Saudi prince Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud has been found guilty of strangling and beating his servant to death in a London hotel last February, in a drunken attack with "a sexual element." He'll be sentenced tomorrow. [BBC]

"A lot of people talk about the romantic sound of pulling a cork," says wine-on-tap purveyor Hardy Wallace, as he shows NPR his bottle-free wine. The thought of "tasting" from a tap is just, dear lord, horrifying. But it's eco-friendly!

The Department of Justice had to formally tell a bunch of xenophobic arsonists in Tennessee that yes, Islam is a recognized religion here in America. They're upset about a new mosque and are being encouraged by this prick. [Tennesseean]

[First Lady Michelle Obama, Second Lady Jill Biden, and actress Sarah Jessica Parker appeared at a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee in New York City. Photo via AP.]

Saudi Prince Walid bin Talal is one of the biggest shareholders of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, owner of rabidly anti-"Ground Zero Mosque" Fox News. He's also a Muslim. Which side of the Prince's identity will win, do you think?

[Is this sea lion—at Kamogawa Sea World in Japan—smiling? It looks kind of mad, actually. Did you do something bad? Pic via AP.]

Mexican officials say they've "suspended" the investigation into Texas jet-skier David Hartley's alleged murder by pirates, but they hope to re-start it "in a few days." Decapitating criminal investigators really gets results. [CBS, photo via AP]

We never could fathom why famously liberal France would go and ban people from wearing burqas. Innate meanness? (Yes). And now French Muslims have something even more frightening to worry about: burqa rage!

[Some fall foliage peeks through the Indiana fog today. Autumn would be great if winter weren't right behind it. Image via AP]

The Social Network, still number one at the box office, tells a tale of Facebook's founding that's slanted against the company's founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. But even so, the movie is missing at least one minor scandal.

Poor Illinois Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney, the victim of an extremely cartoonish "error:" His name has been misspelled as "Rich Whitey" on voting machines in nearly two dozen Chicago wards, half of them "predominantly African-American."

To the list of surprisingly highbrow NYC places with bedbugs, you can add Lincoln Center. The creatures have been spotted in the David Koch Theater. Borne in on hems of trollops' gowns, borne out soon enough to gallop about town.

[People walk over an interactive installation called "Onskebronn" by German artist Sven Beyer at a train station in Berlin today. Movements are retraced as reprocessed projections on an LED-platform on the floor. Image via AP]

Crazy Brooklyn rabbi Yehuda Levin, one-time Carl Paladino supporter, has withdrawn his backing after the Tea Partier sort of apologized for making homophobic remarks. Levin said he "almost choked" on a pastrami sandwich after hearing about Crazy Carl's apology.

Tonight, the entire world was riveted by the latest chapter in a disaster that has unfolded in front of cable news cameras for weeks. Christine O'Donnell's candidacy! Tonight O'Donnell and her Democratic Delaware Senate opponent debated live on CNN.

Chile's miners have been called heroes. But with designer sunglasses, sexy love triangles, and vows to booze it up as soon as they go free, they may be the world's biggest badasses. Six badass moments from the rescue so far.

A gossipy new Christine O'Donnell profile investigates the men in her life—from the lawyer who bought her a house and frequently spent the night ("the walls upstairs are very thin") to her new male roommate: a Christian rocker.

New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino, who doesn't care for those Speedo-wearing gays and their gyrating, actually used to rent space to two gay nightclubs in Buffalo. His son even ran one, Cobalt, Buffalo's onetime "gay club of the moment."

Barack Obama is hosting some town hall for the youths tomorrow on their favorite channel, MTV. He asked for free time, MTV said "okay." But what about the Republicans? Why won't MTV give them time to interact with stupid tweens?

Antoine Dodson was on the 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards show last night, performing his song "Bed Intruder." Taped a few weeks ago, the show aired last night and marked Dodson's first actual performance. Here's how it went.