StupidiNews, Weekend Edition!

• Less that 48 hours after armed Bahraini troops forced protesters out of Manama's Pearl Roundabout, thousands of demonstrators have retaken the square.
• After Palestinians refused to circulate a compromise draft, the US has vetoed a UN Security Council measure that would have declared Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine illegal.
• Relations between Mexico and France have gone sour in the wake of a 36-year old Frenchwoman facing a 60-year kidnapping sentence in Mexican prison.
• The S&P 500 hit its highest level in almost three years this week as 4th quarter earnings for 2010 continue to impress institutional investors.
• The saga of hacker group Anonymous versus security firm HBGary revealed how the federal government shops for backdoor access into web sites.