From Yahoo! news:

Mom Jodi Wykle bought a Nintendo DS from her local Wal-Mart as a birthday gift for her son, knowing that he be pleasantly surprised with the gift.

He was surprised alright, but not in a pleasant way. What he saw when he unwrapped the gift wasn’t a  handheld console, but a bunch of rocks and a Chinese newspaper.

It gets better: The mom tried contacting Wal-Mart to return it, but they refused, saying that it’s a Nintendo problem. When she contacted Nintendo, they claimed innocence. Wal-Mart only conceded in refunding it (+ a $20 gift card) when it found out that someone had angrily returned the same box of rocks earlier.

What’s your bet someone’s going to return a box of rocks with a Chinese newspaper to Wal-Mart in the next few weeks?

The Obamas welcomed their dog, which they re-christened Bo, into the White House just last week.

Even before the doggie,a  Portuguese Water Dog, got into the White House, he’s already had his share of controversies, primarily because of the fact that he’s not a shelter dog, as Pres. Barack Obama has promised back in 2008. Rather, he’s a repurposed puppy, meaning, he previously belonged to different owners first, but did not get along with either the people or the other dogs first. Sen. Ted Kennedy got wind of this, so they got the doggie for Sasha and Malia (who has dog allergies, making the Obamas’ dogfinding a little harder as they needed a hypoallergenic dog, or one who doesn’t shed as much fur).

The only thing I can say is, it’s not the dog’s fault, right? Besides, Bo was matched to the lifestyle of the Obamas. I don’t really understand why people are making such a big deal out of it. Sure, he wasn’t from a shelter (believe me, I’m an animal lover. I know how they work.) Still, a dog was given a home. Would you rather they get a dog from the shelter that they’ll end up returning because it sadly triggered Malia’s allergies? That would be traumatizing - both for the dog, and for the Obamas.

From Wikipedia.org. My favorites have got to be Pi value change, Spaghetti Trees, Sans Serriffe, and Smell-o-Vision.

The Covenant school, a high school based in Dallas Texas, are seeking to forfeit the win of their girls’ basketball team against the Dallas Academy, after winning, 100-0. They have apologized to the losing school and called the game "shameful and embarrassment." They seek to forfeit the win because, as they said, "victory without honor is a great loss."

Wonder why they haven’t thought of this during the game itself.

A Quaker parrot has been given the local Red Cross chapter’s Animal Lifesaver Award in Denver after his cries of alarm alerted his owner that the girl she was babysitting was in trouble.

Willie the parrot, owned by Megan Howard, was in the Kuusk’s residence because his owner was babysitting Hannah, the daughter. Megan had stepped out of the room when Hannah suddenly started choking on her breakfast. Willie repeatedly yelled "Mama, Baby!" while flapping his wings, calling the attention of Megan. She returned to the room to find Hannah already turning a shade of blue. She performed Heimlich maneuver on the little girl, but said that Willie is "the real hero" of the story.