StupidiNews, Weekend Edition!

• After numerous delays, Discovery has lifted off from Florida on a mission to the International Space Station.
• Brazilian scientists have discovered that a protein in tick saliva may be a weapon in fighting cancer cells.
• The Afghan Taliban is spreading from the south to the north, which could lead to a two-front war for American troops.
• The head of the SEC says more information of derivatives trades are "crucial" to reforming the derivatives market.
• A newly discovered planet outside our solar system is testing theories of how planets are created...and destroyed.