StupidiNews!

Thanks for taking over last night Bon.  Anyway, back into the fray:

• A 24-year old Japanese man committed suicide and streamed his hanging live on the internet, Japanese police were unable to stop him in time.
• A Tennessee Republican has compared immigrants to vermin, saying that "they can multiply like rats".
• Senate Republicans are headed for a showdown over earmarks next week.
• New York City is halfway towards its goal of 3,000 cameras used to check for terrorist activity.
• Microsoft says it will fight efforts to create open-source drivers for its Kinect motion-control camera system.