StupidiNews, Weekend Edition!

• Senate leaders are trying to work out a last minute fiscal cliff slope deal to avert tax hikes and spending cuts effective Tuesday.
• The Pakistani Taliban leadership says they are open to talks with the Pakistani government and US forces.
• A new proposal in California's legislature would shift coastal shipping lanes away from endangered whale breeding grounds.
• Russia's Foreign Minister says there's no way to convince Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to quit power peacefully.
• The US Senate has renewed warrantless wiretaps for another five years in a 73-23 vote.