It appears Lindsay Lohan has won a "Sober Shine Award." This placard appeared in front of LiLo's Palm Desert home, from which she commutes to the Betty Ford Clinic's outpatient rehab program. Inspiring or condescending? [Photo via Pacific Coast News]

These recorded phone calls to Nobel Prize winners are pretty funny. German chemist Gerhard Ertl is rude!

New York Post sex columnist Andrea Peyser is doing her very best to win "Most Hysterical Anti-'Ground Zero Mosque' Column of the Day." Did it contain the word "perverted?" Check. "Erect?" Check. "Ball gag?" Check. Andrea, you win!

Hermetically-sealed Catcher in the Rye author J.D. Salinger sued to prevent some Swedish writer from publishing an updated spinoff version of his book. And Salinger's won, for the moment! What a crock.

Brooklynites! Arrested for possession on October 20, 2006? You're in luck! Someone stole all the evidence. All the drugs from every narcotics arrest in the entire borough that day—43 arrests!—are gone without a trace. The cops have been investigating the disappearance for a year now, but they have no leads. Some corrupt cop had a very happy Halloween. [NYT]