Today has been quite the newsworthy day, here are some of the headlines:
-Supreme Court Upholds Child Pornography Law
The Supreme Court gave prosecutors a powerful tool Monday to attack the spread of child pornography online, ruling that people who send messages over the computer offering or seeking sexual images of children can be sent to prison, even when no such pornography exists.
The 7-2 ruling, which upheld a 5-year-old law, rejected the claim that such messages were protected as free speech.
-Egypt discusses Hamas with Israel
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt has met Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak amid Egyptian efforts to broker a truce in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.
At talks in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Mr Barak warned that rocket fire from Gaza could spark a major Israeli military response.
-India-Pakistan in New Peace Talks
India and Pakistan are due to hold a fresh round of talks to review their peace process.
It comes a day after India's army accused Pakistani troops of firing across the de facto border for the second time in less than a week.
-Lieberman Wants Terrorist Content Yanked from Youtube
A U.S. senator has asked Google to remove videos -- produced by Islamist terrorists -- from YouTube.
In a letter to Google chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt, Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., said, "A great majority of these videos document horrific attacks on American soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan."
and the best of all...
-14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic
Police say a trailer loaded with 14 tons of double-stuffed Oreos has overturned, spilling the cookies still in their plastic sleeves into the median and roadway.
Illinois State Police Sgt. Brian Mahoney says the truck's driver was traveling from Chicago to Morris on Interstate 80 around 4 a.m. Monday when he fell asleep at the wheel and slammed into the median.
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