The deadly Mexican Pig Influenza Pandemic— remember that?—yes, that. Well, it's over. FYI. It's "run its course," according to the World Health Organization. Did you survive? Cool. Ditto. I think we called this one accurately way back when. [LAT]

Can you guess what movie this image comes from? Check back for the answer at 4pm today.

Some of the hundreds of wildfires that have burned western Russia have been reported in areas that were heavily contaminated by fallout from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Experts fear that smoke from fires in the area has become radioactive.

[The Hubble Space Telescope took a long exposure picture of an "island universe" some 320 million light- years away from Earth. The image was made over three years and required 28 hours of exposure time. Image via NASA]

Hospitals in Britain are on alert after a new drug-resistant "superbug" was found in around 50 patients, many of whom recently had cosmetic surgery in Pakistan and India. Experts warn it coud produce infections that are "almost impossible to treat."

The New York Post on "erecting a gay bar" near the Ground Zero Islamic center: "Good luck finding 72 virgins in this joint."

An upstate New York cat named Navarro was rescued Sunday night from the trunk of a car at a traffic stop, where he was marinating in oil and spices and on his way to becoming his owner's next meal.

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A group of Mormons has created an ad campaign apparently designed to convince Americans that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is not that weird and Mormons are kind of cool, sometimes. Want to see the ads?

[This is a snow leopard cub at the Oklahoma City Zoo, investigating the photographer's camera. So cute! But yeah, it would actually eat you, for sure. Pic via AP.]

On Monday, abused JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater stole two beers and left his grounded plane via the emergency slide. JetBlue has mostly kept mum—except to scold comedian Andy Borowitz for making bad jokes on Twitter.

Former White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers, who earned the enmity of Washington's worst people and resigned after two bozos crashed a White House party, has been named CEO of Johnson Publishing Company—owners of Jet and Ebony. [NYT]

Today Pop-Tarts World descended on Times Square, serving unholy Pop-Tarts based snacks including the now-infamous Pop-Tarts sushi. The media went totally nuts, and by the end of the day, nearly every food website had taste-tests, commentary and slide-shows.

On Flipping Out's season premiere, the Jeffery Lewis madhouse is still going strong with animal accidents, abused employees and more OCD than you can shake a stick at. How can he think that he's not a fun gay anymore?

Tonight, Jon Stewart blessed us with a "Daily Show Municipal Land-Use Hearing Update" regarding the proposed mosque (actually, Islamic cultural center) at (actually, adjacent to) Ground Zero, and sarcastically called out all of the broadcasters/pundits/etc. opposed to it. Video inside.

On tonight's Countdown, Keith Olbermann welcomed CNET's Caroline McCarthy to talk about the new Google-Verizon "deal with the devil" that may end net neutrality as we know it. As you might have guessed, Keith isn't a fan of the possibility.

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It's public knowledge that Jodie Fisher, the woman whose sexual harassment claims forced HP CEO Mark Hurd's resignation, was in softcore porn. What isn't widely-known is that a 20-year-old Fisher posed for Playboy in 1980. Well, we've got the pic.

Primaries just happened! Former World Wrestling Entertainment Executive Linda McMahon won the Republican Senate nomination in Connecticut, performing [wrestling joke] on her opponents. In Colorado, Obama-backed incumbent Senator Michael Bennet beat challenger Andrew Romanoff for the Democratic Senate nomination.

Steven Slater—the JetBlue flight attendant who walked off the job via inflatable slide and was arrested by the cops yesterday mid-embrace with his boyfriend—is a free man tonight after coming up with his $2,500 bail.