More bad news from Mumbai, where in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks further trouble was averted when a bomb was diffused at the Chharapati Shivaji railway station. Just another terrible sign of the times we live in, when a town which just had a terrorist attack not one week ago is already targeted for a second. It's really crazy to think people actually think they can have their radical political agenda heard if they just kill innocent civilians and destroy people's lives.

In a rare occurrence in Somalia, a bunch of scurvy pirate lads released a ship without receiving a ransom. Shocking. It seems that these dastardly sea dogs might be losing their luster after a cruise ship outran one of their vessels earlier this week and now they're consigned to handing over their booty without even getting paid handsomely. Then again, maybe they're just jaded because every time they get a ransom from a village or family, they're forced to go out and buy peg legs, frilly shirts, eye patches and big, sailor hats. 

How much cooler were pirates in the 1700s, seriously.

So, after watching "Modern Marvels: Doomsday Tech" yesterday, a congressional panel says a bio-terror attack is likely by 2013. Fun. After seeing Batman: Begins a few years ago, I always imagine a bio-terror attack like that - contaminated water supplies, people going insane and lots of pain.

On the bright side, there's a good chance the world will end on 12/21/2012 according to the Mayan calendar, so not only are those fears subsided, I also don't really fear not getting an awesome job out of college. Chances are I'm either going to die in a bio-terror attack or in a mass extinction during the '12 Winter Solstice. Makes me worry a little bit less.

In other, more cheery news, New York Giants wide receiver and former MSU standout Plaxico Burress was suspended for the rest of the regular season after being arrested on charges for illegally possessing a gun. Unfortunately, it was revealed that Plax had a gun when he shot himself in the leg. Idiot. My favorite part of this, personally, is that he's pleading not guilty to the charges. Apparently, he doesn't feel the bullet wound from the illegally possessed gun he owned is damning enough evidence to get him convicted. Way to represent MSU, Plaxico.

Fun stuff out of Romania — a debate on TV goes from productive to a typical scene when you hit on the wrong woman at a club, which somehow gives CNN license to air all the stock footage they have of people getting hit with water, wine and any other liquid they had available

Why can't everything be settled like this?

Today it was announced the U.S. is officially in a recession. To which, everyone who is jobless, scrounging for money to pay bills and money for food, reply say, "No (expletive)." Upon this news, the Dow Jones plunged 680 points, which is scary because that doesn't really surprise me that much any more.

It's amazing how the effects of a recession can be felt far before an actual recession is declared. If the sign of a recession is a neighbor losing their job and a depression is when you lose your job, then we're getting awfully close to the latter. It seems as if it might be a full year after there's a 15 percent homeless rate in this country before economists can safely say, "Yup, it's a depression."

Gov. Arnold Schwarznegger's state of California is feeling the pinch, with an $11.2 billion deficit facing his state. Today he declared a fiscal emergency and called for quick legislative action to help. But, on the bright side the crisis does not appear to be life threatening as Schwarznegger offered this diagnosis in response to a reporter's question: