Sean "The Lumberjack" Duffy, who was on The Real World's 1997 Boston edition, won the race for the U.S. House seat from Wisconsin's 7th District. The first reality star elected to Congress is a Republican. Who would have guessed?

This morning, personal hero Amy Sedaris dropped by The Early Show to promote her newest book. She used her time to teach us great things like "squirrels love donuts", always stretch before crafting and how to make Potato Ships. Enjoy.

Three of Iowa's Supreme Court justices were voted out of office last night, chalking up a victory for the national anti-gay groups that spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the race.

Here's a clip of Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) on MSNBC last night, explaining how Republicans will cut vague "discretionary spending" to achieve magical savings. Chris Matthews is like "What will you cut? WHAT WILL YOU CUT?" The poor man's apoplectic!

Gawker.TV Trivia, a daily question & answer game that tests your knowledge of television—past and present. Do you think you that you've got it? The answer to today's question, inside.

Just when you think we're headed in the Right direction, here comes godless CommieQueer San Francisco to muck it all up. Their proposed ban of McDonald's Happy Meal toys has passed. What's next, banning children's handguns?? Goose step away, 'Frisco.

Those loons at NMA, the Taiwanese company that does those silly animated news videos, recently introduced a daily weather report featuring comely ladies dancing in silly costumes. For the record, we fully support all comely ladies and silly costumes.

Does this make you feel better or worse about your love life? Apparently, thousands of American men would rather have sex with a machine than a human, because "robots don't break your heart." Yeah, that seems like pretty solid logic.

Skeevy entrepreneurial icon Dov Charney holds a majority stake in our favorite financially teetering retailer, American Apparel. The company—without Dov Charney at its head—could be attractive to buyers. But Dov prefers to wait it out. He's an optimist!

Sarah Palin's new website, SPAlaska, features four blogs. That means Sarah Palin had to hire four unemployed bloggers, and you know what that means: liberals! One used to work for Gore. Another trash talked Palin on her old blog. [DailyBeast]

Last week gentlemen (or one gentleman, depending on who you believe) from two Duke fraternity houses sent out, to 300 or so choice ladies, an email wooing them to their houses by calling them sluts and making Helen Keller jokes.

This right winger's wife is ready to expose his cheating. This former A-lister is shoving food in her face, and this reality cast votes on which drugs they'll use before filming. Sounds like voter turnout is high.

Police intercepted a mail bomb intended for Italian prez Silvio Berlusconi last night, the 14th mail bomb this week "linked to a far-Left [Greek] urban guerrilla group, the Conspiracy in the Cells of Fire." Greece has suspended all outgoing airmail.

Kim Kardashian shifts the attention from her ass to her feet. Pink advocates "beat[ing] the crap outta kids." Brett Michaels denies boinking Miley's mom. Demi Lovato's dad bemoans Disney. The bigger Wednesday gossip gets, the harder it falls.

Remember that Improv Everywhere "sidewalk tourist lane" prank? London is taking it to heart, with an actual proposal to divide its busy Oxford Street sidewalks into slow and fast lanes. Cute. But their plan has two prominent flaws.

This beautiful video of sounds and pictures is super pretty and made entirely of found YouTube video clips. It comes to us as a follow-up to their original "Words" video. One man's trash is another man's mashup.

Does this sound familiar? "Respectable" young man who was selling weed out of his pricey apartment gets shot and robbed by weed customers; media coverage ensues. It should—it's happened again. An appropriate celebration for the defeat of weed legalization.

Can you guess what movie this image comes from? Check back for the answer at 4pm today.

Some guy got all excited after learning that Republican Martha Roby won the 2nd Congressional race in Montgomery, Alabama. He probably feels awesome about this picture, too. [Image via AP]

The human rights group International Committee Against Stoning says it has information that Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani — the Iranian woman convicted of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning — could be hanged today in Tabriz prison.