News for your hump day...
-The U.S. State Department will not recognize the outcome of Friday's presidential election run-off in Zimbabwe, saying that Robert Mugabe could not claim a legitimate victory amid the current campaign of violence against the opposition.
-Report: The replacement of traditional fuels with biofuels has dragged more than 30 million people worldwide into poverty and will do nothing to combat climate change.
-Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit yesterday against Countrywide Financial Corp. for engaging in "unfair and deceptive" practices to get homeowners to apply for risky mortgages far beyond their means.
