World newsNine months in jail is bad trip for 'bong' seller Tommy ChongOne of America's best-known counter-cultural comedians, Tommy Chong, is facing the prospect of a nine-month jail sentence after being convicted of selling glass pipes on the internet which can be used for smoking cannabis. Lawyers for Chong, 65, one half of the famous Cheech and Chong comedy duo and more recently a television actor, claim the US attorney general, John Ashcroft, chose to prosecute him for the publicity value.

PhotographySome of Ruff's blurred Nudes, gleaned from pornographic websites, impart a lyricism to the images. Others lay bare the nastiness of the industryIn the mid-1960s when Philip Larkin saw a couple of kids and guessed "he's fucking her and she's / Taking pills or wearing a diaphragm", he knew this was the "paradise / Everyone old has dreamed of all their lives". It was a paradise that turned out – isn't that the way with any paradise?

Games blogSonySony ad provokes race accusationsA new billboard advert for Sony's white PSP has caused consternation across the US videogaming community. The ad shows a white woman threateningly grasping the face of a black model. Next to them are the words, "PlayStation Portable White is coming". The photo can also be seen on the Dutch official PSP site, along with other images from the same shoot, showing the two women fighting.

Animals This article is more than 11 years oldTatler's dog, Alan, dies in bizarre revolving door accidentThis article is more than 11 years oldCelebrity dachshund Alan TBH Plumptre dies in freak accident, leaving behind more than 2,500 Twitter followersTo the thousands who followed his Twitter updates, he offered an insight into the glamorous high society world of Tatler magazine, not to mention a reliable stream of pictures and words of wisdom.

A stock image of an F-35B Lightning II fighter jet. One of the aircraft has gone missing somewhere over South Carolina after the pilot ejected. Photograph: Darren England/AAPA stock image of an F-35B Lightning II fighter jet. One of the aircraft has gone missing somewhere over South Carolina after the pilot ejected. Photograph: Darren England/AAPUS military This article is more than 4 months oldUS military asks for help to find missing F-35 fighter jet after ‘mishap’ sees pilot ejectThis article is more than 4 months oldSearch for F-35B Lightning II fighter jet focused on two lakes after Marine Corps pilot ejected over North Charleston for unknown reason