Tens of thousands of armies have been created as users engage in snack-sized combat across the web. Fight against opponents live on a myriad of battlefields. Or test your mettle against an army controlled by General Chester himself. The choice is yours.

The 2012 election season, while allegedly two years out, is underway! (Ugh.) So get used to more of the silliness we witnessed today: some anonymous Palin and Romney aides "sparred" and Romney himself had to cool things down, on Twitter.

The National Enquirer reports Joran Van der Sloot, who's practically confessed to two murders including American tourist Natalee Holloway in 2005, is also being investigated for the disappearance of girls he recruited as sex workers in Thailand. What a peach!

Had I seen this when I was in college, I probably would've hung out in my library. Watch as the Utah based university does an excellent spoof of the Old Spice commercials we've all grown to love.

Claire Danes appeared on Today to talk about her Emmy nomination for her role in the HBO movie Temple Grandin. Within moments, the discussion of her acting turned to her fabulous eyelashes! Awkward zoomed-in camerawork ahead!

West Virginia's governor will appoint this 36-year-old sexpot, Carte Goodwin, to temporarily fill the late Robert Byrd's Senate seat. Goodwin, over half-a-century younger than Byrd, is a local ruling class scion, hence the fancy rich-person name "Carte." [Photo: AP]

Since returning to mother Russia, sexy spy Anna Chapman (nee Kushchenko), has been hailed as a hero by her native Volgograd. Now there's talk of a possible parliamentary campaign. Finally, a reason to pay attention to Russian politics!

Ah, you've got to love white trash—and this video is a perfect example of their unintentionally headdesk-inducing behavior. Watch as members of a wedding party decorate the bride and groom's "Just Married!" car—with a bunch of gross food.

After a beautiful day in St. Barts on their Honeymoon, newlyweds Bethenny and Jason came home to find that their villa had been invaded by a creature who really had to go to the bathroom.

The New York job market shrank in June, but the overall unemployment rate's been improving thanks to the city's bar and restaurant industries. Where's the growth coming from? You can credit cupcake bakeries, reports the WSJ. Thanks, Carrie Bradshaw.

[Jude Law and Sienna Miller being very affectionate while holidaying in Italy. Seriously, there are all these pictures of them kissing and laughing with their attractive friends and stuff. Ew. Sigh. Image: Splash]

Let us pray for Peggy Noonan, important dingbat Wall Street Journal columnist, for she is in a state of sadness, despair. She despises today's elites, the Youths: the politicians, the bloggers, the "Facebook jockeys." Who shall smite these incompetent infants?

The New York Post's resident theater crone Michael Riedel writes today about "the Denzel effect," suggesting that since Mr. Washington won a Tony back in June, many Hollywood actors, especially black ones, have become interested in working on stage.

Because of Jersey Shore's wild popularity, Regis and Kelly created their own spoof of the show for their "halfway to Halloween" segment. Out of all the Jersey Shore spoofs we've seen, this might just be the greatest one yet.

On last night's Tonight Show, Ellen Page came out to talk Inception and her own relationship with sleepwalking. Of course, more-uncomfortable-every-day Jay had to make things awkward with his usual brand of puzzling "comedy."

Sultry temptress Terry Gross hosts Fresh Air, a weekly interview show where she invites guests into her boudoir and reviews new sex toys with them. At least, this is how Mississippi Public Broadcasting's executive director sees the show.

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You know what's a funny joke to make about photos of Sen. Scott Brown with his attractive daughters? That the daughters are his "prostitutes." Give Kathy Griffin credit for this very creative joke! Scott Brown doesn't get it, though.

Forget our cars and our electronics, what international markets really want are our reality television concepts. Which international locales are producing their own casts of Real Housewives to claw each others eyes out?