A Washington man was charged with a hate crime today for assaulting a 7-11 clerk wearing a turban last week. His words to the convenience store employee? "You're not even American, you're Al-Qaeda. Go back to your country."

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R - AK) has conceded her primary race against challenger Joe Miller.

President Obama gave the second Oval Office address of his presidency tonight, announcing the official end of the Iraq War. It wasn't a bad speech, either! Though, of course, Sarah Palin had an opinion about it.

An inventor has come up with a method for deep-frying beer for a competition at—what else?—the Texas state fair. Three cheers for America! So how do you deep-fry beer? Here's the quick-and-dirty recipe:

Vietnamese Refugee comedian Tron Van Nguyen (aka Lance Krall of vH1's Free Radio fame) followed his dream and took his brand of stand-up to the stage. The results are mixed to say the least. Enjoy.

After watching Glenn Beck for three months (do not try this at home), a common theme emerges: it seems like he doesn't really want you to watch his show.

[A lifeguard hides from the hot sun under his brightly-colored umbrella on the beach at Coney Island today. Image via Getty]

Enjoy the fine mess, Matt Williams. Digg's newly announced CEO has the privilege of cleaning up after a redesign that has users up in arms, the social news site scrambling to add back old features, and rival Reddit surging.

Eben Freeman has had it with the injustice done to bartenders. "Someone needs to get sued," the "molecular mixologist" tells The Atlantic. Cocktails used to be intoxicating fun, but now they could land you in legal trouble.

Here's something you don't see every day: amateur video, shot from the inside of a moving car, that shows a monkey just chillin' on the hood. But wait! Along comes another monkey—take a guess at what happens next.

In one of the worst moments on TV last night, the tie-breaking question in some awful Bachelor Pad competition asked which female contestant had the worst breast implants. Really? New question: Is this the worst show on TV?

[Mayor Bloomberg, who can't make a public appearance without shoving food in his face, gets some napkin assistance while eating a slice at the opening of Italian food superstore Eataly in Manhattan today. Image via Getty]

Today we looked at the Democrats' dismayingly low poll numbers, causing panic and consternation among the commentariat. Though one of you kept a cool and rational head, and told us there was no reason to worry. We've already lost.

Your comedically terrible chain reaction of the day: A golfer who swung his iron and hit a rock sparked a 12-acre fire in California today. Flint and steel: It really works! [AP, image via Shutterstock]

Drag is all about the art of the illusion, and last night Drag U professor Pandora Boxx taught her student how to use household items to create a smaller waist. In this clip, watch Boxx display how the "ghetto corset."

Fuck you, farcically convoluted journalistic avoidance of the words "Fuck You."

On a recent visit to New York City, Kate Gosselin and her brood debate on what to have for dessert. While trying to find an alternative to ice cream, she comes up with some rather disturbing ideas of digestible food.

[Serena van der Woodsen and Joan Holloway's rapist husband stroll New York City in sexy funeral clothes. Image via Splash.]

That's a somewhat bizarre (and complex) question posed on Salon today. A lesbian mom in Texas wonders if her teenage son's constant coming out (he's done so several times) is real or the result of something else, something mysterious.

Betty White will join James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio, Randy Jackson will be back to judge American Idol, an interview with the Taiwanese animation team, and remember that boring 45 minutes of the Emmy Awards was essentially Cable TV patting itself on its back? The TV miniseries/documentary awards could become a completely separate ceremony next year. More TV news inside!