The! Biggest! News! of! the! Day! - Not National Semi (NSM), Qualcomm Ban or Bill Gross's Comments

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

• Upbeat comments from National Semiconductor (NSM) as the company posted better-than-expected earnings and "authorized a new $2 billion stock buyback program and has approved a $1.5 billion accelerated share repurchase plan under the new authorization"...
• A ban on some of Qualcomm's (QCOM) cell phone models...
• Continued chatter about yesterday's comments from Bill "the-Bond-Bear" Gross that were said to spook the market...
• A potential problem for CNBC as allegations grow that their "Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge" is flawed...it is said "A trader could go to the CNBC Web site and select a number of stocks to buy, but hold off on executing those trades. If you made the selection before the close of regular trading at 4 p.m. EST and left your Web browser open, you could execute those trades after hours and still receive the 4 p.m. closing price."...
• A look into the speculation that Amazon.com (AMZN) may buy Netflix (NFLX)...
• Some skeptical comments on Apple (AAPL) as it is said "As for shorting Apple? Maybe it can wait, but it's coming"...

While those are all stories worth watching, I think it is obviously clear that the biggest story is this - Man pinned under tree amputates his leg...according to the article, "a 66-year-old man used pocket knives to cut off his limb below the knee to free himself" after his left leg was "pinned beneath a fallen tree for 11 hours"...

Hmmm...I suddenly have a renewed interest in whittling as it seems that turning a giant chunk of wood into a toothpick could end up being a useful skill...