The Swiss government said this morning it will not extradite cinematic auteur and skeezy rapist Roman Polanski to the US to face charges of raping an underage girl in 1977. Said the Swiss justice minister: "He's a free man." [NYT]

New York Post columnist Andrea Peyser is an expert in both the sweet arts of sexy time, and the dark arts of informational subterfuge. You should therefore trust Andrea when she tells you: spies do not need to be whores.

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

Fresh off his first public appearance in four years, Fidel Castro tonight will take to the airwaves with a well though out theory: The US will soon unleash a "sinister fate" on the world... by nuking Iran and everyone else.

In this, the year 2010, the University of Texas at Austin is starting to think about changing the name of a student dormitory that is named after a prominent member of the Ku Klux Klan, William Stewart Simkins. [CNN; pic]

83-year-old televangelist Robert H. Schuller has handed the reins of Southern California's Crystal Cathedral mega church to his daughter, Sheila. She will inherit a church with a $55 million budget deficit, and $2 million worth of lawsuits. Glory be!

Who: A former CNN anchor, Hemmer now delivers the news on Fox, where he serves as co-anchor of America's Newsroom on weekday mornings.

It's official: London serves up "the worst food in Europe."

BP is hot today! Shares in the company are up over 5% in early London trading amid reports that the well cap in the Gulf is working and that another responsible company, ExxonMobil, is planning a hostile takeover. Pic: AP

During the Cartoon Network's premiere of Children's Hospital (AKA the first two webisodes aired together), audiences got a preview of National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sport Utility Vehicle, the next great thriller from the mind of Paul Scheer.

What do you do now that the World Cup is over? If you're like most Americans, you just keep living your life, because you are suspicious of soccer. But if you were obsessed? We can help you cope.

Giant hogweed, an enormous plant whose sap can burn skin—not to mention cause blindness—has been found in Ontario. If you see it, contact the authorities, and maybe try shooting at it with a gun, or something. [CBC via]

[A soldier from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion of the 508 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne, has his head shaved by the light of a flashlight at Combat Outpost Ware in the Arghandab Valley, outside Kandahar. Pic via AP.]

Sarah Palin, who was once, no joke, the vice-presidential candidate for a major U.S. political party (the elephant one), raised $866,000 for her political action committee last quarter. Uh-oh: Does Sarah Palin have a shot at the presidential nomination?

Lindsay Lohan's lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley has been told by the judge that she can't leave the case until a substitution of attorney is filed, or she says Lindsay's name three times into a mirror at night. [Page 6]

A 6.2 earthquake hit Chile's Antofagasta region on Sunday evening. No injuries have been reported.

This is Iker Casillas, the goalkeeper—and captain—for Spain's winning World Cup team. That's Sara Carbonero, his girlfriend, a reporter for Spanish network Telecinco. Think he can keep it professional in a post-victory interview?

A group of people dressed as zombies crashed their car in Portland, "causing confusion" among witnesses, who thought their injuries were more severe, and that a bunch of zombies were just, like, driving on I-84. [KGW; via Stream of Conciousness]

Demetri Martin is prepared for every situation. Among the items in his arsenal are a stick of dynamite with a cutable wick and a pretty mean curtsey.

At least 30 people were killed while watching the World Cup final in Uganda this afternoon when two bombs went off at a restaurant and a rugby club, respectively. The al-Qaeda-affiliated Somalian militia al-Shabab may be behind the attacks. [AP]