Obama's New Yorker Look and the Rest of Your World in Recap

First on the agenda, Barack Obama's camp is up in arms. Why? you ask. It seems that the New Yorker started feeling a little too creative. In an attempt to satirize the prejudice leveled against Obama, they printed a cover that was controversial to say the least. The cover featured a cartoon Obama wrapped in Muslim garb, while Michelle stands sporting a 'fro and packing heat. Even John McCain was appalled. Good one, New Yorker.

Next, our favorite "pop tart" is back. Even more photos have leaked of Miley Cyrus. This time, little Miss Cyrus is caught standing in a white T... in the shower... sopping wet. Ah, the innocence of childhood. Oh, and it is of mention that a necklace with the letters "NICKJ" makes a cameo appearance. Looks like our little Jo Bro might want to take another gaze at that purity ring....

...Because he may not be looking at FaceBook for much longer. That's right, a suit has been filed and FaceBook may be tanking. Turns out that Mark Zuckerberg just may have borrowed a little too much from his (previous) Harvard colleagues when crafting the site that soon may surpass MySpace in page views... if it survives that is.

Now for all of you techies who just had to have the new iPhone on opening day. Yes, we all knew it would happen. iPhones crashed, iTunes decided to toss us a new error, and panic-stricken sales clerks melted down as they franticly tried to set up the phone service, which was also apparently crashing. Thanks again for keeping us on our toes, Mr. Jobs.

On the still-technical side of things, it appears that gamers have had it tough this week as well. A special presentation of the new Diablo III should have been a gamers' paradise. But, it seems the insanely popular series decided to take a new artistic direction. Word has it that Diablo III has taken on a more World of Warcraft look, complete with sunny and colorful graphics! So gamers hoping to take that plunge into the netherworld might just want to sign that rapidly growing petition to get the Hell back into the game. (Clever, I know.)

So, that about wraps things up for today's culture news at a glance. Hope to see you back soon. For now, I'm off to take one more look at that New Yorker cover.