The Night Belongs To Alex Trebek

Canada's national treasure turns 71 years young today, so if you're not too freaked out about your alcohol supply after this morning's tragic news, raise him a glass tonight. Or just watch Jeopardy. Or do both! Sounds like a perfect night, so long as it's in front of the a/c.

Entertainment: Schwarzenegger Son Is Hospitalized After Accident

After a fairly difficult past few months, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver have reunited to help their 13-year-old son who was injured in a boogie boarding accident on Sunday. He is currently being hospitalized in serious condition after suffering "a collapsed lung, broken bones and broken ribs."

In the statement, his parents say, "While it has been a very scary week, Christopher is surrounded by his family and friends. He is a brave boy and is expected to make a full recovery."

His parents also extend their gratitude to the first responders and those providing their son's care.

"On behalf of our entire family, we want to sincerely thank the paramedics and lifeguards who responded so swiftly as well as the doctors, nurses, emergency room and hospital staff who have cared for our son," the statement continues.

"They have been extraordinary to him and to us. We thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers and ask for respect and privacy for Christopher and our family."

Casey Anthony's lawyer Jose Baez has been holed up in New York City hotel room with a bunch of networks who are vying for her story. According to sources, "NBC looks like the frontrunner so far, but ABC is in the game. We're told CBS "is a distant third." We're told NBC is paying for Baez's hotel room."

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• Jenny McCarthy tweets a phot of her at 211 pounds during her pregnancy. [Radar]
• Cee Lo prepares for his stint in Vegas. [ContactMusic]
• Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo vacation in St. Barts. [ContactMusic]
• Season three of Vampire Diaries is coming for you. Watch the teaser here so you'll be prepared. [TVGuide]

The Banana Apocalypse Could Be Coming Soon

You just love eating bananas from the supermarket, right? Well, you better get your fill because a fungal infection is threatening to wipe out the yellow fruit that we all take for granted.

Most of the world's banana crop is the Cavendish variety of the fruit, which replaced the previous type, Gros Michel, after that strain was wiped out by Panama disease, a fungal infection that infests banana trees. Now the Cavendish variety is succumbing to the same malady, which has decimated banana trees in Asia and Australia. It has yet to spread to South America, where most of the bananas sold in Canada are grown, but plant biologists say it's inevitable. However, the disease does make the tree sprout purple stripes, which sounds like it might be an attractive—if deadly—addition to your garden.

Between this outbreak and the fact that most banana trees are pretty much sterile, your hopes of having something yellow in a handy peel to carry in your gym bag in 2015 are pretty much shot. Does this mean we're going to have to start eating mangos or something? Damn.

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Waterfalls Flow Upwards in Extreme Winds

SYDNEY -- Thanks to a a record rainfall and windstorm, there was a waterfall south of Sydney that started flowing backwards. It's hotter than hell all across America and now the water is flying up into the air in Australia? It seriously is the end of the world out there.

Video: Asian Toddlers Shake It To “Hey Ya”

Someone get them an agent. I promise you won't see a cuter dancing twin video today.

This Video Will Probably Make You Cry

This is a video by Jelle Buyens. He explains it thusly:

“This video is deticated to the love of my life, Freyja. She broke up with me a couple of days ago because she wanted a new direction in her life and the feelings for me were burned out. I wanted to let her know that whatever that direction is, I want to be a part of it. And those feelings she had, they can return. The footage has been shot random over the years on times we spent with each other. Hopefully I can get through the hard shell she has nowadays and prove to her that the time we had was wonderful and can continue. Let's hope I can get some new footage soon with her. Forever hers.”

FreyLove from Lifelines on Vimeo.

Man Found In Time Lapse Video Moves Very, Very Slowly

This is a section of a 24 hour time lapse video someone made. It's sped up to 8 times normal speed, but when he watched it back, he noticed that there was a man slowly drifting across the video “as if the wind was blowing him and nothing else.” Is he a plant? Is he a weird guy? Does anyone know what's happening here?



You can view the official video here; while there, read some of the comments.

Senior Charged With $1.1 Million Fraud

CHATHAM, ONT. - A 75-year-old man is behind bars facing 17 fraud and breach of trust charges after people were bilked out of $1.1 million.

Police said the investigation dates back to the summer of 2007, when officers first interviewed complainants in the Chatham-Kent area, about 300 km southwest of Toronto. Police said the man worked as an accountant and built relationships with the complainants, some of which entrusted him with their financial affairs for several decades. Through the 1990s and into the early 2000s, it is alleged the man entered into agreements with the complainants stating he could provide them with an investment that would give them a better rate of return on their money than the banks. The people invested money with him. Police said in September of 2007, the complainants learned that the man had allegedly spent their money and was unable to repay what they invested.

After interviewing a number of alleged victims, the police went to arrest the man and learned he had relocated to the United States in late 2007. A warrant was taken out for his arrest and extradition proceedings were commenced. Thursday, acting on an anonymous tip that he had returned to Chatham, police located the man and arrested him. He was held for a bail hearing. His name hasn't been released.

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Video: When My Little Ponies Met The Hangover

Drinking. Debauchery. Las Vegas. Ponies. These vices come together in a mashup trailer of The Hangover and My Little Pony appropriately titled The Hayngover.

Car-Driving 5-Year-Old Almost Makes It

This morning, down in the desert deeps of El Paso, a 5-year-old child was found, at 1 am, behind the wheel of his mother's minivan after driving it into a pole. The boy tried to flee the scene but was caught. His intended destination? Candy.

Yes, it seems the lad was out on a determined candy mission, but was, as so often happens in our difficult lives, sadly thwarted. Sigh. But he was almost there, the little bastard! He'd almost made it to the promised land, to his candy. And some days, most days, aren't we all this child? Driving through the dark of the night, mad with desire, chasing after some big general want, if not candy then "love" or "success" or elusive fame and fortune. But then of course the poles and police of this world intervene and we're taken back home and put to bed, where all we can do is close our eyes and dream. [El Paso Times; image via Shutterstock]

Terror In Norway Gets More Terrifying

Less than two hours after a massive vehicle bomb was detonated near the Norwegian Prime Minister's office in Oslo, a guy disguised as a police officer opened fire at a youth camp the Prime Minister was visiting.

According to the Guardian:

A man disguised as a police officer began shooting where prime minister Jens Stoltenberg was attending a Labour party conference at Utoya, Stoltenberg has just confirmed.

He said there is a 'critical and serious situation' where he is (but he is safe).

Police believe the bombing and the shooting are related, which would suggest a coordinated terrorist attack. The Atlantic has a good run down of why peaceful, good-natured Norway could be a target for Islamist terrorists. (In fact three men with alleged ties to al-Qaeda were arrested in Norway and Germany for plotting terrorist attacks about a year ago.) In short, it could be retaliation for Norway's role in occupying Afghanistan, or because some extremists are still possibly upset about that stupid Prophet Muhammad cartoon from 2006 (let it go, guys). Or they could be pissed off about Norway trying to deport an Kurdish Islamist leader, Mulla Krekar, back to Iraq.

Meanwhile, seven people have been confirmed dead and 15 were injured in the Oslo blast.

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According to Jihadi-watcher Will McCants, a group named the "Helpers of Global Jihad" are claiming responsibility on a Jihadist forum "in response to occupation of Afghanistan and insults to Prophet." Of course, anyone could claim responsibility right now.

The bomber is foreign, according to police. The shooter, however, doesn't appear to be your typical Mulsim extremist: He's reportedly Nordic in appearance, more than six feet tall, with blond hair. A SWAT team shot him, and his condition is unknown. (But he's presumably alive and under arrest.)

The death toll from the shooting has yet to be reported, but here is a horrifying hint, tweeted by Norwegien journalist Ketil B. StensrudL

Eye-witness on Utøya LIVE on NRK just said that he saw 20-30 dead youths floating by the shore. Shocking

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Some pictures of the scene in Oslo today are below.

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Paranormal Activity Has A Different Approach to its 3rd Installment

Here's the trailer for Paranormal Activity 3, which, like its predecessors, focuses on Katie, a good-turned-evil suburban girl. And just like the franchise's second installment, it looks like we're in for another prequel, going back all the way to 1988 this time. The trailer promises to help us "discover the secret behind the activity" and is predictably full of creepy girl glares, creepy girl games (Bloody Mary!), and other things of a creepy girl nature. Paranormal Activity 3 will hit theaters this October—just in time for Halloween, naturally.

Kim Jong-il Has Big Macs Airlifted Into North Korea

Despite threats from the U.S. State Department last summer that Kim Jong-il would no longer be able to buy jet skis and Iranian caviar, he's still shelling out millions of dollars on everything from Rolex watches to Gucci handbags for his top officials and he's even having McDonald's delivered by airplane from China, accordihttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifng to the Korea Herald.

The paper spoke with customs officials in Beijing, who said North Korea in the past year spent $7.5 million on Marlboros and Mild Sevens, as well as $2.4 million on Hennessy and Japanese beer. Kim's spending on cigarettes alone is up 117 percent from last year. These latest revelations are a little disappointing. Aside from the fact that a million of North Koreans are starving, Kim Jong-il is known for his expensive taste in everything from whiskey to seafood. And now we're learning that he's ordering McDonald's on a daily basis? If he's going to sink that low, at least he could kidnap an entire McDonald's staff and open up a franchise at his palace.

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It's More Than Just a Ball Game

When you're at a Diamondback - Brewer game and you are out of stories to tell the viewers, the best thing to do is to make up one that happens to get side-framed on camera. That's exactly what happened. But let's not blame the commentators for making this happen, the kid did what's right and we got to restore the younger generation with that kind of generosity.