You probably remember your middle school years as a "golden age" when your horrible physical and emotional awkwardness resulted in frequent humiliation at the hands of early-maturing bullies. Surprisingly, researchers say middle school's not all it's cracked up to be.

We already knew that Project Runway mentor Tim Gunn's new book would contain crazy stories about Anna Wintour, but he's also going after Isaac Mizrahi, Martha Stewart's daughter, Bravo, some of the Project Runway contestants, and even his own mother!

England is merrier than usual today, as ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's memoir finally hits bookstores! So, is he sorry about Iraq? Did he ever "like-like" the Queen? Many questions remain. Blair makes one thing clear, though: He loved getting drunk.

Last week, British spy Gareth Williams was reportedly found in his apartment, stabbed to death and stuffed in a gym bag. Well, turns out he wasn't stabbed to death; his death was much more mysterious and movie-like.

Last night, tween screams filled the air as Justin Bieber, with the angelic voice of "an electrified chipmunk," performed in Madison Square Garden. Elsewhere in New York, hero newsman Pat Kiernan got his Justin Bieber haircut on.

Julian Assange's alleged sexual crime against a Swedish groupie is more complicated than Lindsay Lohan's probation. After launching rape charges—then dropping down to harassment—Sweden is back to accusing Wikileaks' megalomaniacal leader of rape. Know more? WikiLeakiLeak it. [AP]

In what we interpret as a consequence of normal global weather fluctuations rather than evidence of the veracity of any pseudo-scientific liberal "global warming" agenda, New York City just had its hottest summer ever. How hot was it?

An inventor has come up with a method for deep-frying beer for a competition at—what else?—the Texas state fair. Three cheers for America! So how do you deep-fry beer? Here's the quick-and-dirty recipe:

Eben Freeman has had it with the injustice done to bartenders. "Someone needs to get sued," the "molecular mixologist" tells The Atlantic. Cocktails used to be intoxicating fun, but now they could land you in legal trouble.

A group of German filmmakers were in town shooting a commercial and spent their downtime making this killer short film about life in New York. It's like the best home movie of a New York visit you'll ever see.

Democrats are going to lose every congressional election, basically. Not only have Republicans taken a record-breaking lead in generic ballot polling, but new numbers from "battleground" Ohio shows voters preferring George W. Bush over Barack Obama, 50-42.

Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker has released a new ad in which he wears boxing gloves and says he'll whoop the likely Democratic nominee, Tom Barrett. Is this insensitive, though, considering Tom Barrett was "viciously beaten" last year?

Mark Zuckerberg said society has loosened up about privacy. But the Facebook CEO was talking about his users; now that he's a defendant in a New York lawsuit, Zuckerberg is calling for stronger privacy protections.

Or, y'know, he made a joke about the Ground Zero mosque controversy on Twitter, which Fox News later picked up on and deliberately misunderstood to make it seem like the actor was wishing death on all god-fearin' conservatives. You decide.

The trailer for Logo's "gay housewives" project, The A-List, is chock full of all the stereotypes you'd expect: gold-digging, fashion, parties, shopping, lisping, and Speedoes. Yes, we'll be watching—and cringing.

In an attempt to construct a witty cover, Newsweek seems to claim that Obama isn't president. Jonathan Alter's article explores and debunks the network of conspiracy theories surrounding the president. But the cover lines' kind of affirm one myth. D'oh.

South African scientists gave bedbugs blood containing the virus that causes AIDS and the virus died, confirming the insects are practically indestructible. Why can't we reverse bio-engineer that process and cure AIDS? It would make all that scratching worth it!

The Hill has released its annual wealthiest members of Congress list, and for the second consecutive year, ol' horse-face John Kerry wins! (Although it's mostly his wife's money.) But what other members should you shake your pitchforks at this year?

Once in a while it's important to do some public good on this site (tax reasons, mostly), so here we go: Please help this woman and her children meet the kids' favorite band, Bon Jovi. Here's the story.

As AIDS death and syphilis blindness aren't incentive enough for sexually active youngs to get STD tests, MTV and stalker enabler Foursquare have teamed up to create a GYT (Get Yourself Tested) badge for anyone who "checks-in" at the clinic.