[President Barack Obama, seated between India's president and prime minister, momentarily confuses hand towels with some unusual-looking local cuisine while being served at a state dinner in New Delhi this evening. Image via AP]

A federal judge has already blocked Oklahoma's new ban on Sharia law enforcement, which they voted into the state constitution last Tuesday. Stupid judge! Can't he see that encroaching Muslims forces are only miles away from capturing Tulsa?

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs threatened to call off negotiations with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today after three U.S. reporters were barred from covering the meeting. "Angry words" were shared, but Indian officials finally relented. Image via AP.

What experience made you all pro-life? For beloved former President George W. Bush, it was that time his mama had a miscarriage and showed him the jarred fetus. From then on, Bush knew that he must protect America's fetuses, forever.

David Headley, an American of Pakistani descent who is accused of helping plan the Mumbai terrorist attacks, was also a DEA informant. American officials received repeated warnings that Headley was planning attacks, but ignored them because drugs are really bad.

Remember how Democrats would simply wait until after the election to pass all of their bills, during a pressure-free lame duck session? Did you buy that? Because they're already dropping most agenda items, including a "Don't Ask Don't Tell" repeal.

Saturday morning, young Moscow journalist Oleg Kashin was attacked and savagely beaten by two men. Everyone believes it was retaliation for his work—which, distressingly, wasn't even all that radical. Today, video of the beating emerged.

From child sex to lesbian sex to sexxxy sex, tabloid sex columnist Andrea Peyser is America's most trusted hot-blooded sexocrat. So when Andrea Peyser declares Republicans to be "hot," you all better rush out and fuck Republicans, to death.

[Actress Eva Longoria Parker, wearing a ham costume, hosts the MTV European Music Awards in Spain. Photo via AP.]

Libyan authorities have for two days detained 10 journalists from Oea newspaper, which is owned by dictator Muammar Gaddafi's reformist son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, for criticizing the Libyan government and urging a "final assault" on corruption in politics there. [Reuters]

Today's New York City Marathon is under way, and the winners from the men's and women's events are Gebre Gebremariam of Ethiopia, in his first competitive marathon, and Edna Kiplagat of Kenya. Chilean miner Edison Pena is running, too! [AP]

A 45-year-old woman named Patty Bigbee was arrested yesterday with her boyfriend after they tried to sell her baby grandson for $75,000. After some haggling the buyer, an undercover police informant, got Bigbee to agree to $30,000.

[Indian micro-artist Ramesh Sah shows off his painted thumbnail today as President Obama visits India. Image via AP]

A small Polish town today has finished building what they claim is the largest Jesus statue in the world, even bigger than Rio's Christ the Redeemer. New Jesus is 167 feet tall, while Rio's stands at 125 feet. Pics inside!

[While financial types on Wall Street might be commuting home in the rain this evening, it's supposed to be a sunny weekend in New York City. Image via AP]

In your unified Friday media column: a strike at the BBC, Daily Candy's editor is out, Forbes debuts its "sponsored blog," and Jon Friedman has but one wish.

It's Friday, the last day of Bomb Week. Pray for peace! Today in bombing news: doubts cast on the near-miss Yemen mail bomb; another several bomb scares; and a suicide bombing.

Over 100 people have died in several volcanic eruptions in Indonesia since late last month, with another large eruption on Mount Merapi last night. A pyroclastic flow of 1,400 degree gas was moving at 60 mph through one village.

[Pop star Rihanna participates in the dastardly conspiracy to start Christmas early by appearing at a mall in London to turn on the "Christmas lights," surrounded by "rebellious flowers." Photo via AP.]

According to the New York Times, Carl Paladino has tried twice without success to call Andrew Cuomo to concede the New York governor's race. For some reason, Cuomo hasn't taken the calls or returned Paladino's messages. Why would that be?