Thousands waited in line for the second-generation iPhone. Customers believed there was a glitch with the phone’s calendar, until they realized that they did, in fact, lose a day of their lives. AT&T and AOL, two of the world’s largest internet providers, removed all child pornography sites from their servers this week. Well, it was fun while it lasted, huh?

A missile test in Iran was apparently a fake: missiles were added to the photo after the test to make it seem as though there had been more missiles than there actually were. But still, it does confirm Israel’s very real belief that Iran has indeed been developing photoshop.

The cover of New York Magazine this week depicts Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as flag-burning terrorists. Obama’s campaign responded by saying “The cartoon was tasteless and offensive, and we will now being putting a jihad on New York Magazine.”

Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre announced his retirement in March, but then decided to play again this year, and has asked to be released by the Packers. He received celebratory calls from John Kerry and John McCain for “making flip flopping cool again.”