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Are y'all ready for a mess of a news story? Lori Loughlin, AKA Aunt Becky from Full House, was taken into custody this morning for participating in a huge college admissions sting to get her completely unqualified daughter admitted into the University of Southern California. Several other wealthy celebrities were involved, including Desperate Housewives' Felicity Huffman and her husband William H. Macy.

Charges so far include $25 million in bribes to university authorities and fabrication of credentials to be admitted into some of the top universities in the nation.

Some have pointed out that Loughlin's daughter, Olivia Jade Giannulli, would never have been admitted to USC on her own academic merit. Giannulli, a prominent beauty YouTuber, even admitted in a video back in August that she plans to focus more on college parties than her classes.

Under the monikers #FreeAuntBecky and #CollegeAdmissionScandal, many memers and Twitter users have expressed their frustration at the situation, pointing out that regular people have to get admitted to universities on actual academic merit and not absurdly rich parents.

Ooh boy, here we go everybody. 

If you haven't been following the news lately, singer R. Kelly was jailed last month on account of numerous sexual abuse charges against him. We're not going to go into the exact details of those charges, but we'll let you read a bit about them for yourself here. 

CBS aired an interview with R. Kelly on Tuesday morning, during which he vehemently denied the allegations, screamed into the camera and began crying in an attempt to save his reputation. So, did he commit the acts he's been trying so hard to cover up? Well, we'll let you judge that for yourself.

And of course, absolutely no scandal is ever free from a copious number of memes, which we've compiled for you below! Enjoy!

If there was ever an appropriate time to utter the old Southern saying "bless your heart," it's right now. It's probably safe to say that most people in the English-speaking world are familiar with the troll-y ways of publications like The Onion or Clickhole, yet some naive souls, like the following, never got the memo. It's totally okay to laugh now and feel sorry for them later.

No matter your personal opinion of the show, Saturday Night Live has been a comedy staple in America for ages. Beginning in 1975 with Chevy Chase as the original news anchor, the Weekend Update is the show's longest-running segment, and is even said to be the birth place of the satirical news sketch for the likes of the Colbert Report and The Daily Show.

As a positive recap of 2018, we're bringing you the best and most heartwarming news headlines of the year that you probably missed!

A new Oregon gas pumping law passed in June of last year is causing a stir on social media. The law, which allows people in towns of under 40,0000 to pump their own gas, is inspiring rage, confusion, and quite a bit of trolling from people in other states. Here's a selection of the best reactions to the law, inspired by a poll from a Medford Oregon CBS station. We're not sure which we enjoy more, the temper tantrums or the trolls. 

A whole bunch of famous influencers got pranked into spending way too much money on inexpensive shoes!

We love The Onion because it never fails to relate to us all with its spicy takes.

And just in case you live under a rock, or were planning to show this to your innocent grandma, we gotta give the disclaimer that The Onion is a satirical publication.

Now *this* is the kinda fake news we can get behind!