Michael Vick was let out of prison for good behavior and put under house arrest.  He will only be let out for doctor appointments, visits with his parole officer, and walking his dogs.

President Obama has his first opportunity to appoint someone to the Supreme Court.  Some see this as his opportunity to begin re-shaping an otherwise conservative court.  Others see this as his opportunity to appoint the bench's first African-American woman.  Though some think he could kill two birds with one stone and appoint Anita Hill, that would give the court an African-American woman AND re-shape the court by sending Judge Clarence Thomas running for the hills.

General Motors and Segway Inc. announced this week that they are working together to develop a two-wheeled, two seat, electric vehicle that is designed to be a fast, safe, inexpensive, and clean alternative to cars and trucks.  General Motors is hoping that the vehicle is the beginning of reinventing the company to begin turning a profit and pay back the government loans that have been keeping the company afloat.  There is no timetable for when the cars will become available, but the price has been set at $2 billion dollars each.

A German naturist is planning to open Germany's first hotel for nudists, where clothes are banned, in a blatant attempt to keep his customers from stealing towels.

Researchers from the Italian universities of Padova and Trento have demonstrated that baby chicks can do arithmetic.  Experts say that the results prove that Italian scientists have a long way to go before they put a man on the moon.

The man known as "Chemical Ali", a former right hand man to Saddam Hussein, has been given his third death sentence. His first was last June for genocide of the Kurds, the second last December for a Shia rebellion crackdown.  Three death penalties, and he's still alive.  I guess that's one way to avoid getting killed in Iraq.

A Chinese lunar probe has crashed into the moon in what the government has called a "controlled" collision, which, a Chinese spokesman was quick to assert, in no way helps to support the stereotype that Asians are bad drivers.

A student in England was shocked to find that his online banking statement showed him to be overdrawn by almost 100 billion pounds.   The student knew immediately something was wrong as he hadn't even made his monthly student loan payment yet.