We Need More Money and Komodo Dragons

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT Pentagon • Please, sir, may I have some more?: The Pentagon is asking for another $99.7 billion for the war in Iraq.

• Godzilla vs. Mothra: Rosie O'Donnell called Donald Trump a "snake-oil salesman" today on The View. Not to be outdone, Trump called O'Donnell "a woman out of control" and threatened to sue her. We think they should settle this with a silence contest: Whoever speaks first loses!

• It's a Christmas Komodo dragon miracle!: Flora, a female Komodo dragon, is pregnant with seven little Komodo dragons that she conceived asexually through parthenogenesis. Related: It's fun to type Komodo dragon.

• Expired: New York City has retired its last mechanical parking meter—and you still can't get an open spot.