1. On Tuesday, twenty-one of Jim Henson’s puppets, including Cookie Monster and Miss Piggy, were donated to the Smithsonian. So if you want to see one of the puppets up close, head over to the museum or just go to any toy store anywhere.

2. Yesterday, the Obama administration defended its effort to regulate the tax reform preparation business for the first time in U.S. history, basing its case largely on a 19th century law dealing with horses lost or killed during the Civil War. “Well, if we’re resurrecting laws from the Civil War era…” said Paula Deen.

3. Wild pigs have descended on a suburban Atlanta neighborhood where they are scaring children, making a general nuisance of themselves and acting as if they own the place. “Told you so,” said the Jews.

4. Yesterday, “Mad Men” star Jon Hamm revealed that he will undergo surgery to remove a polyp from his throat. So I guess that answers the question of who’s dating Catherine Zeta Jones now.

5. Detroit Lions wide receiver Nate Burleson broke his arm in a one-car accident when he tried to protect a pizza that was in his passenger seat. Man, black people give their kids the craziest names.

6. The South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday that Facebook, Twitter and other websites deemed sensitive and blocked by the Chinese government will be accessible in a planned free-trade zone in Shanghai. Although, it’s cheating if the Chinese have the same 140 character per-tweet limit as us.

7. A new study suggests, men’s and women’s drinking habits could provide hints about their risk of being in a violent relationship. But maybe I wouldn’t drink so much if she used her head once-and-a-while.

8. A woman who sent her three-year-old son, named Jihad, to school in a shirt that read “Jihad, Born September 11, I am a bomb” was fined and given a suspended jail sentence by a French court last week. But, in the woman’s defense, if you have a better way to let strangers know she‘s a terrible parent and an all-around awful human being, I’d like to hear it.

9. A new study suggests, people with heart disease who are more upbeat and excited tend to live longer than those who don’t have such a positive outlook. “Well, there are always outliers,” said Dick Cheney.

10. The NBA announced yesterday that it will allow the Miami Heat to wear jerseys during a game bearing their nicknames instead of their last names. LeBron is expected to go with the moniker “King James,” Dwyane Wade will go by “D-Wade” and Shane Battier will use his nickname of “One of the other guys.”