StupidiNews!

• Preparations from the Carolina coast to New England are underway as the East Coast battens down the hatches for Hurricane Irene this weekend.
• Astronomers have observed a planet with a high content of crystalline carbon, effectively a "diamond planet" 4,000 light years away.
• The firebombing of a casino in Monterrey, Mexico has left 40 dead and the terrorists unknown as Mexican police continue to investigate.
• Pro-Qaddafi forces counter-attacked the Tripoli airport this morning in order to try to recapture it as four planes were destroyed.
• Linux turns 20 this week as aficionados and coders alike celebrate Linus Torvald's operating system.