"This was a big one," said an Indonesian state volcanologist of today's eruption on Mount Merapi.

Rapper Gucci Mane was arrested yesterday in Atlanta after an off-duty cop saw him driving recklessly in a white Hummer. Police later found Gucci yelling at someone in a parking lot, tried to subdue him, then pepper sprayed him.

Who: Australian import Allan is the editor-in-chief of the New York Post, the tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

Fans of Harry Potter are responsible for a recent wave of owl disappearances in India by taking them from the wild and keeping them as pets, says India's environment minister. That, and they're being used in black magic rituals. [AFP]

Former President George W. Bush told Today anchor Matt Lauer that the "all-time low" of his presidency was when rapper Kanye West said "George Bush doesn't care about black people" on live television. Hmm. Is that really the worst moment?

Is there anything better on Election Night than watching campaign workers and fervent supporters freak out? It's like a thousand Superbowls, all attended only by total dorks and elderly people. Come check out some of the night's best reactions:

One imagines that former president Bill Clinton wasn't too excited about Tuesday's election results. But there are two things coming soon that he is excited for: Rapper Lil' Wayne's release from prison, and the return of the McDonald's McRib sandwich.

Ben Wilson is a London street artist. In about as literal a sense as you can get: His art consists of miniature scenes and designs painted on used, discarded chewing gum—those petrified black spots littering city streets.

[MTV UK staged a tomato fight in London between a Katy Perry "lookalike" and a Lady Gaga "lookalike" to promote the upcoming MTV Europe Music Awards. I know, I know: Europeans! Click for more. Photo via WENN.]

Proposition 19, the California ballot measure that would have legalized marijuana possession, has been defeated, leading to literally dozens of bad weed jokes in headlines across the country. Poor Californians! Will they ever get a chance to try pot?

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Carl Paladino went out much the same way he came in: Incomprehensibly. His concession speech in a nutshell: Carl has a baseball bat, and Andrew Cuomo can hold it, and we "have not heard the last of Carl Paladino." Yup.

Nevada Democratic Senator Harry Reid has beaten, barely, the arguably insane Sharron Angle to win re-election.

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Feeling a little burned by the election results? I recommend checking out these gorgeous shots of African animals, most of whom would be better House speakers than John Boehner. Especially the baby elephant! It would also be a cuter speaker.

In an attempt to relive her glory days, an aging beauty queen decides to attempt an at-home Botox treatment. While DIY plastic surgery is highly inadvisable, using corn oil in lieu of Botox is really dumb and, well, possibly deadly.

Google may have sent as many as 700,000 people to the wrong polling places on Tuesday thanks to a bunch of errors in their "Election Center" apps, which are supposed to tell people where they can vote. Whoops!

Need a couch for your apartment—one that says "I hate Jews... but I love good engineering"? Well, look no further: An "Authenitic [sic] German engineered Swastika velvet green Couch circa 1937," available on Craigslist for one dollar!

Gubernatorial candidate Jimmy McMillan, of the Rent Is 2 Damn High party, has lost to Democrat Andrew Cuomo. Oh, sure, Jimmy's too wacky to be Governor? Well, television cooking-person Sandra Lee is now the first lady of New York.

According to Us Weekly, Tish Cyrus—mother of famed tween Miley—had an affair with Poison singer Bret Michaels. I don't know what to think about that, except I wonder why she didn't have to go through Rock of Love.