The residents of an English seaside town were advised by police to stay indoors on Sunday, after officers received word that a lion or maybe just a cat was spotted in a field.

It's long been rumored that two-time Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks is truly as awesome in real life as he seems.

A newborn baby became his own uncle after being birthed by his maternal grandmother in a Maine hospital two weeks ago.

TAMPA, Fla.— These are the contents of the free swag bags handed out to all credentialed media at the 2012 Republican Convention:

Last week, when it was discovered that a well-meaning octogenarian had attempted to restore a fresco and created a sort of beast-like Jesus portait in its place, many observers thought she had "ruined" the painting. In fact, she created a tourist attraction:

A New Jersey woman says she is in constant pain due to a rare medical condition that causes her to have as many as one hundred orgasms per day.

Twenty-seven-year-old Dave, who lives near Little Rock, Arkansas, is a dedicated "looner." That doesn't mean he's crazy (although he might be that, too — judge for yourself) — "looner" describes a person who has romantic relationships with balloons. Dave blows them up, but he will have you know that he isn't blowing them, per se: "I am pure in my life," he explains regarding the suggestion that he may be doing "something else" with his beloved blimps. His lack of sexual passion is a little bit disappointing as I kind of wanted to get to the bottom of all those Xtube balloon videos I'm too scared/otherwise occupied to click on, but Dave makes up for all of this in this segment from last night's Taboo by saying off-the-wall stuff like, "When you think about it in a real, true love sense, it really isn't a toy." He also describes his "balloon rescues," and mourns a popped one. He's really extreme, as only a man who is having polyamorous relationships with rubber bladders can be.

The Salt Lake City, Utah-based television station KSL, an major NBC affiliate owned by the Mormon Church, has announced that it will not air the Peacock Network's upcoming comedy series The New Normal due to its "inappropriate content."

TAMPA, Fla.— This, like every presidential election, is the Most Important Presidential Election of your lifetime. This, like every presidential election, is a contest of unparalleled importance between candidates of previously unencountered contrasts to decide the Most Important Issues we have ever seen. Forget what has come before. The politicians, pundits, and moral leaders of the Republican Party want you to know that this election is the One That Matters The Most. Just like every other election.

A woman who was taking part in a "trash the dress" wedding photo shoot drowned last week after being pulled underwater by the weight of her own wedding gown while snapping pictures in a river near Dorwin Falls in Quebec.

By far the best thing to come out of Friday's Red Nose Day: Comedy for Cure Kids — you know, besides all the money raised for medical research of life-threatening childhood diseases — was the long-awaited televised reunion of New Zealand's fourth most popular musical act, Flight of the Conchords (and their well-meaning manager Murray Hewitt (Rhys Darby)).

Former pizza slinger and (allegedly) prolific sexual harasser Herman Cain spoke at an event in Tampa tonight. The New York Times described the event as an "an alternate unity rally in a church made up mostly of Tea Party supporters," which sounds both fascinating and horrific. Cain's speech to the "several hundred" - how far you've fallen, Herman – people in attendance was about what you'd expect. The highlights:

A Utah NBC affiliate won't air The New Normal, which focuses on a same-sex family, calling the show "inappropriate."

Remember Mark Sanford? He was the South Carolina governor who disappeared for five days a few years back to go have sex with his Argentine mistress in Buenos Aires but told campaign aides that he was on the Appalachian Trial, doing whatever it is people do when they're on the Appalachian Trail. Anyway, it turns out Sanford was right to abandon his state and wife and family to go have sex in Buenos Aires because now he and the mistress, TV reporter Maria Belen Chapur, are getting married. As CNN reports:

Over 70 earthquakes hit Imperial County, California earlier today, but no major damage was reported.

Two members of the Russian punk collective Pussy Riot have fled Russia in order to avoid prosecution for an anti-Putin protest. The other three Pussy Riot members who participated in the protest - Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich - were recently sentenced to two years in jail for "hooliganism." According to Tolokonnikova's husband, Pyotr Verzilov, the two women are safe from Russian authorities.

New Orleans is preparing to be hit by another massive storm, which, if projections hold, will make landfall exactly seven years to the day after Hurricane Katrina. Projections for Tropical Strom Issac, which is expected to grow into at least a Category 2 hurricane, show the storm making direct landfall in the gulf coast early Wednesday morning. Earlier today, both Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu declared states of emergencies.

The Expendables 2 dominated the box office again this weekend, but the movie everyone's talking about is 2016: Obama's America, the little anti-Obama documentary that could.

Reader Kate S. sent in this headline from the Houston Chronicle — "Armstrong takes final leap."

Nobody panic, but Rihanna and Rob Kardashian are hanging out now.