Raining like hotcakes
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Follow @TheOnion
Show/Hide Navigation
  • Video
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Science/Tech
  • Entertainment
  • Breaking
  • More
    • Video
    • Politics
    • Sports
    • Business
    • Science/Tech
    • Entertainment
    • Breaking

    The Week In Pictures

    Slideshow • News • ISSUE 48•19 • May 14, 2012
    • Facebook158
    • Twitter76
    • Google Plus6
    • Paula Deen Sponsors .05K Walk For Diabetes Research

      SAVANNAH, GA—Celebrity chef and restaurateur Paula Deen announced Monday that her recently launched Step for a Cure Foundation would host its first annual .05K fun walk on May 20 to raise money for Type 2 diabetes research. The star of the Food Netw...
      1 of 10
    • In Bipartisan Spirit, Obama Makes Deal To Get Kicked In Balls

      President Obama works out an agreement to have Republicans in Congress kick him in the balls in exchange for nothing.
      2 of 10
    • Rajon Rondo: 'I Have Too Many Father Figures On This Team'

      BOSTON—At a press conference last week discussing his suspension for bumping a referee, Celtics guard Rajon Rondo blamed his conduct on having "too many role models and people to look up to" on the team to get a coherent idea of how h...
      3 of 10
    • Maya Angelou Thought She’d Be Invited To More White House Stuff

      WINSTON-SALEM, NC—Saying that she didn’t want to be presumptuous but had thought her celebrated literary career, numerous academic honors, and tireless political activism would put her "pretty high up" on guests lists, Maya Ange...
      4 of 10
    • This Week In History: Sears Tower Constructed With Bold Challenge To God Engraved On Roof (1972)

      The Onion reflects on the discovery of the first lesbian, the joyous Hindenburg explosion, and the Sears Tower's challenge to God
      5 of 10
    • Steve Nash Has Emotional Goodbye With Host Family

      PHOENIX—With his Suns season over and a new team likely in the future for free agent Steve Nash, the Canadian point guard spent an emotional final day with his American host family, the Berkleys, Sunday. "Steve has been such a joy to have ...
      6 of 10
    • Obama Blasts Obama's Evasive Stance On Gay Marriage

      'The President Needs To Come Clean On His Views,' Obama Says

      WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama lashed out at President Barack Obama's seemingly evasive stance on gay marriage Tuesday, calling the head-of-state's cagey position on the issue both "cowardly" and "an example of faile...
      7 of 10
    • Nation's Moms Invent New Recreational Drug To Worry About

      DENVER—A new illicit drug that is incredibly cheap, highly addictive, and extremely easy to produce is appearing in school yards across the country, the fevered imaginations of the nation's mothers who need something to fret over confirmed today. Th...
      8 of 10
    • Ahmadinejad Kind Of Getting Back Into Old R.E.M. Again

      TEHRAN—Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told reporters Thursday he was kind of getting back into old R.E.M.
      9 of 10
    • 5-Year-Old Announces Circle No Longer Her Favorite Shape

      ALLENTOWN, PA—Radically reversing nearly three weeks of precedent, local 5-year-old Tricia Billings announced Saturday that the circle was no longer her favorite shape. "Circles aren't my favorite anymore," said Billings, denouncing t...
      10 of 10
    • More Slideshows

      Start Over
      • The Week In Pictures 

      • The Week In Pictures

      • The Week In Pictures

      • The Week In Pictures

      • Rick Santorum: A Candidacy Remembered

    Recently in Slideshow See More >

    NEWS

    ENTERTAINMENT

    ENTERTAINMENT

    LIFESTYLE

    NEWS

    LIFESTYLE

    Recent News

    New Obesity Drug DeliciousFamily Concerned After John McCain Wanders Into SyriaNation Excited To See Whatever Bile The Internet Spews Up TodayU.S. Disc Jockey General Urges Americans To Get The Led OutScientific Breakthrough Reveals Stars Consist Primarily Of TwinklesLast 12 Years A Real Wake-Up Call For Area ManArea Man Beginning To Think He Has Memorial Day Off

    Recent Videos

    Desperate Earth Begins Accelerating Rotation In Effort To Hurl Humankind Off Surface

    Xbox One Capable Of Controlling Users With Simple Voice CommandsObama Aims To Limit Civilian Casualties With Switch To Taser Drones

    • Film: Contest: Chicago, see World War Z (extra) early and for free

    • Film: Newswire: Added dimension of time finally allows Clash Of Titans director to see 3-D conversion as "horrible"

    • Film: Great Job, Internet!: Someone made a homemade lightsaber that's hot enough to burn stuff

    • How to Traumatize Your Children Book

    • Assorted Headlines Pint Glasses

    • Cheat to Win Bracelet

    • Government-Issued PSA Urging Teens To Fuck Their Brains Out

    • Best of Onion Sports: OSN Tackles Underreported Sports

    • Xbox One Capable Of Controlling Users With Simple Voice Commands

    Follow The Onion

    Receive The Newsletter

    • Onion News Empire
    • The Onion Live!
    • Personals
    • FAQ
    • Contact Us
    • Jobs
    • Media Kit
    • Privacy Policy
    • Franchising
    • RSS & Apps

    The Onion is not intended for readers under 18 years of age. ©Copyright 2013 Onion Inc. All rights reserved