The! Biggest! News! of! the! Day! - Not Retail Sales

Here are some of the contenders for today's biggest...news...of...the...day...

• The just released retail sales data...
• A bit of optimism on gold that calls for $700 by year-end...
• An article about bonuses that says investment bankers "should be starting the New Year with a bang"...
• A report that says Ford Motor (F) could lose $9 billion...
• Calls for a bear market [subscription required] in commodities...

While those are all stories worth watching, I think it is obviously clear that the biggest story is this one that discussed how astronauts lost another bolt...what is disturbing is how the article notes how free floating debris can be dangerous but then says "However, spacewalkers have a long history of losing things in space..." Is that a concern?