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Man Tries to Fool Cops by Calling 911 During Stop (1,688 diggs) Officers said they were following a 28-year-old man's car Monday to make a traffic stop when they got a 911 call for an armed robbery happening several blocks away.

I had no idea Jerry Seinfeld was such a badass. (PIC) (2,210 diggs) Jerry Seinfeld decides to relax and lean back on a ledge that overlooks Central Park for this mildly terrifying photo. Photographed in 1990.

$900 Million Suit Filed Over Illegal Use Of Website! (596 diggs) Ever used a friend's account to sign on to a Web site instead of paying its subscription fee? One realtor is facing down a $900 million suit in for allegedly doing more or less the same thing.

The 12 Most Embarrassing Photos ... of 2009 (1,556 diggs) On Monday we showed you The 12 Most Embarrassing Photos of 2008. Today, as we prepare to enter a New Year, we asked our readers to show us what next year's list might look like.

Do you ever dream ? [PIC] (1,847 diggs)

Diversity [PIC] (4,342 diggs) Only a Photoshop away!

5 Drinking Myths That Can Kill You (2,269 diggs) From all of us here at Cracked: Have a safe and happy new year!

IE, Mozilla, Opera or Safari ? (3,879 diggs)

How Russians install air conditioning units (PIC) (2,495 diggs)

Diggers revolt to replace old spammers with new ones (1,371 diggs) There's a huge debate going on at Digg right now about limiting the influence of the top users. I support that effort 100%. Many sensible suggestions were offered. Unfortunately, while 99% of the Digg users are sincere in their desire to change Digg, they have rallied their cause around some questionable characters.

Drunk Maryland State Trooper Pulls People Over in Drive-thru (2,042 diggs) Seriously....

The Saddest New Years Party Ever (904 diggs) Why you might want to think twice before sending that Evite.

Anyone Know A Webiste For Cool Bebo Profile Names? [Y! Ans] (3,272 diggs) WTF ANOTHER YAHOO ANSWERS IMAGE ON DIGG??!

The 8 Most Misguided Sci-Fi Versions Of 2008 (469 diggs) Space trees?! The past must be SO embarrassed!

Coke-Sniffing Dogs and the Fourth Amendment (539 diggs) Any time an appellate court hands down a ruling involving drug-sniffing dogs, I pay attention. Not for personal reasons, mind you —strictly a political junkie here—but because I've long been interested in the unique (or sui generis, as the courts prefer) legal status of the dog-sniff.

Episcopal Priest Makes A Name For Himself In NYC Nightclubs (557 diggs) He shows up at the hottest clubs in the wee hours and spends thousands on top-shelf liquors, doling out five-figure tips like silver dollars. He'll send bottles of Dom Perignon to tables around him on a whim. Oh, and he's a priest.

Online kaleidoscope (575 diggs) How much time can you waste fiddling around with this?

2008: The Year the Geeks Took Over (1,665 diggs) You've all been served notice: The Geek shall inherit the earth.

True Story: A Victim Treats His Mugger Right (3,366 diggs) "If you ’re going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep you warm…”

Retail Job's Suck. (3,527 diggs)

Hamster powers environmentally friendly paper shredder (684 diggs) "Owners can put their paper in the top before they go to bed and wake up to find the hamster has been on its wheel and shredded the paper in the process."

Multi-thousand mile "Walk for Liberty" nears an end (584 diggs) Buchanan, 35, a supporter of the Free State Project, decided to walk [from Oregon] to New Hampshire -- and make the state his new home -- to make a statement and start a new life.

Top 10 weirdest items removed from the stomachs of pets (523 diggs) Underwear, a kitchen knife and a wig have made a list of the top 10 weirdest items removed from the stomachs of the nation's pets by an animal charity's vets.

Ambiguity [ GIF ] (2,172 diggs)

Congrats to Wasilla's newest teen mom! - 236.com - News (1,412 diggs) It's a boy! 17 year-old Bristol Palin gave birth to "Tripp," making mom Sarah a 44-year-old grandmother. Menstruating grannies are a phenomenon most commonly found in Appalachia or the ghetto. It was a busy month for the Palins. Last week, the baby's other grandmother, Sherry Johnston, was arrested on six felony counts involving...