The! Biggest! News! of! the! Day! - Not Merrill Lynch (MER) or Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

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

• Better-than-expected earnings from Merrill Lynch (MER)...
• Better-than-expected earnings from Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)...
• Word that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will acquire CBOT Holdings (BOT)...
• Word that Eli Lilly (LLY) will acquire Icos Corp (ICOS)...
• Upbeat comments on big-caps stocks...
• An FDA approval for Merck (MRK)...

While those are all stories worth watching, I think it is obviously clear that the biggest story is - Fried Coke a big hit at US state fairs...seriously, someone found a way to make soft drinks even worse for you? Now that is something...