StupidiNews, 4th of July Weekend Edition!

• Hurricane Arthur has made landfall as a Category 2 storm along North Carolina's Outer Banks, but is rapidly heading out to sea and looks to bypass New England.
• Six months after legalizing marijuana, Colorado's crime rate is down sharply and state revenues from taxing cannabis are up.
• The Iraqi Army has rallied after losing ground to ISIS militants and has retaken territory south of Tikrit, including Awja, the village where former dictator Saddam Hussein was born.
• The Pentagon has grounded its entire fleet of F-35 fighter jets as a precaution as a cockpit fire aboard one plane forced an aborted takeoff.
• Actress Lindsey Lohan is suing the makers of smash hit video game Grand Theft Auto V claiming that one of the game's characters is too close in likeness to the film star.