StupidiNews!

• Japan's parliament has elected a new Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda replaces the resigning Naoto Kan to become the country's sixth leader in five years.
• US State Department officials have asked Libya's rebel council to reopen the 1988 Lockerbie bombing in order to hand over convicted terrorist Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi. 
• Damage estimates from Hurricane Irene are expected to top $7 billion as flooding in Vermont continues and millions remain without power.
• German Chancellor Angela Merkel is appealing to voters to stick with her through the European debt crisis ahead of this weekend's elections in Merkel's home state of Mecklenburg.
• More evidence that fraudulent certificates have been issued to allow back door access into Google's Gmail has surfaced.