Wikipedia was nearly banned in Russia yesterday, after government officials found an article on pot smoking that violated their blacklist law. The law, which went into effect in October 2012, allows the government to block websites that offer information on how to commit suicide or do drugs, among other topics that could be potentially harmful to minors. However, the article was taken off the watchlist following the removal of all descriptions of smoking methods. However, a spokesman for the watchdog group Roskomnadzor stated that there are 11 more articles that still violate the law.

The Vietnamese fusion restaurant Red Medicine in Beverly Hills has taken to Twitter to publicly shame customers who failed to show up for their reservations. Owner Noah Ellis became increasingly frustrated last weekend after a string of customers failed to claim their booked tables, causing him to tweet the offenders names via the eatery's official Twitter feed. In an interview with Eater LA, Ellis defended his actions by saying he had attempted to handle the problem of no-shows several times before with methods he determined would be detrimental to his business.

A skinhead received a rather unwelcome reaction at the Dropkick Murphys' concert in New York City after performing a Nazi salute on stage. The band's lead vocalist and bass player Ken Casey attacked the offender causing a chaotic pileup before returning to the stage proclaiming "Nazis are not f**king welcome at a Dropkick Murphys show!"

The third place winner in eVolo's 2013 skyscraper design competition featured a bizarre floating building, which uses helium balloons and solar powered propellers like a flying airship right out of Final Fantasy. The design, titled "Light Park," was created by Chinese residents Ting Xu and Yiming Chen as a way to address overcrowding in major cities across the world.

A Russian hostage taker in the city of Astrakhan, who claimed to be armed with a gun and several explosives, released his victims after police gave in to his list of rather easily obtainable items. After detaining four people for several hours, negotiators were bewildered to discover that the suspect only demanded a pizza and a Sprite in exchange for his prisoners.

When the real Dr. Seuss had writer's block he would open his secret closet and put on a hat.

Curious about how what's going on with the Internet these days? The Tumblr blog According to Devin published this comic explaining the state of many popular websites using illustrations of adorable cats. Unsurprisingly, Grumpy Cat makes an appearance in reference to current state of the social news site Reddit.