• Police officer attacked by girlfriend, injured by Justin Bieber doll.

• Joe Woodward’s biography of Nathanael West “makes a good case for the [writer's] widespread contemporary relevance.”

• After the South: Four ways Mitt Romney can bounce back.

• Chris Gerringer’s Rejected Mario Outfits.

• Watch a woman blast a toddler in the face with a soccer ball.

• Charlize Theron adopts a baby boy named Jackson.

• RIP: Yoda, the chihuahua.

• A rice pudding shop in Soho, Manhattan, embraces racial stereotypes as wall decor, and everyone seems to love it.

• Meanwhile in Russia, scientists are training lizards for a space mission.

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