North Korea's heir apparent Kim Jong-un turned twentysomething today but it's a rather quiet affair, with "no special rations or celebrations" for the people. South Korean hackers also posted birthday greetings on the North's official Twitter and YouTube pages.

[A dock worker in New York takes a smoke break during today's winter storm. After all the drama over the last blizzard, today's snowfall turned out to be a bit of a dud. Image via AP]

Yesterday Ellen Weiss, the NPR executive who called Juan Williams to fire him after the once-respected newsman spoke about his fear of airplane passengers in "Muslim garb," resigned. NPR's CEO's also being punished. Who comes out looking worst? Juan Williams.

Just three days ago the pride of the Emirates, the 160-floor Burj Khalifa hotel, celebrated its first birthday. The next day, a Chinese official announced plans to build a $1.3 billion knock off of the "seven star" hotel in Beijing.

A researcher in the German Foreign Office recently found documents concerning a Finnish dog named Jackie who, during WW2, was trained by its owner to give a Nazi salute on command. The Fuehrer-mocking dog made the Germans very angry.

Conservative deity Ronald Reagan would have turned 100 next month, so the entire Free World will celebrate with bronze statues, museum exhibits, a conservative retreat to the Reagan Library and even a "special tribute" at the Super Bowl. Get excited!

[For this picture of spectators watching the Four Hill ski jumping tournament in Austria, AP photographer Kerstin Joensson exposed the film for a 10th of a second and rotated the camera during the exposure. Image via AP]

Two Republican Congressmen, Pete Sessions of Texas and Mike Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, missed the House swearing-in ceremony today because they were at a party. But they decided to cast some votes anyway, even though that's against the Constitution.

A Washington couple just claimed half of the $380 million Mega Millions jackpot. But there's another winning ticket out there! Did the person fall off a bridge while walking to claim their prize? That would be just our luck.

[A man on stilts teases a group of children during El Museo del Barrio's 34th annual Three Kings Day parade in New York today. Image via AP]

Dr. Charles Bizilj took his eight-year-old son to a gun show two years ago. There, he videotaped his son's death, as the boy lost control while trying to test-fire an Uzi. Today, Bizilj is testifying in court. It is awful.

The Romanian government is trying to pull the country from recession, and part of the plan is to start taxing witches. In turn, witches are casting spells on the president using dead animals and cat feces. That doesn't sound good.

Robert Butler Jr., son of a police detective, shot the principal and assistant principal at his school in Omaha, Nebraska before killing himself. His last Facebook status update was a chilling indictment of the school he'd just transferred to.

New Republican Rep. Allen West — a real piece of work whom we'll be mentioning regularly from now on — has joined the Congressional Black Caucus, making him the first Republican to do so since 1996. Next step: the presidency.

Everyone is in a tizzy because Barack Obama dared to wear flip-flops while on vacation. Really? Just so there's never confusion on this matter again, we're going to break down the rules for when it's appropriate to wear them.

John Wheeler, the defense contractor who served in three Republican presidential administrations and was found dead in a landfill on New Year's Eve, was acting crazy before his death — and may have tried to burn his neighbor's house down.

The New York Post's war on the Sanitation Department over the Snowpocalypse cleanup apparently worked: "I had one old guy throw a mini-snow blower at me because I plowed past his driveway," one sanitation worker told the Daily News.

[Two polar bears fight at the Prague Zoo in the Czech Republic. Image via AP]

The new Republican House majority will be sworn in tomorrow, the start of the 112th Congress. Have you bought a dress yet? You'll want to look good as you watch tomorrow's events on John Boehner's Facebook, from your cubicle.

A federal appeals court has asked the California Supreme Court to help answer a question about who has standing to fight same sex marriage in the courts.