Ma Yaohai, a 53-year-old college professor, was arrested along with 21 other people and put on trial for "group licentiousness," which is just a multi-syllabic way of saying "sex parties." He now faces up to five years in jail.

Longtime anchor Campbell Brown has left CNN, due to no one watching her. But who will replace her? Disgraced former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, perhaps? "Nope. Nope," says Spitzer. But that's a double negative! So definitely Spitzer. [Washington Examiner]

You may have heard about the massive hailstorm that swept through Oklahoma City on Sunday afternoon, leaving softball-sized pellets in its wake. Well, now you can see the tempest—and it's nothing short of jaw-dropping. The incredible video, inside.

Author Kelly Van claims that James Cameron's record-breaking sci-fi epic Avatar is based on her unpublished book Sheila the Warrior: the Damned, an action romance set on the planet of "Tibet." Hmmm. We have the full lawsuit.

Return to The Insane Avatar Copyright Lawsuit Filed Against James Cameron

Guess what happened while you were watching Lost on Tuesday night? A revolution! Dozens of people showed up to the polls to vote for change, and hope, and especially, Ron Paul's son, Rand. Want to know who won?

Charles Barkley, whose blunt hilarity always delivers, is one of the most entertaining late-night talk show guests. Tonight, Barkley sat with Jay Leno to discuss LeBron James' future, Kobe Bryant's fashion faux pas, and the NBA playoffs. Video highlights inside.

Ever since the Wall Street Journal debuted "Greater New York" on April 26 and sparked a good old newspaper war with the New York Times, media watchers have been giddily blogging and tweeting out photos of various ads the paper has been plastering all over town to promote its new metro section.

UK-based botanist Carlos Magdalena holds a thermal lily—the world's smallest species—next to a Victoria waterlily—the world's largest. Magdalena has regrown the three-quarter inch-large plant, which is extinct in the wild, from seeds in storage. [BBC, pic via Getty]

The very endearing results of a 2008 expedition to New Guinea's Foja Mountains have been released. The recently-discovered species include the smallest known wallaby and a frog with a nose. [Time; pic, from Foja in 2007, via AP]

The girls of The Hills unanimously decided that the antics had become too much and cut ties with Spencer and Heidi, proving that the crazy train can only roll so far before it hits the end of the line.

According to Microsoft, one in five email messages is a status update from a social networking site. To help you deal with that, they are teaching you how to turn off email updates. No! Wait! They are revamping Hotmail.

Tonight's episode of Glee had a smattering of guest stars from past and present with one notable addition: Mr. Neil Patrick Harris. Sue Sylvester better watch out, because Bryan Ryan is after her title as Greatest Nemesis of All Time.

South Korea officially thinks North Korea sank their ship. It's "a return to 'normal' behavior."

On tonight's Dancing with the Stars, a newly-sexualized Miley Cyrus performed her latest single, "Can't Be Tamed," live for the first time. There was a birdcage, some haystacks and lots of ~flair~. Not so much clothing. Or singing. Video inside.

We all live in fear that sooner or later the time will come when we must defend ourselves physically. Jo Koy would like to show you his style of defense for the defenseless.

Last week, Erica and Anna finally meet when Lisa is "deployed" as a trap to get the FBI on the Visitor's side of the conflict with the Fifth Column.

Lovable Hurt Locker producer Nicholas Chartier, whose trash-talk email about Avatar got him banned from the Oscars, called a recent correspondent a "moron" and a "thief" in another imprudent missive. If only there was a way to not press "send."

Tech writer Harry McCracken hunted down the origins of the now-pejorative term "fanboy," as in "Apple fanboys defend everything Steve Jobs says." His adventurous history, which plunges into old comics, zines and computer bulletin-board systems, is highly recommended. In short:

It's that time again-time to put a wrench in the smoothness of your day and get all befuddled as you watch tonight's new episode of LOST. Luckily, you'll be in good company. More inside, plus your open thread for discussion.