Racist emailer Carl Paladino, the GOP Tea Party candidate for governor of New York, is running his campaign like a true gentleman. No longer content with bestiality emails and stink-bomb mailers, Paladino has created a Cuomo-in-the-shower flier.

A city program to introduce possums to Brooklyn as rat killers has apparently backfired and now, according to the Post, "some Brooklynites have become terrified to go into their yards at night." Tornadoes, Madonna, and now rabies? Brooklyn is cursed.

Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna are hitting the television screen once again! This time in their own six-episode docu-reality series. Tune in as cameras follow around the quirky, down-to-earth couple, as they work to reinvent themselves in the acting world.

Eddie Izzard delves into the complex psyche of beekepers. Watch as he sprints back and forth across the stage, running from invisible bees whilst famously yelling, "I'm covered in bees!"

Hey, everyone. Are you guys having a good Yom Kippur? Wait… You don't know about Yom Kippur? The Jewish day of atonement? Let this ignorant Jew try to explain without even using Wikipedia.

King Penguin Lala lives in domestic bliss with a family in Japan, and particularly enjoys going grocery shopping for them. A penguin personal shopper?! Does he also make trips to the bank and/or DMV?

Hurricane Igor, which is still a Category 2 storm, is getting closer to Bermuda with winds of 110 mph, but one bar owner said people are undeterred: "I guess people are making the most of getting out and partying." [AP]

[Peaches Geldof celebrates Yom Kippur with boyfriend Eli Roth. L'Chaim! (Pic via Chrissie Curry's Twitter]

Here we have a video of a young (probably suburban) man wielding an AK-47, gangsta style: "AK fo-ty se-ben... something something bitch ass something... shut yo muthafuckin' mouth up something something [bang! bang! bang!] Oh my god. Oh fuck."

In this clip from Bananas, Woody Allen helps someone on the street with their parallel parking. So in other words—don't ask this guy for any favors.

The Montana Republican party recently adopted an official platform. Whoops, look at that: A 12-year-old commitment to making homosexuality illegal slipped in there. As far as Montana Republicans are concerned, being gay should be a crime.

Sarah Shourd, one of the three Americans held captive in Iran, is on her way back to the U.S. today, and is scheduled to speak in New York tomorrow as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives for the UN General Assembly.

From an article about lax security at the UN building: "Smoking... is permitted in corridors yet banned in most other office buildings." Soon it will be the only place —indoors or out—you can smoke in New York. [Gothamist]

The New York bedbug attack continues: The 57th Street Niketown has been closed due to an infestation.

Seasame Street's Count working as an accountant: he has the right technical knowledge, but his interpersonal skills are lacking. Watch the video, where he drives a coworker over the edge!

Want to look weird? CNN Anchor Roland Martin has launched his own line of ascots, after his eccentric neckwear was immortalized by a Daily Show segment. Cool, but Don Lemon will always be our CNN style icon of choice.

Florida pastor Terry Jones, the mustachioed wannabe holy book burner, is being slapped with a $180,000 bill by the local police and sheriff's departments for the extra security they had to provide during Jones' 15 minutes. [CNN via NYM]

No matter how horrible a woman is, we would never call her a "witch"—unless she actually practiced witchcraft. Republican senate candidate Christine O'Donnell is a witch. Back in 1999, she told Bill Maher that she 'dabbled in witchcraft'.

[Oktoberfest 2010 opened today in Munich, Germany, and it seems that not everyone was prepared. It's the 200th anniversary of the festival. Image via AP]

Miami police this week arrested a woman for posing as a doctor and injecting another woman's butt cheeks to make them "look perfect." It didn't turn out so well — the victim passed out from the pain and almost died.