One of the biggest news highlights (I use that term reluctantly) of 2011 was the Casey Anthony murder trial that captivated everyone and their Nancy Grace. If you were one of those people who thought we’d never have to hear about this woman again, prepare to eat crow! Anthony has reemerged online in a video diary, of all things, talking in vague abstractions about her state of mind instead of directly addressing the trial that changed her life.

With last week’s unsurprising failure of the deficit “Supercommittee” came a threat by President Obama to “veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending” triggered by the committee’s failure. at today’s White House briefing, Press Secretary Jay Carney quashed speculation by Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) that the President had left some “wiggle room” to rejigger those triggered cuts away from defense.

Have you ever wondered what it’d be like to experience a natural disaster from the point of view of a national monument? Well, then. You’re a little odd. And also in luck! A newly-released video taken from inside the Washington monument shows security guards and tourists reacting to the earthquake that hit several states along the East Coast back in August.

The “hacktivist” group Anonymous appeared to have struck again when a video released this morning claimed they are planning to take down Facebook in November. Coming off of a busy summer than included hacks on Sony’s Playstation network and the Syrian Ministry of Defense, it seemed that Anonymous had set their sites on a new, larger network. However, this was not quite the case.

It’s rare to watch a sitcom that offers both a a good laugh or two or seventeen in addition to making you think about the nature of comedy, attribution, image and the creative process and making you forget that you are, by virtue of your carefully crafted demographic, supposed to really like Louis C.K. and very much dislike Dane Cook.

A photographer for KXTV-TV in California was going through the relatively routine matters of setting up for a liveshot, when he sees a bright red car speeding by–with a man hanging off the side. The quick-thinking photog jumped into action and got it on tape. And while the exact reasons behind the man’s road surfing incident remain somewhat vague (he was either trying recover a purse–his or a friend’s–from the car, which may have been stolen–or perhaps not–and which may have been his, or possibly not), the video is quite entertaining.

A Florida judge is debating whether to release video footage of a jailed Casey Anthony that was sealed for being “highly inflammatory.”

In the video, Anthony reacts to news reports that a meter reader had found a child’s body in a swampy area near her family’s home. A highly emotional Anthony is seen doubling over and hyperventilating. At the time, the body had not yet been identified as that of Anthony’s daughter, Caylee.

A recent rport has revealed that Jose Guerna, the Iraq War Veteran killed in a Tucson, Arizona SWAT team raid did not even fire one shot before he was killed.

Guerna was accused of drug smuggling, robbery and human trafficking but despite the SWAT team’s initial reports that he fired the first shots, a more conclusive investigation has revealed that he not only had the safety on his gun but was asleep until his wife warned him that the SWAT team was storming his house.

Newly-released video from Japan shows just how sudden tsunamis can be. The footage shows several people walking in a lot bordered by a tree-lined slope when, suddenly, they break into a run to get away from the rising water as it approaches – quickly – several feet behind them. As people scramble to higher ground, screaming, cars and other debris are carried away by the fast-moving water.

In keeping with internet timing regulations, the suggestion that Rebecca Black might make a million dollars for her universally panned video Friday must lead directly to a claim of theft. And it’s come in the form of Conan O’Brien, who’s leveling the ripoff charge in a web video. “I’m pretty mad at this Rebecca Black person,” a visibly hurt Conan says to camera. “Pretty sure she ripped me off, ’cause I did one a couple weeks ago called Thursday.”

There’s been no shortage of video showing the force of the tsunami that struck Japan. But in this just-released video, a man captures his perspective as a driver on a coastal road suddenly caught in the path of a devastating tsunami. “When I turned the corner I could see the wall of water,” the man told reporters. “At that moment I could do nothing else but keep driving.”

As Aristotle–or was it Bones McCoy on Star Trek–once said, “I’m a doctor, not a bricklayer.” And in the same vein, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs has, over the years, explained to reporters the very many things that he is not. He’s not, for instance, a scholar of Chinese history. And he’s not Speaker of the House. And, as he’s said many times, he is not a lawyer. Or a judge. Or a law enforcement official.

A few things you need to know about ABC’s Diane Sawyer: if New York gets slammed by a sixth consecutive winter storm, she’s not reporting the story from her warm, toasty studio. That’s why she was reporting ABC’s World News tonight from snow covered Central Park. The second thing is this: nothing throws her. Not even a guy on cross country skis who cruises right into the middle of her broadcast.

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has revealed that video footage exists of the Tucson, Arizona shooting that left six people dead and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords recovering from a gunshot to the head.

The brief video shows the gunman shooting Giffords at close range before turning his gun on several others assembled in front of a Tucson Safeway.

Mayor Mike Bloomberg (or Fred Armisen – one can never be too sure) made an appearance on Saturday Night Live to guide New Yorkers (and further alienate the rest of the country) through the blizzard by advising those worried by such questions as “Where does snow come from?” and “How do I get snow off my car?” to stay home, order in, and resist the temptation to smoke or commit acts of domestic violence.

Fox News Channel is keen on getting to the bottom of this so-called “Aflockalypse” – the name that, apparently, we’ve all agreed upon to describe the recent wave of dead fish, exploding birds and free sushi popping up across the globe.

America Live‘s Megyn Kelly brought a “big-brained man” from “the science world” to discuss whether we’re all about to die painful, horrible deaths. (Spoiler: No.)

Listen up! You remember Dale Peterson, of course. He’s the man who once campaigned for the role of Alabama Agriculture Commissioner with the gusto and high-rise denim we’ve come to expect from a man who gives a rip about Alabama. Later, he went on to throw his support behind fellow candidate and non-dummy John McMillan. Well, he’s back! This time, Peterson appears in another long-awaited (by us, at any rate) video for Alabama’s own Alex Schriver as he campaigns for chair of the College Republican National Committee.

By now, we’re all well aware of the debacle that unfolded in the wake of the recent Northeast blizzard. Certain mayors of major cities, vacationing governors, airlines, airport employees, and various sanitation workers were all among those who felt the ire and scrutiny of a frustrated public who just wanted to fly home / leave their driveways / stroll down a sidewalk without having to climb over several feet of grimy snow. Now, video footage obtained by a CBS affiliate shows that, despite its objections, the Department of Sanitation did not do all that it could to clean up after the storm.

Cable news loves its implosions–even if sometimes, despite waiting and waiting for the explosions to go off and the implosion to happen, sometimes they miss it–but if you missed any of the various 2010 implosions from around the globe, fear not. CNN has you covered.

In less than two minutes, you can see every decent bridge, building stadium and convention center brought to the ground in the last twelve months. Even if you’re not an aficionado of this art form, the no-waiting video is a sure fire winner.

We don’t ask for much from our police car dashboard cam videos. But wow, did Christmas come early this year. We get this bit of holiday chase cheer (not to take car chases lightly, mind you, they’re dangerous and wrong and illegal and all) from the men and women of law enforcement in Stow, Ohio. Stow’s finest were on the case of a teenager who stole a dump truck and managed to take the rig on a 52-mile ride with police in pursuit–and attempting to form roadblocks.

Watch for Marco Rubio — he’s going to be everywhere. I bet the Sunday talk show bookers are already fighting over him now.

Rubio, the handsome, well-spoken, telegenic, just-39-year old newly-minted Senator from Florida, is something everyone can agree on: The GOP, from whence he sprang, and which preferred him to the ousted Charlie Crist; the Tea Party, whose principles he trumpeted early and who will be eager to claim a mainstream, non-kooky candidate; both of them, eager to find any common ground between them; and the media, who loves a young, telegenic, well-spoken rising star like nobody’s business.

This morning, Rachel Sklar, editor at large of our sister siteMediaite, joined plus-size model and icon Emme on The Today Show to talk about the brouhaha surrounding Maura Kelly’s size-ist “Should Fatties Get A Room?” post for Marie Claire.

There’s a tendency when the offspring of a famous person does something notable to define them by their more-famous parent. But this week, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams is being defined by his insanely talented daughter, Allison Williams, who stars in the viral video sensation Mad Men theme-song mashup. “The Mad Men Theme Song, [...]

Carl Paladino is not a fan of Joy Behar not being a fan of Carl Paladino. Last week, on The View, Behar joked that NY gubernatorial Tea Party candidate Paladino, who had a child out of wedlock (while he was wedlocked to his wife), could win the election “if all his illegitimate children vote.” Oof, Paladino and his people did not like that one.

Let’s say up front that not everyone who opposes the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque” (neither a mosque or at Ground Zero) is racist. There are many who disagree with the project on principled grounds. However, given the heated rhetoric surrounding the issue in recent weeks, it certainly stands to reason that an anti-Mosque protest would be the sort of gathering to which those with more…extreme…views might gravitate.

That was the case yesterday, at an anti-Mosque demonstration down in Lower Manhattan, when a black man walking through the crowd was the mistaken for a Muslim by the crowd — angrily.