We all love office pranks. Who doesn't like to scare their co-workers into fearing for their livelihoods? But we've never seen anything like this. We present to you: The Greatest Rupert Murdoch Prank of All Time

[Was the Wicked Witch of the East crushed in Times Square earlier? No, it was Madame Tussauds that unveiled the six-foot tall ruby red slippers on West 42nd Street today. Image via AP]

Gravity controversy! Fecal news! Fatty cake brain! Shady brainy babies! Lottery science magic! Shirts, singing! Who knows what secrets the universe holds? The Tuesday Science Watch does! Because we watch your science—clad in pop tune follicles!

Media mogul Mort Zuckerman is "clarifying" his claim that he helped write one of Barack Obama's speeches, after White House speechwriters said they had never met or spoken to him. He merely meant... uhh... that he supports Obama or something?

A Michigan woman has been sentenced to nine to 30 years in prison for having sex with her biological son, whom she had given up for adoption and later tracked down on Facebook. He was 14 at the time.

Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has reportedly had a "major heart attack" in Florida. A "high-placed source" with the Yankees tells the New York Daily News that Steinbrenner has died. UPDATE: The AP also says he's died.

[Former President Bill Clinton and actor Sean Penn shake hands in Haiti during a memorial ceremony for the sixth-month anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Port-Au-Prince as Haitian President Rene Preval looks on worriedly. Pic via AP.]

Actor John Stamos tried to perform oral sex on a 17-year-old girl after plying her with cocaine delivered by strippers, according to the girl, who is now on trial for attempting to extort Stamos out of $680,000. Have mercy!

After successfully predicting all seven of Germany's World Cup games as well as the final, Paul the octopus is retiring from the oracle business: "Paul will get back to his former job, namely, making children laugh." [AP, image via AP]

Remember how Facebook unilaterally appropriated private friend lists and profile photos several months ago? A new class-action suit says that action violated Canadian privacy and consumer protection laws, and demands a cut of Facebook's ill-gotten revenues. Nice, ay?

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.

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?

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]

Healthy eater Rush Limbaugh yesterday attacked the "leftist kooks" at the Center for Science in the Public Interest for their intent to sue McDonald's over its Happy Meal toy promotions, and said they "want to ban Chinese food."

[Don't mess with this little girl who was caught splashing around in the fountain in Washington Square Park. She has water balloons, and she's not afraid to use them. Image via AP]

Bruno Souza, a popular goalie, has been arrested, along with his wife and several friends, for murdering his 25-year-old mistress, chopping her up, and feeding the pieces to dogs. He says he will "laugh at all this" later. [via, Image:AP]

[The solar-powered HB-SIA prototype airplane after its first night flight attempt in Switzerland. The experimental plane landed safely after completing its first 24-hour test flight. Pic via AP.]

Illinois hair crook Rod Blagojevich's hatred of the Chicago Tribune is well known—he even urged Tribune boss Sam Zell to fire the editorial page editor. But did you know Blago's wife hates the press even more than he does?

[News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch just said something to his incredulous wife Wendi Deng at the annual Allen & Company retreat in Sun Valley. What do you think it was? Pic via AP.]

[Queen Elizabeth gives one of her patented scowls today while waiting to address the U.N. It was her first trip to New York since 1976, but based on that look, she fits right in with the natives. Image via AP]