http://blogs.discovery.com – Do you remember Furby? Back in the 1990's, Furbies were all the rage around Christmas time. These gremlin-looking creatures spoke "Furbish," but could be programmed to say some English words. As it turns out, there's an animal that looks just like the fictional Furby living right now in the highlands of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Previously, they were thought to be extinct. Read more »

http://www.thesmokinggun.com – NOVEMBER 18--Claiming that he has been unfairly branded a "douchebag" in the book "Hot Chicks with Douchebags," a Las Vegas man has filed a libel lawsuit against the volume's author and publisher. Michael Minelli, a 27-year-old club promoter, claims that the inclusion of his photograph in the book has subjected him to "hatred, contempt, and humiliation" and has resulted in "friends, acquaintances, coworkers, employees, and strangers alike" calling him a "douchebag." Read more »

http://www.newsvine.com – PORT ST LUCIE — A man faces a domestic battery charge after allegedly hitting his girlfriend with a sandwich as she was driving on Interstate 95 on Friday. Police said the 19-year-old man became angry and hit the woman in the arm and face with a sandwich, knocking her glasses off. Read more »

http://timesbusiness.typepad.com – A revolving gold statue, pink champagne and a "Pleasure Brigade" of nubile retainers all feature in Times Money's list of history's most decadent dictators. While their people suffered, these men - and sometimes their wives and children - agonised over how best to spend their ill-gotten gains... Read more »

http://gawker.com – A former Scientologist named Peter Letterese is suing Tom Cruise and his favorite religion for $265 million. Read more »

http://www.curiousread.com – Lightning struck only once - but 52 cows are dead at an Uruguayan ranch. The newspaper El Pais reports that the cows had pressed against a wire fence during a storm when the lightning bolt struck in the northern state of San Jose. Read more »

http://www.newsvine.com – WILMINGTON — A North Carolina sheriff's official has apologized for plunging a funeral into chaos when undercover agents tried to arrest the dead man's son — and used a Taser on him in the process. Read more »

http://www.foxnews.com – SWEET HOME, Ore. — An Oregon woman who is out $400,000 after falling for a well-known Internet scam says she wasn't a sucker or an easy mark. Janella Spears of Sweet Home says she simply became curious when she received an e-mail promising her $20.5 million if she would only help out a long-lost relative identified as J.B. Spears with a little money up front. Spears told KATU-TV about the scammers' ability to identify her relative by name was persuasive. Read more »