Eric Brown

Earlier in the week, it was widely reported that 2013 would bring a “bacon shortage,” as rising pork prices would eventually drive up demand for bacon to the point where it would be almost impossible to find. However, even after falling for the story themselves, NBC News is reporting that the bacon shortage is hogwash.

After spending close to a month and a half on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover has found compelling evidence that Mars once contained significant amounts of water.

Following in his father’s footsteps, Robert Irwin, son of the legendary “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, has made his first public appearance feeding a crocodile at the Australia Zoo.

A few months back, rapper Lil Wayne filed a lawsuit against Quincy Jones III’s production company QD3 Entertainment charging it used his music without a license in the documentary film “The Carter 3.” Now TMZ has released a video of Wayne’s June 20 deposition, showing the rapper refusing to play along with Jones’s legal counsel and possibly making threats against the lawyer.

Just how secure is your PIN number? According to the data security blog Data Genetics, much more vulnerable than you might think. The results show that obvious choices such as 1234 are extremely popular and wildly unsafe.

Even though the Apple iPhone 5 had the biggest launch in the company’s history, not everybody is completely happy with the product. Most notably, Apple users lament the loss of the Google Maps app, calling Apple’s alternative inferior. To correct that, Apple appears to be recruiting ex-members of the Google Maps team.

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has announced he will be seeking treatment for substance abuse. On Friday, the lead singer and guitarist had a meltdown onstage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, complaining that the band’s time on stage was being cut short and dropping over 20 f-bombs.

J.K. Rowling, author of the very popular “Harry Potter” books, is finally ready to release her first novel set outside Hogwarts, “The Casual Vacancy.”

After Green Day had its set cut short at this year’s iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas on Friday, lead singer and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong delivered a profanity-laced tirade directed at the managers of the festival, telling them, “I'm not f---ing Justin Bieber, you motherf---ers.”

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last original member, Gary Rossington, recently said the band would no longer fly the Confederate flag at concerts. However, many fans are upset by the decision.

A new promotional trailer for “The Walking Dead” has made its debut online, helping to build the hype for the much-loved zombie drama’s third season. Watch it here.

Rush Limbaugh is very concerned about your penis size. On his radio program, “The Rush Limbaugh Show,” the conservative pundit discussed a study about the allegedly declining average penis size, blaming the smaller size on feminism.

With the iPhone 5 launch mere hours away, die-hard fans across the world have taken to lining up outside Apple Stores in hopes of being among the very first users to own the new iPhone. Armed with sleeping bags, snacks, and, of course, older Apple products to entertain themselves, some have been waiting for days.

Scarlett Johansson has just announced that she will star in a Broadway production of the Tennessee Williams classic “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.”

While “The Office” is approaching its last season, there are still plenty of surprises in store for the staff of Dunder Mifflin. For one, Stephen Colbert will be making a guest appearance.

A British solider gave birth on the frontlines of Afghanistan on Tuesday, despite having no idea that she was pregnant at the time. The mother and child are both reported as healthy.

At least 13 inmates have been injured in a riot at New Folsom Prison in Folsom, Calif., Wednesday, authorities said.

Last week, it came out that indie musician Amanda Palmer, formerly of the Dresden Dolls, had been “crowdsourcing” backup musicians for her recent shows and paying them only in “hugs and free beer.” Palmer has decided to pay her temporary supporting musicians and has even sent out back pay for musicians at previous shows.

Vince Young is far from the first famous athlete to end up entirely broke. Here are three of the biggest wasted fortunes in sports history.

R. Kelly has just made R&B history. The singer, best known for his single “I’m a Flirt” and the over-the-top series of operatic videos “Trapped in the Closet,” has been nominated for a combined total of 21 Soul Train awards, making him the most nominated artist ever.

Joaquin Phoenix must be feeling pretty proud of himself right about now. His latest film -- "The Master," directed by Paul Thomas Anderson - broke box office records for a limited release film and has debuted to rave reviews. Phoenix revealed that without his critically panned mockumentary "I'm Still Here," his much-praised role in "The Master" may have never happened.

The Chicago teachers union will continue to be on strike after declining to formally vote on a possibly settlement at a meeting on Sunday. Now, it appears the earliest teachers will be back in classrooms is Wednesday.

In light of the attention being given the controversial film "Innocence of Muslims," Iran's Ayatollah Hassan Sanei has renewed the country's threat against author Salman Rushdie. Sanei claimed that because Rushdie was not killed after the publication of "The Satanic Verses," anti-Muslim creators have been emboldened to attack the religion.

Kate Middleton's topless-photo scandal has caused a huge uproar online, with many U.K. citizens feeling insulted that anyone would publish those kinds of pictures of their possible future queen consort. Showing solidarity with Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge -- and a wee bit more -- the site Nips Out for Kate features pictures of British men bearing their nipples while wearing masks of Kate Middleton and other royals.

Soon after Apple Inc. announced the iPhone 5, customers who preordered the phone online saw their shipping dates pushed back, from Sept. 21 to as far as October, because of high demand. However, it now appears the company may be able to ship on the expected date after all -- at least to some customers.

Former U.S. presidential candidate Rick Santorum railed against the alleged media elite, saying the "smart people" will never be on the conservatives' side during a speech at the Values Voter Summit in Washington on Saturday.

Amazing security camera footage has captured several theieves ramming a BMW into an Apple Store in order to steal iPhones. The Apple Store theft occurred on September 6, as the driver slammed his car into the electronics store and an accomplice loaded a bag with phones.

Super Typhoon Sanba continues to pose grave danger to the Japanese island of Okinawa and the South Korean mainland. Sanba, with peak winds as high as 178 mph, is currently moving north toward Okinawa at 13 mph.

Apparently, Mitt Romney can't get enough of "Jersey Shore" star Snooki. Romney and his wife Ann sat down with Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan for ABC's "Live! With Kelly and Michael" on Friday, when Romney revealed that he prefers the "tiny" Snooki to competing reality-television star Honey Boo Boo.