BIG
SHOT BIRTHDAYS _ Former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle is 66; Alice
Cooper is 65; Gabrielle Anwar (The Tudors, Fiona Glenanne on TV's Burn Notice)
is 42; Rob Corddry (The Daily Show, Hot Tub Time Machine) is 42

NEWS
ATTACK! _ About 60 Harvard students have been forced to leave school
after being caught cheating on the final exam of the class Introduction to
Congress. [They now actually qualify to run for congress.]
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ETCH
A SKETCH INVENTOR DIES _ The inventor of the Etch A Sketch has died. It
was revealed over the weekend that Andre Cassagne had died in France on January
16.

VALENTINE'S
DAY SPENDING UP _ Is it the improving economy or just a desire to stay
out of the doghouse that is making us spend more on our sweetie this Valentine's
Day? Valentine's Day, believe it or not, is the second largest consumer spending
holiday, second only to Christmas. This year the average guy will spend $168.74,
and the average women will dish out $85.76. +

WACKY-BUT-TRUE:
SCOTTISH MAN CALLS POLICE ON MCDONALD'S _ A Scottish man called police
after he said workers at a McDonald's were ignoring him. The man called 911
(999), telling a dispatcher he'd had a disagreement with the staff. After they
refused to address the man's concerns inside the restaurant he got in his car
and went into the drive-thru -- and was still ignored. The dispatcher scolded
the man for wasting what could be valuable resources.

WARM
BODIES HAS BOX OFFICE HEAT _ Warm Bodies, the zombie romantic
comedy, topped the box office on Super Bowl weekend with $20 million in ticket
sales. Last week's winner Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters came in second
with $9.2 million. +

Have a great day!

John Elliott