Another Republican official has been caught and resigned after forwarding a terribly racist joke to his buddies. This one's about a man who tries to sign his dog up for welfare, and the punchline is basically "black people suck."

It's a question for the ages. Who's more smug: Biz Stone, the vegan, vodka-shilling Twitter co-founder, or Malcolm Gladwell, the New Yorker's wild-haired maker of memes? Stone today made the case against "smug... wrong... absurd" Gladwell, a known Twitter hater.

Sarah Palin hit Twitter today to endorse another "Mama Grizzly": John "Sky-Lasers" Raese for Pennsylvania's Senate seat! While Raese must appreciate the nod, he probably wishes she'd endorsed him for West Virginia's seat instead, since that's where he's running.

Andrew Fashion—the web entrepreneur who earned and blew $2.5 million before his 22nd birthday—took a break from his career of model networking, dating advice and glamour photography to discuss his sex life, facial hair, and net worth.

Tom Bosley, the actor best known as Mr. Cunningham on Happy Days as well as his stints on Murder She Wrote and Father Dowling Mysteries, died at his home in Palm Springs today from lung cancer. He was 83.

Meet Cecilia Cassini, an 11-year-old fashion maven who has her own clothing line and is set to star in an inevitable reality show. She was on Nate Berkus's little talk program last week and good god. Kids are no more.

This morning at 4:50, some unknown idiot(s) decided to shoot their guns at the United States Department of Defense headquarters. Pentagon police heard at least five shots, and two definitely hit the building. Somehow, the building didn't completely collapse.

Uma Thurman did which of the following at a gala last night? a) Buried her face in cocaine; b) shot a Pulp Fiction sequel; c) pissed off her makeup artist; or d) ate a powdered sugar doughnut, messily. Let's investigate.

New York nightlife habitué and world-famous transsexual Amanda Lepore made an "It Gets Better Video" of such stunning and hilarious simplicity, we had to turn it into a dance music video. This will prevent gay teen suicide—with laughter.

Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant who walked off the job via inflatable slide, pleaded guilty today to two counts of criminal mischief. He will avoid jailtime by undergoing therapy and substance abuse treatment. Slater previously self-identified as an alcoholic.

Colonel David Russell Williams was commander of Canada's largest Air Force base. He was also a bizarrely organized panty thief who "meticulously photographed" his crimes. His illegal proclivities escalated to rape and murder. Today, he pled guilty to 88 charges.

The Huffington Post is poised to announce a merger of its investigative fund with the Center for Public Integrity tomorrow morning, a move that will effectively end the fund as it exists today, we hear.

When celebrities get mad at journalists, they throw cellphones, curse them on out TV, and kick them in the leg—twice!—at fancy fashion parties. That's what Larry King replacement Piers Morgan says Kate Moss did to him last winter.

Journo-heiress and ultimate narrator Emily Brill is bursting back upon the media scene in a major way! She's under assault by Harvard University! She has a new blockbuster work of journalism on the way! Come, marvel!

The only debate in New York's gubernatorial race happens tonight! Will Carl Paladino finally just kick Andrew Cuomo in the balls before fleeing the country? Yes. But what about the other five candidates who'll be participating? Prepare for madness.

Barack Obama will appear on TV's Mythbusters to debunk the legend that "Archimedes set fire to an invading Roman fleet using... mirrors to focus the sun's rays." Mythbusters had already tackled this, but hey, Obama wanted to do it again.

International fameball Anna Chapman and the nine other Russian spies who were busted back in July were awarded the Kremlin's top medal from President Dmitry Medvedev today. That was right after Chapman appeared in a dirty Russian Maxim photo spread.

Mark Zuckerberg's motives are pure, and the Facebook CEO wants you to know it. Despite what you've seen in The Social Network, he's not in it for the girls, or the prestige, or the money. He's in it for love.

You can go to over-the-hill sex tape actress Kim Kardashian's 30th birthday party in New York on Friday. You just have to pay between $1,000 and $2,500 to reserve a table. Your personal invite below.

Just as baby Moses floated to his destiny in a woven basket in the river Nile, 9-year-old Willow Smith arrives today in a weave of ornately-sculpted hair. Here is Will Smith's daughter's debut music video, "Whip My Hair."