StupidiNews, Weekend Edition!

• US officials caution that despite the defection of Syria's deputy oil minister this week, there is no evidence of a Libyan-style mass exodus from the al-Assad regime.
• South Carolina GOP Lt. Gov. Ken Ard has resigned on the eve of being indicted on seven counts of misusing campaign money for allegedly purchasing iPads and trips for his family.
• Ohio's Department of Natural Resources says that disposal of fracking waste water in underground wells has contributed to earthquakes in the Youngstown area over the last year.
• The Federal Reserve is dumping cold water on banks repurchasing stock and paying dividends rather than keeping reserves of cash on hand as another round of stress tests are due nest week.
• Another hacker has hit Google's Chrome browser at the annual Pwn2win conference and could walk away with a $60,000 prize.