A bitter 24-year-old former Domino's Pizza employee from the Bronx, Jamal Thomas, was arrested Friday for allegedly setting fire to two Domino's locations and inflicting $1 million in damages. Naturally, he used pizza boxes as fire starters.

Looking to kickstart its struggling economy, Cuba announced it will terminate 1 million state jobs in the near future. Perhaps Fidel now remembers telling The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, "The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore." Or maybe not.

It sounds shadier than it is, but the facts are these: The nation of Israel has finally secured the @israel Twitter account from a Spanish citizen living in Miami, a man who also happens to own a porn site.

[Rapper Jay-Z, trying to figure out how much money he's making from his concerts with Eminem, at Yankee Stadium in New York City on Monday night. Pic via AP.]

A recent "observational study" found that 85 percent of adults washed their hands after doing their business. Not too bad! But not as good as the 96 percent of adults who told phone interviewers that they "always" wash their hands.

Pope Benedict XVI is having trouble giving away tickets to the events he's presiding over during his visit to Britain. Even though he has a special rap track for the occasion!

Meet Staci Child, the stepdaughter of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard. She just starred in a sexy photo shoot for "lad mag" Zoo wearing an Australian flag bikini, and waving the Australian flag. Want to see some photos?

The Pentagon wants to buy every single copy of the first print run of Operation Dark Heart, an expose of operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan by an Army intelligence officer. Now why would they want to go and do that?

[A unique perspective on the finale of the Monique Lhuillier show earlier today. Image via Getty]

Things were looking up for the Newmans; Andy got promoted, Nancy found customers, Silas got to be a college kid, and Shane joined the mommies in the park.

Tonight, Jon Stewart continued his skull-violation of Fox News' coverage of the "Ground Zero Mosque" and Imam Rauf. Most notably, Stewart cut footage of Rauf's reasoned Larry King Live interview with that of Fox's ridiculous reaction to it. Video inside.

You know how you always make fun of those people at the beach with the metal detectors? Maybe you shouldn't: A British "metal detector enthusiast" just uncovered a rare Roman bronze helmet expected to earn some $462,000 at auction.

While the season premiere of Gossip Girl had exotic locales, scandalous extravagance, illegitimate infants, and cat fights, Chuck Bass was missing in action. The ending presented a healthy serving of Bass and explained his whereabouts since being shot. Video inside.

Tennis player Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic to win the U.S. Open, completing a career Grand Slam.

What would you do if you were fired from Domino's Pizza? Would you dress up in your old uniform and claim to be from a "secret Domino's unit"? Would you torch two stores? That's what Jamal Thomas allegedly did.

Even though we've upped our offer to buy his silence, Donald Trump has yet to shut up. Case in point: his Larry King Live interview tonight, during which Trump played a fear-mongering card and insulted the "Ground Zero Mosque" developer.

Following her big night at last night's VMAs, Lady Gaga—and her controversial meat dress—visited Ellen DeGeneres for today's season premiere. Gaga and DeGeneres discussed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the hoopla over the aforementioned dress, and more. Video inside.

How are you feeling today? Feverish? A little bit under the weather? It's probably the flu, right? Or it's a new, antibiotic-resistant "superbug"! They've already appeared in three U.S. states. But don't fret! Follow our guide to stay healthy!

Russell Peters has some timely things to say about the media's portrayal of Arabs. It might be better for America if we saw more mundane clips of Arabs drinking coffee! Watch the clip after the jump:

News consumption is finally growing again, according to a new study, thanks to growing internet use. Sadly for the beleaguered makers of news, many Americans have simultaneously redefined "news" to include friends' status updates and Justin Bieber tweets.