[London, August 13. Image via Getty.]

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 13: One of the two newborn lion cubs takes its first steps with its mother Abi in their new enclosure at London Zoo on August 13, 2009 in London, England. The two cubs are the first Asian lions to be born at the zoo for ten years. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

• In attempts to curb prostitution, Las Vegas police have published a list of the 50 "most prolific prostitutes." Opponents of the list worry that it will lead to arrests without probable cause. • Faculty and students at UC San Diego are protesting what they believe is an unsafe environment in the school's literature building. High rates of breast cancer among those working in the building has lead many to believe that the electrical equipment, and possibly the elevator, is to blame. • The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that a billboard advertising "longer lasting sex" is crass and unsubtle, and must be taken down. • Malaysian assemblywoman Elizabeth Wong has been asked to resign from her position after nude pictures of her sleeping were circulated on the internet. Because Wong did not break any law, and was obviously the victim in this crime, many have (rightly) questioned her punishment. • An infant boy from a village in eastern India has been married off to his neighbor's dog. His parents believe that this will ward off wild animals, and protect their young son. • The Pennsylvanian "Gothic Kitten" woman is going to stand trial on animal cruelty charges. The judge called the issue a gray area that needs to be decided by a jury. • This is amazing: A Utah woman named Yvonne Morris chased a man who she believed broke into her car and brought him to justice with a headlock and a wedgie. Let's hope it wasn't an atomic one. • Margaret Atwood has pulled out of inaugural Emirates Airline international festival of literature in response to the censorship of "blacklisted" novelist Geraldine Bedell. • Six new studies from Cornell indicate that eating vegetables and fruits - especially apples - can reduce the risk of breast cancer. • New research shows that very few women of childbearing age are following lifestyle recommendations, or preparing in any way, for the possibility of becoming pregnant. Apparently, regardless of whether or not you want a baby, if you are of childbearing age you should be taking folic acid and drinking less. Ugh. • A new device that promises to unmask the identity of even blocked callers is causing a good amount of disquiet among advocates for domestic violence victims. They fear that the service would make it easier for abusive partners to locate their victims, and make it more difficult for women to successfully leave their abusers. • Awww: zoo keeper Alex Larenty is so close to Jamu, an eight-year-old male lion, that the two are able to safely cuddle and play. • "Cranial billboards" are the hot new thing in advertising, and they are just what they sound like: human heads, decorated with temporary tattoos, used as billboards. • A 34-year-old man allegedly kidnapped a woman, dressed her in an adult diaper, and held her captive for three days while he read Bible passages aloud to her. • Researchers, addressing the sexism in evolutionary studies, have begun to focus on the process of childbirth and mothering as a subject of inquiry. • And now for the most adorable thing you'll read all day: an abandoned fox cub has been domesticated by a pet store owner. Miss Snooks now refuses to return to the wild, and is perfectly happy sleeping with the family cats. • 

• 3 are dead and 12 wounded after a man in Belgium went on a rampage in a daycare center. The suspect is a local man with a history of mental illness. • Ugh: America apparently has its own Joseph Fritzl. A rural Missouri man is facing charges for the murder of at least one of the four children he has fathered with his now-19 year old daughter. • Even Girl Scout cookies are feeling the harsh bite of the recession: due to costs, several kinds of cookies were recently re-sized (which sadly includes thin mints). • A controversial art exhibit in London has been charged with violating decency laws. The project is a "make your own Maddy McCann porn," and encourages visitors to paste images of the missing toddler onto pornographic images. • A pair of lions from the Gaza Zoo were some of the only animals to survive the recent attacks, and are now expecting cubs. • An Iowa woman has been arrested for failure to return a library book. The book in question is valued at $13.95. • Following Pepsi, Starbucks has decided to cash in on the Obama image, with this ad, which copies an Obama video down to the music. • George Anthony, grandfather to murdered toddler Caylee Anthony, is being held on suicide watch, and faces psychiatric evaluation after leaving a five page suicide note in the family car. • A new study has found that out of women who IM their partner, the ones who used the pronoun "I" a lot are happier than those who used "we." • On a recent survey, more than half of the respondents looking after a relative with dementia admitted to mistreating their ward. Most of the reported abuse was verbal, but 3 of the 220 people questioned copped to physical abuse as well. • Pakistani newlyweds Pervez Chachar and Humera Kambo are currently living in the local police headquarters out of fear of their families. Chachar and Kambo were from rival tribes, and Chachar's family believes that they are honor bound to kill his wife. • Mattel Inc is set to introduce several new toys for 2009, including the creepy-sounding "Elmo Tickle Hands." The "hands" are furry red gloves that vibrate and laugh when they touch flesh. • Black students may be preforming better in school this week because of the "Obama effect," a study says. • More change! The Obama administration is expected to reopen the Statue of Liberty's crown to visitors. • Click here to learn 10 random facts about Dr. Seuss stories. • New research has found that drinking three cups of tea a day could slash the risk of breast cancer by 37%. • Feeling overwhelmed? Read this story about Adwai Madual, a single mother of quintuplets, and suddenly your end of the week workload won't seem so bad. • And if that doesn't work, here's a slide show that documents the medical history of circumcision. Did you know only 50% of U.S. males were circumcised in 2008? • And finally, a slide show of the top ten gay movies. Unsurprisingly, "Brokeback Mountain" is number one. • 

[Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands; December 26. Image via Getty]

Children look at a lion eating a Christmas diner at the zoo in Hilvarenbeek on December 26, 2008. Every Christmas the zoo organizes offer a special diner for the animals. AFP PHOTO RUUD VERHALLE Netherlands out - Belgium out (Photo credit should read RUUD VERHALLE/AFP/Getty Images)

• The creator of 'For Better or Worse,' the long-running comic strip, has announced that the comic strip will travel back 30 years in the past to the time when the strip first began. • Cambridge University is soliciting the producers of popular British soap operas, asking that the school be included in story-lines to help shed the University's snobby image. • Female police officers in the English county of Cumbria now have the option of wearing specially-designed maternity uniforms if they become pregnant. • Last Thursday, the British Columbia Court of Appeal ruled against the assertion that "bubble zones" around abortion clinics — where anti-choice activists harass women entering the clinics — are an infringement on free speech. • Australia has just sworn in its first female governor general (the Queen's representative to Australia), Quentin Bryce. • More firsts for women in Europe: Two women have become the first women to pass Vienna's Spanish Riding School's entrance exam to ride the famous Vienna dancing horses. • The LPGA Tour decided today to banish rules that suspend players who cannot speak English well enough to be understood at pro-ams, in interviews or in making acceptance speeches. • Male Maasai warriors in Kenya who travel to the tourist town of Mombasa to marry white women or find jobs to provide for their community sometimes work as hairdressers, a large cultural taboo. • Disgraced Olympic track star Marion Jones was released from prison today after serving a six-month sentence for lying to federal prosecutors about performance-enhancement drug use. • A new book titled Why Men Die First says that men die earlier than women because they are "more fragile and inherently vulnerable than females" which means they have to visit the doctor often if they want to live long lives. •

[Images via AP.]

New African Lion cubs at the Riverbanks Zoo are shown to the public Wednesday, July 2, 2008, in the Bird Conservation Center in Columbia, S.C. The four cubs were delivered via cesarean section on June 7. The zoo plans to have a public naming contest for the three females and one male. — AP

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