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Ever since the news went national of several different petitions left on the White House's website, more and more people are coming up with their own petitions for laws. Today, we have one that would require Congress to wear logo patches of their corporate sponsors; like NASCAR drivers have on their jackets.

Homework will be harder to do and bar bets tougher to win starting at midnight ET on Tuesday, when Wikipedia will go dark for 24 hours in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), anti-piracy legislation under consideration by the US Congress.

President Barack Obama said Sunday night that he and Congressional leaders had reached a debt deal that cuts trillions in federal spending. The debt ceiling plan was set to face a vote on Monday in hopes of enacting it before a Tuesday deadline, thus averting default, The New York Times reported.

NY Rep Christopher Lee Resigned today, abruptly after photos of him surfaced on Craigslist.