We all agree that "sexting" is one of the great moral perils of our age. So Dubai's decision to jail two airline staffers for three months for salacious sexting is a good sign. But sometimes Dubai goes too far.

Mrs. Pratt's bikini top overfloweth and the paparazzi goes wild. What caused the Winslet-Mendes divorce? Ashley Dupre sets her hair on fire while posing naked. Shiloh Jolie-Pitt dares to wear pants. Wednesday gossip is full of risks.

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

Last week's preliminary decision by the Texas Board of Education to rewrite US history to fit right-wing ideology has some academics all worked up, saying "it's not a partisan issue, it's a good history issue."

The fight over what to officially call the Armenian genocide after WW1 is heating up, with Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Erdogan threatening to kick out 100,000 Armenians currently living in the country.

Will they rewrite the health care bill's abortion provisions? Introduce a bill banishing John Edwards from female affection forever? Officially, the Wednesday morning meeting's content is "to be determined." [RollCall]

The recent deaths of two teens have been blamed on the legal drug mephedrone, which is marketed as plant fertilizer, and causes "headaches, palpitations, nausea, high blood pressure, a burning throat, nose bleeds and purple joints, weight loss and insomnia."

To keep herds of caribou well stocked for hunting season, a few brave men will kill 80% of the Yukon border's wolf population by helicopter this week. Makes sense. [NYT]

An Iraqi airline employee worked closely with the 9/11 hijackers. Neocons used him to justify the war in Iraq—not realizing that the CIA had attempted to recruit him as a turncoat, perhaps because they knew he was gay.

Turns out swimming with dolphins "traumatizes" them. Negative karma points for Jennifer Garner.

CNN taps Rick Sanchez's Twitter responses for a "Talk to Rick" screen crawl showcasing viewer opinions. But apparently nobody edits it, because anti-semitic commentary made it on the air during an interview with Wolf Blitzer on Israel policy.

Cornell recently experienced its sixth student suicide in as many months. The two most recent deaths occurred when students threw themselves into the gorges that cut through its campus in Ithaca, NY. Can we blame the scenery for the deaths?

Today, 16 year-old pop singer Justin Bieber announced his first world tour. This merited an 81-word write up in the Times. Meanwhile, 12 year-old girls are literally weeping with anticipation. What the hell is going on? Come, elderly reader. Learn.

Tonight was the series premiere of Justified, a new crime drama on the FX Network. Expectations were high due to the network's past success and its star, Deadwood's Timothy Olyphant. Unfortunately, it was kind of disappointing.

Face-slashing NY State Sen. Hiram Monserrate lost his bid to reclaim his seat tonight. Thankfully.

At San Francisco's Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair, militant vegans in hooded sweatshirts and masks pied ex-vegan writer Lierre Keith. Their pies were laced with chili peppers—the better to make her weep.

Tonight, Jon Stewart did what he's best at: mocking something while convincingly arguing against it. Stewart's target? The Catholic Church, for—among other things—covering up a gay prostitution ring run by a Vatican Choir singer for the Pope's usher.

When will this article about dishwasher soap stop being the most-emailed New York Times article?

Last night, Rachel Maddow and J.D. "I guess you could marry your horse" Hayworth faced off. Hayworth's strategy was to basically deny everything Maddow said about him. But everything he said, basically, was a lie. BREAKING: Politicians are liars.

Apple has hired "wearable computing" expert Richard DeVaul as a prototype scientist. Devaul invented something called "memory glasses" which display reminders onto glasses lenses. Here's a suggestion: A pair of Bermuda shorts that can save the magazine industry. [WSJ]