News Bits!

- SmileyWorld, a corporation based in London, is accusing Wal-Mart of stealing their- you guessed it, smiley-faced logo. Wal-Mart may unfortunately have the upper hand in this one.
- Willie Nelson: Musician, tax evader, potsmoker and...church owner? A true Rennaisance Man.
- Mosquitos are adapting to pollution. In the over-populated Greece, the annoying insects are mutating to even resist insect repellents.
- We don't need that raise to be happy.
- Despite the "jolly" associations with Santa Claus, being rotund has been linked to depression.
- The long-awaited Keith Richards cameo as the father of Captain Jack Sparrow will happen in Pirates 3...if the "arthritic monkey" lives that long.
- Takeru Kobayashi broke his own hot dog-eating record in Coney Island yesterday. We. Are. Ill.
- An Estonian couple won the annual wife-hauling competition in Finland, winning the wife's weight in beer. How many pints in 49 kg?
- There is thought in the design behind everything.
- Our worlds would be a lot more interesting if we could hang out with this guy.
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