The naval officer and former astronaut at the center of a bizarre love triangle has pleaded guilty to felony burglary of a car and misdemeanor battery.

Lisa Nowak, who rode the Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station in 2006, allegedly drove nonstop from Texas to Orlando in February, 2007, to confront a woman who was seeing the same man -- William A. Oefelein, who was also an astronaut at the time.

Police say Nowak told them she wore diapers so she wouldn't have to visit any restrooms along the way. Then, dressed in a wig and trench coat, she pretended to be in need of help at the Orlando Airport as she flagged down Air Force Captain Colleen Shipman.

She allegedly sprayed Shipman with pepper spray, and was intent on kidnapping her... but Shipman managed to get away and call police... leading to some of NASA's strangest and most unwanted headlines.

The plea deal means Nowak will not serve any jail time beyond the two days she already spent in custody, and will have to take an anger management course and fulfill 50 hours of community service.

Nowak was a mission specialist on STS-121, a 2006 shuttle Discovery flight to the International Space Station. Until this incident, NASA had never fired any astronauts... but both Nowak and Oefelein were dismissed and reassigned to the Navy, and a new astronaut code of conduct was created. (Love, Sex & Marriage)

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Levi Johnston, the ex-boyfriend of Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol, and father of their love child says he's ready to pose nude for Playgirl magazine, according to Life & Style magazine.

And Johnston doesn't seem to care if more men buy the magazine than women.

"If I'm a gay icon, so be it. I guess it's a compliment," he was quoted as saying.

The mag says he'll do the shoot next week in New York. And he doesn't plan to stop there.

"I could go out and do movies, maybe one day even end up as a celebrity," he told the magazine. "If it doesn't work out, I'll just go back to being a licensed electrician like everyone else in my family."

That's the surest sign he's not planning to re-enter the political spotlight. If he was, he'd have picked plumbing. (Holly-Weird)

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If you're sexually active and have used condoms, here's some news that's really going to gross you out: Chinese authorities have shut down a condom plant, saying it was producing unsafe and tainted rubbers.

Now, officials are looking for more than two million condoms that were produced by this plant and sold under brand names such as Durex and Jissbon, according to Australia's ABC News.

Officials say manufacturer Li Anping bought wholesale condoms, added an "unknown" lubricant and then repackaged them without sterilizing them. He also had underage girls working in his condom factory, according to the report.

This story is bad enough... but the real question now is how do you recall condoms? If you have the answer... please don't tell me.

I don't want to know. (Love, Sex & Marriage

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As a weird news guy, I can't approach Thanksgiving and not be grateful for Japan. This is a country that's given me maid cafes, crime-fighting robots, Takeru Kobayashi and a first lady who rode a UFO to Venus.

Japan also has a somewhat unhealthy obsession with overly cute characters with freakishly large eyes. Now, these characters are ready to teach you how to cook Japanese dishes with odd names like "rabbit apples" and "egg buddies."

I try not to eat my buddies... but The Manga Cookbook looks like a fun gift for anyone who has a Japan fetish, loves those cuddly comics or doesn't know how to cook.

If cooking's not your thing (that's what ramen's for, right?), there's also a deck of Manga Tarot cards, where similarly adorable characters can predict your doom.

Then again, if you REALLY want to get someone a unique gift from Japan, there's always those used panty vending machines. Don't worry. I won't judge you.

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