After The Onion published a tweet calling the nine-year-old actress Quvenzhané Wallis a c-word, an immediate public backlash caused the satirical news organization to issue an official apology.

After LAPD shot several civilians in vehicles they mistook for fugitive ex-cop Chris Dorner's truck, Southern California residents began wearing signs asking police to refrain from shooting them because they were "not Chris Dorner."

Pope Benedict XVI announced today that he would be resigning from the papacy due to age-related health concerns on February 28th, igniting a slew of related posts and discussions on social networking and microblogging services across the Internet.

After a photo of a receipt with a stiffed tip went viral earlier this week, the customer who refused to tip called and got the poster fired. Members of Twitter and Facebook are now calling for a boycott of the restaurant chain.

Will JJ Abrams bring his gratuitous use of the lens flare effect to the new Star Wars film?