Prison sucks. Except for one thing, apparently: On Rikers Island there's this legendary cake. It's a delicious carrot cake. Here is the recipe, which the Times has printed, because if there's anything good about prison we want it too.

Rapper/crazyman DMX was released from jail the other day. But he's been there before.

Almost 200 years ago, Haiti (Saint-Dominigue) had to pay the equivalent of nearly €17 billion to France for an "independence debt" because of the money France lost after the slave revolt. Some people want France to pay it back.

[The First Family took a cruise in Panama City Beach, Florida this morning to help promote tourism in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Image via Getty]

Boston University medical student Philip Markoff allegedly killed an escort he hired through Craigslist and robbed a couple more. Days after he was arrested on April 20, 2009, he was placed on suicide watch. He killed himself in jail today.

It's the tale of Robin Hood, re-interpreted and filled with countless Jewish jokes. It's Mel Brooks' great 90s comeback film. It's 104 minutes of Cary Elwes in tights. It's...Robin Hood: Men In Tights.

Sexy grades or Sexy sex? Teens can have both! Provided they're in a serious relationship. A new study shows that teens in committed relationships do no better or worse than those who don't have sex. "Hooking-up" teens do worse.

Flooding in Pakistan has already left an estimated 20 million people homeless and killed at least 1,500. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited flooded areas and appealed for help: "The scale of this disaster is so large." [BBC; Getty]

Neil Patrick Harris is having twins. Lindsay Lohan is mentoring young girls. Katy Perry crashes a prom. Maybe we're going to see angry Mel Gibson text messages. Famous matchmaker's engagement goes sour. Sunday's Gossip Round Up, coming up!

Are you a rich parent with a stupid kid? Fear not! There's a new website to help your spawn understand how filthy rich they really are, and how to manage their trust fund before blowing it in Saint-Tropez.

Police in Buffalo yesterday arrested 35-year-old Keith Johnson in connection with the shooting on Saturday of eight people, four of whom died, outside of a wedding anniversary party. But after reviewing video from the scene they've released him. Oops. [NYDN]

The late, great Chris Farley playing the angry victim of a hidden camera commercial in what may be the greatest SNL skit of all time. Hey some people really love their coffee.

Haitian presidential candidate and bad money manager Wyclef Jean is telling Haitians what he'd do if elected.

People exaggerate on the Internet. Please know that I'm not exaggerating now when I say that this video—of a drag queen lip-syncing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You"—is one of the scariest things I've ever witnessed.

These are the jokes that got DeRay Davis to wild out, to be so doe boy fresh that he could bless a Three 6—The Academy Award Winning—Mafia with his presence.

Do you like Katy Perry? Do you also like Genesis, the '80s band fronted by one Phil Collins? Well, then you'll like this: an unlikely—yet completely awesome—mashup of Perry's "California Gurls" with Genesis' "Invisible Touch." Yeah, you're welcome.

The Gulf Coast: Devastated by hurricanes and oil spills. But nothing can compare to the latest insult. President Barack Obama has refused to strip down and show off his sculpted pecs to the press on a pristine Florida beach.

People outside of the Midwest may not know what a Juggalo is. Trust us, they are amazing creatures. But was microcelebrity Tila Tequila really attacked at the Gathering of the Juggalos in Illinois with piss, shit and bricks last night?

[Ke$ha on the TODAY show yesterday. It was between this picture and one of her wearing an enormous Indian headdress.] (Pic by Splash)

This is incredibly epic: a never-before-screened scene cut from Return of the Jedi in which Darth Vader tempts Luke Skywalker to join the dark side, paired with footage of Luke constructing/activating his green lightsaber and officially becoming a Jedi Knight.