POTpourri

• AP's list of the Top 10 news stories can be found here.  
• North Korean leader Kim Jong il dies.
• Bears WR Sam Hurd arrested on felony drug charges. 
• GOP wants unemployed to pee in a cup & want to cut Pell Grants to low income students.
• RIP Vaclav Havel.  
• Michael Cuddyer signs free agent deal with the Rockies.
• Twins replace Cuddyer with Josh Willingham. 
• Pippa's got back!  
• "No Labels" offers suggestions to improve government.  
• Is 2011 the worst congress ever?  I vote YES.