department's possible plan to make New Yorkers healthier by limiting their access to alcohol through fewer stores (and ads), the mayor has spoken, and, rest assured, friends -- he is not, at this moment, going to take away your right to party. The Post reports that their initial piece "drew howls of outrage from responsible drinkers and operators of liquor venues across the city" (which, one assumes, was not an unintended result of the article). Bloomberg spokesman Stu Loeser has come forth to quell those howls, saying that the mayor does not want to limit liquor businesses' depth and breadth and bread and butter, and, actually, this was just brainstorming. Calm down everyone, and take a nice, long sip of your beverage! Isn't that nice?

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There's an UrbanBaby thread making its way around Internet circles, inspiring a sense of both depression and horror. It is about money, and how we feel about what we make, particularly in New York City, where we all seem to need a little bit more than people who live anywhere else. Despite the reminder not to judge in the thread's title -- "What's your hhi and do you FEEL poor, middle class, upper middle class or rich where you live. No judging" -- there is, most definitely, judging going on. But how can there not be when someone says (and, really, trolls or not, they did) that they are "poor" making $700,000 a year, or, "upper middle class" making 13 million a year?

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Well. In an apparent response to the rumors spiraling on the Internet -- was Alec Baldwin, New York's possibly future mayor, kicked off an American Airlines flight moments ago...for playing WORDS WITH FRIENDS!? Do we even live in America!? There is the above. Consider this...breaking.

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As ABC News points out, the former Congressman now known most infamously for his mislaid sexts, a/k/a, Anthony Weiner, is cultivating his facial hair, per a photo snapped in New York's own Soho on Black Friday. Is this sporty-go-lucky mustache for Movember (note: Movember ends Thursday) or is it perhaps a stealthy new disguise? That remains unclear, but here's what we do know about Weiner's new 'stache.

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Mind further blown.

Today in mind-blowing but otherwise completely immaterial news (we think): Today is 11/11/11. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see all those ones together in one date! Also! When your clock turns 11:11:11 it will be particularly moving, especially when you realize that your clock shows the seconds. Not everyone has that.

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