Does the Earth Go Around the Sun, or Does the Sun Go Around the Earth? According to a National Science Foundation survey of 2,200 people, one in four Americans got that stumper wrong.

Pussy Riot Members Arrested, Briefly: Police detained them on what sound like trumped up theft charges and then, according to the women, beat them. "The fact that they used force is awful. We have bruises and scratches," one of the members says.

Iran Won't Scrap Its Nuclear Facilities: So they say at negotiations with six other countries.

SUV: Crashes into a school bus in Lake Stevens.

Take a Pic, It Will Last Longer: Former US congressman Mel Reynolds was arrested for allegedly possessing pornography in Zimbabwe, a nation where pornography is illegal. Reynolds, 62, had resigned from office in 1995 after being convicted of sexual assault and solicitation of child pornography.

"Open Season on Black Teenagers": That's how Brittney Cooper at Salon decribes the recent high-profile cases in which white men who killed black teens are receiving get-out-of-jail-free cards. She adds that "despite a belief in progress, this moment suggests that young Black men’s audacity to exist is a capital offense punishable by murder." If a few more of these killings are upheld by a judge, in my opinion, there will be riots at court houses—and there should be riots at court houses—and white liberals will be in the crowd.

Shut Up About Your Gluten-Free Shit: Gluten-free popcorn? Gluten-free potato chips? Gluten free cranberry juice? Really? Zillions of people seem to be claiming they can't have gluten. The New York Times would like to share some facts:

Never mind that a Mayo Clinic survey in 2012 concluded that only 1.8 million Americans have celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder that causes the body to attack the small intestine when gluten is ingested and can lead to other debilitating medical problems if not diagnosed.

An additional 18 million people, or about 6 percent of the population, is believed to have gluten sensitivity, a less severe problem with the protein in wheat, barley and rye and their relatives that gives elasticity to dough and stability to the shape of baked goods.

Fucking Christ: The turbulence on this flight from Denver to Billings was so bad that five people were hospitalized:

Joe Frank, 20, a passenger on board, told The Denver Post in an e-mail that everything was fine, then in an instant, the plane dropped violently, accompanied by a loud "bang." The drop was so forceful, Frank said, an infant flew from a parent's arms and landed in another seat nearby.

There's a Fast-Food Boycott on Thursday: The grassroots activists pushing for a $15 an hour minimum wage are now hanging shit over the freeway: