StupidiNews!

• Outgoing Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour's controversial string of pardons made before he left office have been halted as they may have violated the state's constitution.
• New studies find that the ranks of the impoverished have grown in the US in 2011 and may keep rising until 2017 due to the slow pace of economic recovery.
• US intelligence officials say the Afghan Taliban still wants to rule the country, making finding a peace deal difficult.
• China has rejected the notion of limiting oil imports from Iran and joining the US and EU, but Japan is willing to consider the move.
• UK company Raspberry Pi is introducing an open board Linux based PC for $35 in order to get low cost computers to third world countries.