Holy Blood, Holy Grail Author Michael Baigent has released a new book, The Jesus Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover-Up in History, which claims that Jesus survived his execution and may have traveled to Egypt (and perhaps France) to become a Gnostic teacher. Read an excerpt here.

A Pew Center poll reveals that Catholics favor the use of government sanctioned torture more than any other group, and two-to-one over secularists.

A Muslim couple living in India have been ordered by Islamic authorities to live apart after the unfortunate husband divorced his wife while talking in his sleep. The couple, who have been married 11 years and have three children together, have been told they may be remarried after 100 days- IF the wife first marries another man, spends at least one night with him, and is divorced by him.

Anti-abortion protesters encourage pregnant women to strike a blow for fetal rights by driving in the carpool lane. Protesters are encouraged to make statements to police such as " “Officer, my son Andrew and I were just on the way to our prenatal exam.”