--Horse meat has been discovered in some of the meatballs served by IKEA stores in Europe:      . . . The most shocking part of the story:  people like to eat meatballs served by a furniture store chain.    . . . To correct the problem, from now on IKEA will just sell the parts to make meatballs, and have customers assemble them themselves. 

--Abercrombie & Fitch is going to close 180 stores by the year 2015.  Shhh.  You hear that?  Off in the distance?  That's the sound of an overly-tanned, frosted-tipped, shirtless man-boy crying. 

--Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that will ban smoking in most public places.  Now Russians can avoid the dangers of secondhand smoke while they're drinking themselves to death with vodka. 

--The Census Bureau says it won't use the term "Negro" anymore.  I wish I could say the same for my Nana. 

--Bankrate.com conducted a survey and found that nearly half of Americans have more credit card debt than savings.  Yeah . . . but they probably also have a sweet boat. 

--90% of people fantasize about co-workers and friends.  There's even a name for people like this:  men. 

--A homeless man in Brooklyn is suing his parents for $200,000 for not loving him enough.  Well, this is NOT going to help. 

--The FAA is granting licenses for domestic unarmed "mini-drones" that police can use to find a lost child, monitor traffic . . . and just for fun, tape you peeing in the woods!