[Singer Janet Jackson goes through airport security at LAX. Image via Bauer-Griffin]

Did Todd Palin have an affair with a massage therapist named Shailey Tripp? The National Enquirer stops just short of saying "yes"—but claims "police have confiscated physical evidence that could tie Todd to an alleged extramarital affair."

Carlina White, kidnapped as an infant from a New York hospital in 1987, reunited with her mother this week after finding herself on a missing children website. So if you've had suspicions about your parents, now's the time to check.

In this recently surfaced clip from June 6th, 2010 Glenn Beck warns his viewers of "communists in sheep clothing" who "you're going to have to shoot in the head" before they get a chance to shoot you first.

They are quite possibly the meanest and most annoying people online, they are called trolls and LA's Fox 11 News wants to tell you all about them.

Actress Kelly Preston just gave birth to the spawn of actor John Travolta. In complete silence. But it's not weird at all! As Preston explained on the Today show, it's all part of Scientology's very scientific theories about, uh, something.

If you like to do yoga to stay fit, or sane, or whatever, then you might want to take a lesson from this video: don't bring your cat with you, because—if you do—it just may scratch your crotch.

Ah, our new, super-civil politics. No longer will cross-hairs be threateningly wielded or presidents' birth certificates be questioned. Rejoice! Our national discourse now rises to the level of fragrant poetry. Except when a Democratic congressman compares Republicans to Nazis.

Terry Jones, the Florida pastor who threatened to burn a Koran last 9/11, has been banned from Britain. He was trying to attend a far-right rally but was denied entry because he's awful. Can we ban him from America, too?

Glenn Beck appeared on Today this morning to defend his violent rhetoric, telling Meredith Vieira that he was only joking—just like Jon Stewart! Tonight, Stewart tried to make sense of the comparison before inviting Beck on his show.

Yeah, there's no way I can really top that headline. So... you know, watch the clip from tonight's Modern Family and react appropriately (gag, puke, die) inside.

The new MTV show Skins aspires to a frank portrayal of very young, very horny teens. This requires lots of sexy material. But some MTV execs started worrying Skins might be a little too sexy, in a child porn way.

Chinese President Hu Jintao is visiting America this week to figure out the best places to install giant hydroelectric dams once China conquers us. And tonight is the much-hyped State Dinner. Wanna know who's sitting with the president?

It's time for the ever-popular "restaurant wars" episode—this time featuring all-star combatants! These are the best kind of "star wars"—the ones with no Jar Jar Binks! Why not join us as we live blog them in the comments?

Zach Galifianakis is Nathaniel Buckner, a comedian who has time traveled from 1778 to regale us with tales of New Amsterdam and that jerk Benjamin Franklin.

Legendary satellite radio DJ Bob Dylan just signed a six-book deal with Simon & Schuster, including two more volumes of memoirs and one book about his radio show. Somewhere a Dylan superfan is crushed that he's not writing a seventh.

San Francisco has banned Happy Meals, plastic grocery bags, cat declawing, cigarettes in drugstores, municipal bottled water buys, city deals with former slave traders, and more. Laugh all you want — your local government may well be following suit.

Hello! Did you remember that the season premiere of American Idol airs tonight? If you didn't, consider this your reminder. Because of all the shakeups for Season 10, we figured a live-blog for the premiere would be appropriate. Come in!

A gas explosion killed one 19-year-old utility worker in Philadelphia's Tacony neighborhood today and injured six others. A bystander caught the enormous fireball on video.

Who's ready for the return of American Idol tonight? If your ears aren't quite prepared for the phase one of auditions, brace yourself by watching these twenty horrific samples of contestants past.