StupidiNews!

• President Obama has nominated Army chief of staff Gen. Martin Dempsey as the new Joint Chiefs Chairman, replacing outgoing Adm. Mike Mullen.
• German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that Germany will phase out all nuclear power plants over the next ten years and says the world can follow Germany's example.
• The US has recalled its top human rights official in Bahrain after threats and ethnic slurs appeared in that country's official newspapers.
• Japan faces another debt rating downgrade amidst growing calls for Prime Minister Naoto Kan to resign as he faces a vote of no confidence.
• How good are US scientists at technical writing?  Two scientists want to improve the country's skills at penning papers.