The! Biggest! News! of! the! Day! - Not Intel's Forecast, Countrywide Job Cuts, or Lead Paint

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

• Reports that say Walt Disney (DIS), in the aftermath of Mattel's (MAT) toy recalls, will begin its own testing to look for lead paint and durability...
• An improved revenue forecast from Intel (INTC)...
• Job cuts at Countrywide Financial Corp. (CFC)...the company said that up to 20% of its workforce, 12,000 jobs, could be in jeopardy...
• Revised guidance from Home Depot (HD)...
• A look into "really" alternative energy sources...
• Speculation that Apple (AAPL) may join Google (GOOG) in the FCC's wireless spectrum auction...
• Questions about whether Michael Dell can get Dell Inc. (DELL) back to its former glory...
• A new processor from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)...the new Opteron quad-core chip for servers releases today...
• Word that Mattel's (MAT) CEO "will face questions from House and Senate panels in the coming weeks about procedures for alerting federal regulators about hazardous toys and the problems of recalls of products made in China"...

While those are all stories worth watching, I think it is obviously clear that the biggest story is this pair of articles that highlights a couple of low-lights...

• Foiled burglar loses clothes in tussle - "A man who allegedly tried to burglarize a home lost his clothes in a scuffle with the 69-year-old homeowner and then tried to streak away before he was arrested"...
• Karate school robbery leaves thief hospitalized - "A feckless stick-up man chose the wrong target when he was beaten and hospitalized in an attempted robbery of a karate school"...

So...we have one story about a 20-year-old man who was beated and de-clothed by 69-year-old homeowner and another about a guy who tried to rob a school where people are trained to fight back against attackers...wow...wow...wow...