1. Dow was up for 4 straight days; best week since November. It was up 54pts on Friday, really? This is what its come to? We get excited about 54pts?
2. Bernie Madoff went to jail; not the house arrest kind, but dont worry - his lawyers are trying to get him out.
3. Obama undid the ban on stem-cell research;  normally quiet scientists start cheering as the topic for Nobel Prize is science is decided.
4. The Stewart-Cramer “fight” ended in Cramer getting schooled, classily.
5. The Maldives will become carbon-neutral within a decade - wait, aren’t the only “non carbon” neutral places in the Maldives resorts for tourists?