It was really just a matter of time, wasn’t it? The New York Post says Snooki was hauled off to jail yesterday for being, what else, too drunk. She was carousing on the beach in Seaside Heights with her fellow cast members in “a tight pink leopard print tank top with the word ‘Slut’ and an even tighter miniskirt that revealed the bottom of her buttocks” when she got into an argument with some cops. VIDEO

According to the Wall Street Journal, the fastest growing Internet business is the business of spying on people. The first in a series of investigative pieces, the Journal says they discovered that 50 of the top websites in the country were responsible for installing, on average, 64 pieces of tracking technology onto a visitor’s computer with no warning.

A Midwest amusement park is closed after a 12-year-old girl fell 40 feet and hit the ground because the net that was supposed to catch her was too close to the concrete. The Wisconsin State Journal says she was on something called Terminal Velocity, which bills itself as a “free fall thrill ride,” when the accident happened. VIDEO

If you thought being put on interminable hold was the worst thing that could happen when calling tech support, think again. The Reno Gazette-Journal has the bizarre tale of a woman who says she called a Mumbai-based Dell support center to get help locating some erotic pictures on her hard drive. Next thing she knew, the pictures were up on an adult website. VIDEO

For all of Apple’s efforts to keep x-rated content off the iPhone, it’s one of the company’s own innovations that has opened the floodgates, reports the New York Daily News. Apparently, the adult entertainment industry is lining up “nude models for steamy sex talk” via the much lauded iPhone application, Facetime. 

It’s become an unofficial sport on the Internet to critique the show “Mad Men” for historical accuracy. The show’s producers do such a good job recreating the 1960s that it’s often a losing battle. But USA Today columnist Rhonda Abrams says when it comes to creating an accurate portrayal of starting a business from scratch, the “Mad Men” cast gets as many things right as they do wrong.

Welcome to the DMV. For those not in the know, that’s an abbreviation: “D for the District, M for Maryland, and V for Virginia.” It’s also the cool new way to refer to the nation’s capital says the Washington Post. DC, it turns out, has felt left out all these years listening to New Yorkers talk about their Big Apple and Chicagoans go on and on about how windy it is in their hometown.

It was a “somber” ethics committee that delivered a list of ethics charges to Congressman Charles Rangel, reports the New York Times. A 40-page report outlines the allegations against the veteran lawmaker. While many of the allegations have been widely reported, the Times says the committee unearthed new charges and said Rangel’s actions “reflected poorly on the institution of the House.”

Sandra Bullock wants no part of her latest film. The New Orleans Times-Picayune says the actress has asked to be removed from a video she recently shot promoting the restoration of the Gulf region. Bullock says she’d like proof that the non-profit that produced the ad does not have ties to the oil industry. Apparently, a blog recently outed the America’s Wetland Foundation as a front for several major oil companies. VIDEO

If Reagan was the Teflon president, then President Obama is the Velcro one says the LA Times.  After two years of being blamed for the world’s troubles, aides are trying to protect his image by keeping the president out of the public eye.

The global population will top seven billion next year, and scientists say there’ll be little to celebrate when we hit the milestone. The dwindling birth rate in developed countries, and the exploding one in the developing world, will continue to threaten the environment and worsen poverty says the New York Times.

Hey, Hollywood, the Wall Street Journal‘s got some advice for you: First, “stop trying to pass off Shia LaBeouf as the second coming of Tom Cruise.” Second, “stop casting Gerard Butler in roles where he is called upon to emote.” And finally, “if ‘Legion’ and ‘Edge of Darkness’ and ‘The Back-up Plan’ and ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ are the best you can do, stop making movies, period.”

There’s been a different American Idol rumor every day this week, but the picture is becoming clearer. The post-Simon Cowell judging table won’t resemble the panel that led the show through its first nine seasons. Ellen DeGeneres announced yesterday that her first season with the show was her last. The LA Times says Fox “hustled out” out a news release yesterday to confirm her departure.

They’re taking it beyond just a dance down the aisle. A Wisconsin couple decided for their wedding, a two-act play was in order. So they wrote, directed and will star in their wedding story this weekend as their guests, who paid for tickets in lieu of giving a gift, look on says the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.