[A man hoists a child to be blessed by Pope Benedict XVI in Glasgow, Scotland.]

Yesterday brought the news that Real Housewives of DC star and White House party crasher Michaele Salahi suffers from Multiple Sclerosis. On tonight's episode of Watch What Happens: Live, Salahi's Housewives costar Cat Ommanney coldly asserted her skepticism. Video inside.

What, like you hadn't asked the question before, too? (OK, maybe not.) This is the type of video that we should just appreciate for its sheer—and unlikely—existence: a consideration of Shia LaBeouf's many possible alter egos throughout history.

Are fringe candidates winning GOP primaries good for Democrats? Yes! According to Political pollmeister Nate Silver, odds of a GOP takeover of the Senate in November have dropped from 26 percent last week to 15 percent, post-primary.

Here's a funny stunt: To show how slow Internet speeds are in the rural parts of the UK, a guy raced carrier pigeons carrying memory cards against a YouTube upload. The carrier pigeons were faster!

Mike Birbiglia explains parents, parental lingo, and Catholicism; reminds us that we love our parents, but we may not like them.

Fashion Week may have ended today, but the fashion fun has only just begun. That's because it's time for another of our commenter live blogs of Project Runway, and everyone has a ticket to participate. Join us!

Remember Bethany Storro, the 28-year-old woman who claimed a woman threw a cup of acid in her face after asking if she wanted a drink? It was a hoax: Her injuries were self-inflicted. Um, guess she got what she deserved?

A tornado touched down this evening, causing widespread reports of destruction on Twitter. (And, reportedly, some destruction in Brooklyn.) Scary! Let's survey the damage.

[The finale of today's Calvin Klein show was the perfect ending for Fashion Week. Tomorrow will be just another dark Friday. Oh, how will we go on? Image via AP]

Breaking: After yesterday's report that rattail-coiffed Koran savior Jacob Isom's dream was to be featured in High Times, the doobie denizens agreed to feature our rattail-coiffed hero in the pages of their vaunted magazine.

Teen-stalking Google engineer David Barksdale could face up to five years in prison if he were to be convicted of violating the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which prohibits the intentional interception of electronic communication.

Don't mourn Jenny Slate's departure from Saturday Night Livetoo much—she and comedy partner Gabe Liedman have taken their gag normally saved for the stage at their Big Terrific comedy show and recorded it for the web. Hooray!

If your eyeball pops out, don't shove it back in, says CNN's popular new article "What to Do When Body Parts Fall Off." It's the Things Fall Apart of health articles. Let's enhance it with a DO and DON'T guide.

Glenn Beck destroyed a perfectly good pie to explain why we shouldn't send any aid to Africa for genital hygiene programs. Does this mean Glenn Beck associates pie with bad genital hygiene?

Casey Affleck, the director of I'm Still Here, the "documentary" about Joaquin Phoenix's descent into drug-fueled, hip-hop-wannabe madness, says it was all a "performance." Yes, everything—including the famous appearance on David Letterman—was faked for the movie.

Today we suggested that everyone just give up on this whole school idea. School will never work! Teachers are rotten! There's no money! Etc. This elicited lots of commenter feedback, with one commenter in particular issuing a simple, earnest plea.

It's clear now that the only way journalists are allowed to write profiles of eccentric socialite billionaire hedge fund wife Lisa Falcone is to tell her they plan to detail her "entrepreneurial" and "philanthropic" activities. Not her insanity.

It's amazing how appropriate this Craziest Political Speech Ever by Phil Davison—failed candidate for treasurer of Stark County, Ohio—sounds when backed by inspirational movie music. Can Davison unseat Barack Obama in 2012? Probably.

Someone at ABC News either has poor attention to detail, or is especially clever. Here's what they tweeted this afternoon about anti-masturbation Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell. For the record, she calls her stance "Polishing the Delaware." ("Doing the Dover-Under"?)