StupidiNews!

• Japan has raised the official figure on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster to 7 on the INES scale, a "major accident" on par with Chernobyl.
• New figures show US military spending is up 81% since 2001, including 95% of the world military budget increase last year.
• The Shot Heard Round The World will be heard again 150 years later as Fort Sumter, SC begins the country's sesquicentennial observance of the Civil War.
• Italian automaker Fiat has raised its share of US automaker Chrysler to 30% as Fiat plans to sell Chrysler models in Europe under the Fiat name.
• Amazon plans to sell an ad-supported version of the Kindle for $25 less than its $139 wi-fi cousin.