I learned a new word this morning: Boyzilian. That, for those of you not in the know, is the male equivalent of a Brazilian bikini wax. And as you might have guessed, it’s increasingly popular with men both gay and straight. The New York Times pegs the popularity of the beauty treatment on well-groomed celebrities, “like David Beckham and the Situation.”

Cramming for a test, gentlemen? Forget the ginkgo and grab a cold one. According to a new study, drinking beer makes men smarter—“Bud-Wiser” is the New York Daily News’ clever headline. Researchers say men who had consumed two pints performed 40 percent better on a brain teaser than their sober counterparts, concluding that for problem-solving, sometimes it’s beneficial to be a little distracted.

Britney Spears is close to closing a $15 million deal to appear as a judge on the “X Factor,” according to the New York Daily News. Insiders say Simon Cowell is wooing Spears in a move to stay competitive with the other TV talent shows, which all have big names attached to them.

Guns N’ Roses fans hoping for a reunion show this weekend when the band will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the LA Times has some bad news for you. In an open letter to the “Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Guns N’ Roses Fans and Whom It May Concern,” Axl Rose asked not to be inducted on Saturday. He asked that the honor not be bestowed on him in absentia either.

New development in the Trayvon Martin case this morning—one that’s on every single front page littering my desk. Florida’s special prosecutor Angela Corey announced yesterday that George Zimmerman will be charged with second-degree murder. If found guilty, he could face life in prison. The Orlando Sentinel says it’s telling that Corey didn’t mention any of the evidence in the case, or why she chose second-degree murder over a manslaughter charge.

A new debate has begun about whether DC’s standardized building height should be relaxed. I think it’s one of the things about the city that makes it different, but some officials want the Fed to bend on the cap. The Washington Post says the proposal “stem[s] from the reality that the city may soon only be able to grow vertically because of scarcity of land and projected population growth.”

The New York Times’ tech columnist David Pogue shines a spotlight on a new initiative from the biggest magazine publishers this morning. He describes it as the magazine equivalent of Netflix—you pay one price and get to read as many magazines as you want. It’s an app called “Next Issue.”

A private Christian school in Texas is investigating how a group of fourth-graders came to have a pen pal relationship with a convicted sex offender reports the Houston Chronicle this morning. The students’ teacher facilitated the project, telling school administrators it was an extension of the church’s long tradition of corresponding with inmates. Unfortunately, she forgot to cross a few Ts.

An odd story in the San Jose Mercury News this morning. Apparently students at a California high school complained that the grading system was too rigorous. The principal responded and changed dozens of Fs to Ds. But now students say they want their Fs back because the Ds are making it hard to get into colleges. It that makes sense to you, says the Mercury News, then you get an A in education.

“It’s our Springfield” declares the front page of the Eugene Register-Guard this morning. After keeping his lips sealed for decades, Simpsons creator Matt Groening finally admitted that he was thinking about Springfield, Oregon when he created the show. Groening told Smithsonian Magazine that he intentionally chose a common name so that everyone would think it was their Springfield.

And so it begins. Rick Santorum bowed out of the presidential race yesterday, leaving Mitt Romney as the last man standing. New York Post columnist John Podhoretz decides today to focus on Romney’s strengths as he gears up to take on President Obama. Podhoretz says during the primary Romney demonstrated, with a series of attack ads, that he could dish it and by hanging in there through “Newtmania and the Santorum Surge” that he could take it.

Rick Santorum’s concession speech went over well in Minnesota. Not because people wanted to see him go, but because he name-dropped the factory responsible for his ubiquitous sweater vest. Phones started ringing at the Bemidji Woolen Mills before Santorum left the podium, says the Pioneer, and they haven’t stopped since.

Not sure this is an assignment I’d want. New York Post reporter Maureen Callahan is aboard the Titanic. Well, the “re-creation” cruise, to be exact. The ship’s first stop is in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where passengers can disembark and take in the graves of the original ship’s victims. Just an amuse bouche before heading to 41°43’57”N, 49°56’49”W, the exact location of the Titanic’s sinking.

She was dying to get married, says the New York Post. That was back in 2010, when Jessica Vega convinced her fiancé and more than 100 wedding guests that she was dying from a rare type of leukemia. She wasn’t—she just really, really wanted to get married. Now, Vega is facing 20 years in prison for accepting for than $10,000 worth of wedding-related goods from people touched by her story.

Not only are death and taxes the only certain things in life, they apparently go together. The San Francisco Chronicle says a new study has found that deaths by car accident are six percent higher on April 15th than on other days in the month. Researchers say the trend has continued for 30 years, despite the fact that so many people file online nowadays.

A surprise shakeup at Best Buy yesterday. CEO Brian Dunn abruptly quit, says the Minneapolis Star Tribune, to try to avoid questions about why the company was launching an investigation into his “personal conduct.” There’s really no word on what that means. One observer says the allegations “will be a real hit to the company’s credibility.”

The Wall Street Journal’s tech writer Walt Mossberg says you should get to know the dictation button on your smartphone better, because it’s usually accurate and much faster—at least for him—than typing on glass. Mossberg says the function works best in quiet places but performed just fine in a crowded supermarket.

Thinking of taking up a new language? What about squirrel? The Washington Post talks to a biology professor who promises to teach us how to speak, yes, squirrel in four easy steps. First lesson: Kuk, usually delivered stacatto in a series of barks, is the squirrel equivalent of “Danger!” Muk-muk does double duty, meaning both “I’m hungry!” and “Let’s have sex!”

His wife’s not the only one with guns. President Obama dropped to the ground at the White House’s Easter egg roll yesterday to do some push-ups. The New York Daily News uses the resulting photo to illustrate a story about how he’s flexing over Romney, leading the likely GOP nominee in a dozen swing states.

“They are young, widely praised—and very, very rich.”  The San Jose Mercury News is describing the founders of Instagram, who added the “very, very rich” part yesterday when Facebook bought their tiny start-up for $1 billion. Both Stanford alums, Kevin Systrom (the older one) graduated in 2006. Mike Krieger graduated in 2008, and only held one full-time job (for 18 months) before he and Systrom linked up to create the popular photo app.

As the New York Daily News puts it, “XXX marks the spot on the Internet.” A new study has found that almost one-third of all web traffic comes from porn sites. The largest site regularly pulls in three times the page views of ESPN or CNN. Time spent on x-rated sites is much longer too. While a typical user will spend three to six minutes perusing the news, they spend 15 and 20 on their favorite porn sites.

The Maryland lottery winner has finally claimed their Mega Millions prize says the Baltimore Sun.  It seems like it’s not the McDonald’s lady but we don’t really know that for sure. The winner has been permitted to remain anonymous though lottery officials say they’ll share a “storyline” when they hold a press conference later today.

Prosecutors in Chicago are having a tough time picking a jury for the murder trial of singer Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew. The challenge, says the Tribune, is to find people who won’t be swayed by the singer’s celebrity. Explains a defense attorney: “It’s difficult to find people in Chicago who don’t like Jennifer Hudson. If it were ... Charlie Sheen, maybe people wouldn’t care.”

The deluge of Titanic stories are weighing on me a bit. But I’ve got to point out a great one in the New York Times this morning.  Writer William Broad tells us “the iceberg was only part of it.” We’re all left with this feeling that the crash with the iceberg was caused by human error and misjudgment. But scientists are looking at the weather when the Titanic went down and are finding record tides that may have been a factor.

David Letterman is feted on the pages of the New York Daily News this morning. He’s turning 65 this year. But it doesn’t look like he’ll be slowing down anytime soon. To celebrate the occasion, the paper makes a list of Top Ten Junctures where the TV host’s life could have veered down a different path. No. 4: If his application to the Weather Channel hadn’t got lost in the mail.

If you thought the sun screen in your make-up was enough, think again. The Wall Street Journal says people who think they are wearing the proper sunscreen daily typically apply only 1/3 to 1/2 of the recommended amount. That has the FDA ginning up ways to help people understand the importance of using both UVA and UVB protection every day. New labels on sun screen bottles will be the first step, rolled out on June 18th.

Mike Wallace, the veteran newscaster and longtime “60 Minutes” anchor, died over the weekend at age 93. His photo appeared on almost every front page I looked at this morning. An obituary in the New York Times calls him “a reporter with the presence of a performer.” Before he settled into journalism Wallace tried his hand at game shows and even had a run at being a Broadway actor.

How do cable news pundits know if they’ve made it big? They get to work from home. But unlike like the rest of us who log on to our laptops from the kitchen counter, for news personalities that means having a home studio installed to save them a trip to the studio. Ari Fleischer has one. So do James Carville and Mary Matalin.  As the Washington Post puts it, “there’s no perk like home.”

The New York Post has an interesting article about childless workers pushing back against their colleagues who are always taking time off for their kids. Women without children say the increasingly family-friendly vibe in the workplace means that they are always asked to pick up the slack when their colleagues “play the baby card.”

A crowd of children in Virginia saw the Easter Bunny taken away in handcuffs yesterday. Police arrested a shopping mall Easter Bunny, says the Richmond Times-Dispatch, on suspicion that he was hopped on prescription medicine. Parents alerted authorities after noticing the 24-year-old man was acting strangely while doling out eggs and chocolate to a line of waiting children.

Chicago Tribune columnist Barbara Brotman wishes us a Happy Stress Awareness Month in today’s paper. Then she questions whether most of us need a month to become aware of something that seems omnipresent in our lives. Regardless, she asks people for their stress-busting tips. Exercise in several forms makes the list, as does financial security.

A nice Pia Catton column in the Wall Street Journal this morning, detailing the 10 reasons why you shouldn’t text in the theater. First and foremost she says it’s a waste of money. If you’re texting, then you’re probably not paying attention, which means you wasting that $150 you dropped on a ticket. Also: “it’s just plain rude.”

20th Century Fox is apparently in a pickle over Trayvon Martin case says the New York Times this morning. The studio has a “Neighborhood Watch” movie ready for release. It’s not directly comparable to the Trayvon controversy, but it’s close enough to cause concern. The comedy has Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill protecting their neighborhood from space aliens. Fox is pulling trailers and quieting down the movie’s PR machine.

The first car Joe Binder drove was a Model T. When he started his job as a valet for Mario’s Restaurant gas was 89 cents a gallon. Twenty-five years later, Binder, who turned 102 years old yesterday, still works at Mario’s parking cars. Binder says he doesn’t have any plans to get out of the drivers seat: “I just renewed my license, so I’m good until I turn 110 years old.”

The New York Daily News picks up a classic story today from a Seattle radio station, which talked to Russ Berkman yesterday. Berkman was on his way to the Masters in Augusta when he came home to find that his dog had eaten his four tickets. Not one to be discouraged, he fed the dog hydrogen peroxide to make it vomit, pieced together the ticket remnants that came up and took PICTURES, and then called the Masters with his photographic evidence.

Boots the cat is walking away with his nine lives intact, no thanks to his owner. The Chicago Tribune says when Boots’ owner died earlier this year, she specified in her will that any cats she owned be euthanized. Well, the executors of her will thought that was a little harsh, so they contested the clause and won. Citing donations she’d made to animal groups, they argued that the woman had a commitment to the humane treatment of animals. Boots is now living it up at a shelter.

New York may be the Big Apple to most of us, but for presidential candidates, it’s a “political ATM” says the Washington Post. Usually, the New York primary occurs so late that donations are the state’s main source of federal influence. But this year it looks like New York may actually have a say in the Republican primary. Mitt Romney’s in New York right now, hoping that he can deliver a decisive blow to Rick Santorum on April 24th.

What’s it like to live like a billionaire? New York Times reporter Kevin Roose decided to see what it was like to live like the .01 percenters for a day—with the Times footing most of the bill. Basically, it sounds pretty awesome: “four-star service. Doors are opened, luggage is carried away wordlessly, and at one point, warm chocolate chip cookies magically appear.”

There’s a cool feature in the Wall Street Journal this morning about how they build the highest of high heels and still maintain (relative) comfort. Doctors recommend a maximum height of 2 inches, to minimize damage to the foot. Designer Francesco Russo says the highest shoe he’s ever built is 4.1 inches without platforms. Beyond that, and “the woman starts to walk weirdly,” says Russo.

USA Today has a review of the super high-end Canon 5D Mark III camera in today’s paper. It was invented as a still camera but is known as an amazing video camera as well. It has an unusually large image sensor, about 20 times larger than one found inside a typical video camera. Conclusion: if you have $3,499 to spare, it’s a worthwhile investment.

A Florida principal is hopping mad over a school picture gone wrong says the Sun Sentinel. A student who wasn’t supposed to be included in the photo of Mrs. Daiz’ second-grade class managed to sneak in the front row. But instead of re-doing the picture, the photography studio decided to replace the student’s face with a “brown, cartoon smiley face” instead.

An Australian pilot was forced to make an emergency landing after discovering he had…snakes on his plane. Actually, just one snake. Air traffic controllers thought the pilot’s original call for help was a joke, says the Daily Mail. And then he had to deal with the fact that the snake emerged from inside the control panel and set up shop next to the transmit button, which the pilot needed to push to communicate with the tower.

An 80-year-old Wisconsin woman is being praised for her calm under pressure after her husband had a heart attack and died in the pilot’s seat and she was forced to land the plane by herself. Helen Collins, who’d taken a handful of flying lessons two decade ago but has no license, guided the plane down with the help of her son’s voice over the radio, says the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

Thanks to Allegiant Air, the only “free” luggage space on a plane is under the seat in front of you. The small airline introduced an overhead bin fee yesterday, says the St. Petersburg Times, to the surprise of many passengers. It will charge $35 each way for any carry-on luggage, though if you book online you can shave $20 off the price.

Buy me some ____ and Cracker Jacks??? Looks like baseball fans are going to have to come up with some new lyrics. Both the Mets and the Yankees will debut peanut-free seating sections this year says the New York Post. The peanut-free zones will be located in special suites and not in the…peanut gallery.

Tornados ripped into northern Texas yesterday causing lots of damage, but luckily no fatalities.  “Mother Nature mixed up a perfect storm of reality TV,” says the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, referring the VIDEO of semis being tossed into air like a coin. In fact, the whole storm was well-documented, in part because Dallas/Fort. Worth area is so densely populated and media outlets were prepared.

Nike unveiled new NFL uniforms yesterday in Brooklyn, says the New York Times. Every team fared pretty well with the re-design—except the Seattle Seahawks. It’s not quite the University of Oregon’s Seaducks uniform fiasco but it’s close. Nike designers say they added feather patterns to the Seahawks’ jerseys to represent the Pacific Northwest’s Native American heritage.

College basketball isn’t about academics—it’s about basketball. That’s John Calipari’s opinion, anyways. The Kentucky coach gets big props from blogger Dave Zirin on the New York Daily News’ opinion page for his observation. Using a Malcolm X metaphor, Zirin concludes that Calipari may be the only honest man left in the NCAA.

Bill Carter of the New York Times got word that David Letterman will be around for at least two more years. CBS just extended his contract as well as Craig Ferguson’s. Carter points out that the two-year extension puts Letterman’s late-night tenure at 32 years, two years longer than his idol Johnny Carson, and long enough to make him “the longest-serving late-night host in TV history.”

Would you trust your colleague to give you a raise? The Wall Street Journal details a wacky system being adopted by some companies in which your colleagues, not your bosses, decide who gets a bonus. The idea is that rank-and-file employees are privy to more information about which employees are actually making an impact. So the plan gives them stock that they can allocate to others for a bonus.

Obviously, Marlinde Wilson is not worried about the Hamburglar. The Maryland woman who claims to possess one of the three winning Mega Millions tickets says knows the $105 million ticket is safe because she’s hidden it somewhere at the McDonald’s where she works.

The Kentucky Wildcats pulled off their eighth NCAA championship win last night, beating Kansas 67-59. Apparently, Kentucky basketball fans have a tradition of giving winning teams a nickname—there were The Unforgettables in 1992, The Untouchables in 1996 and The Unbelievables in 1997. This year, says the Louisville Courier-Journal, The Undeniables seems like a fitting name. 

So many people—22.5 million, to be exact—were curious to see what the 1940 census might reveal, that they jammed up the website’s servers yesterday, reports USA Today. The Census Bureau has always released full data sets after a 72-year freeze, but yesterday was the first time ever that the trove of information was available online.

This story’s a little New York-y, but I’m betting the irony will carry through. Maxwell and Sara Kate Gillingham-Ryan are breaking up. They’re the force behind the home-and-design site website, Apartment Therapy, which is all about how to live harmoniously with your partner in small spaces. It’s unclear what will happen to the website, says the New York Post.

Alec Baldwin got engaged on the weekend to 28-year-old “yoga hottie” Hilaria Thomas says the New York Daily News.  Baldwin apparently went off last night on the paper over its efforts to get a photo of the ring from inside her yoga class. They succeeded and describe the diamond as ““huge, very clear, perfect clarity, Cartier.”

The New York Times says it’s long been known that sitting on a traditional bike seat for long periods of time can cause erectile problems in men. But a new study has found that something similar happens to women. Apparently, if the handlebars are low you are putting undue pressure on your private parts. Hence that numb feeling after spin class.

A tragic shooting at a small Christian college in Oakland left seven people dead and three more injured reports the San Francisco Chronicle this morning. The suspect, a former nursing student, apparently had a string of debts and had recently dealt with the deaths of his mother and brother. After the ambush, the 43-year-old gunman walked to a convenience store 5 miles away and calmly told the cashier, “I just shot some people.”

Rick Perry wasn’t exactly on top of his game during his failed bid for the GOP nomination earlier this year, especially during the debates. And according to an e-book being released today, that’s because he was taking severe pain killers for a back problem. The Houston Chronicle says similar rumors have been floating around Washington and Austin for months.

Today’s chapter in the Keith Olbermann fiasco involves an e-mail between Olberman’s personal manager and his boss at Current TV. The e-mail exchange printed in the New York Post shows just how bad the relationship between Olbermann and his employer was. It might have been routine e-mail in other circumstances, with Olberman’s manager requesting time off. But it just happened to be the night before Super Tuesday.

It is a chilling photograph. The New York Daily News says a century after the Titanic sank, we are getting a first glimpse at the iceberg that took her down. Taken by a passenger on the RMS Carpathia, which rescued 705 people from the Titanic’s lifeboats, the photo shows the “killer iceberg” looming in the distance. It’s going up for auction this week, along with other Titanic-themed items.

City officials in Seattle have an idea about how to decrease the amount of trash in its landfills: don’t pick up garbage as often. In fact, only pick it up once every two weeks. The Seattle Times says a pilot program will be rolled out this summer to test whether a longer interval between trash pick ups will force people to recycle more, or if the plan just…stinks.

American students are horrible writers, which has led one non-profit to spitball an unusual idea, says the Orlando Sentinel: employ robots to read students’ essays and deliver a grade. The idea is that teachers would assign more writing projects, if they knew they didn’t have to read them.

The Seattle Times takes an investigative look into Amazon’s relationship with publishers in this morning’s paper. The retail giant has recently forced price breaks on some of its suppliers. And because of Amazon’s size and market dominance, publishers say there’s little they can do besides agree to the less-than-favorable terms.

Mitt Romney’s staff was working in Wisconsin yesterday, but that doesn’t mean they forgot it was April Fool’s Day. Employing the help of Rep. Paul Ryan, they managed to fool Romney into thinking no one showed up for a pancake breakfast in his honor. And, says the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, they managed to catch the whole thing on VIDEO.

Maybe Bruce Springsteen should run for president. The Bergen County Register notes that despite the Boss’s left-leaning songs, he still manages to maintain legions of right-leaning fans. No one bans his politically-themed songs from the radio (unlike the Dixie Chicks), and at least one GOP governor (Chris Christie) can’t stop expressing his admiration for him, despite several snubs. Some fans say it’s his sincerity; others point to his “ability to speak in broad terms, to broad audiences.”

The Burmese people got a taste of democracy over the weekend, says the Washington Post. Early election results show Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s popular opposition leader (and Nobel Peace Prize winner) who’s been under house arrest on and off since 1990, won a seat in parliament. Political activist warn that Suu Kyi’s victory is only a small step towards a more open Burma.

This morning at 6 am, a Silicon Valley engineer unleashed a treasure trove of information, says the San Jose Mercury News.  Kept secret by law for 72 years, raw data from the 1940 census is now available to history buffs. And for the first time, all the information is indexed, and available online.

The rising Mega Millions jackpot made front pages across the country this morning. The Houston Chronicle has some good advice this morning for those participating in a lottery pool. With a pay-out this big—it reached $540 million last night—it’s a good idea to formalize your agreements, especially if you’re pooling money with colleagues. And make copies of your tickets.

The ex-Goldman Sachs employee who penned a scathing New York Times op-ed about his tenure at the investment firm has walked away with a sweet deal. After an intense bidding war, he secured a $1.5 million book advance to write a tell-all. The New York Post’s Keith Kelly says that’s about three times the annual salary he was making at Goldman.

The New York Times says a big Apple supplier has promised to improve manufacturing conditions at its factories in China. Foxconn, which makes over 40 percent of the world’s electronics, says it will “sharply curtail working hours and significantly increase wages,” a move that some think could improve working conditions across all of China.

Trash talking in the sport of wrestling is nothing new. But the San Jose Mercury News says one Lucha Libre USA fighter has pushed the envelope far enough that immigration advocates say he’s crossed the line. RJ Brewer, who, in his free time volunteers for the US Border Patrol with a dog name Visa, psyches out his opponents by asking about their immigration status and demanding to see their papers.

When you go to a club they use a black light to see if your hand is stamped. Now, one Minnesota company is turning to the same technology to make sure hospitals are as clean as they can be.  Using a “patented fluorescent marking gel” and black light allows workers to see what areas in an OR have been contaminated by germs. One hospital that tested the product says it decreased the contamination in its facilities by 70 percent.

The autism rate has risen 80 percent in a decade says the Washington Post. A new federal study has found that 1 in 88 children have symptoms of autism. Experts say it’s mostly thought to be rise in diagnosis rather than a rise in the true number of sufferers.

Lindsay Lohan took her “final courtroom bow” yesterday reports the New York Post. A judge ended Lohan’s probation, stemming for her 2007 DUI charge. Looking sober and put together, the actress listened on smiling as the judge offered one last piece of advice: “The only terms left .. are to obey all laws — not that hard.”

Megan Fox knows she’s a fox, says the New York Daily News this morning. Apparently, the actress told a French magazine that lives “well with her image.” Said the actress: “I would not trade my place with an unattractive girl.” Fox is expecting a child with her husband, actor Brian Austin Green.

A new survey has found that more than half of American households—about 55 percent—have at least one Apple product. USA Today says the average household has 1.6 Apple devices, and 25 precent of the people questioned say they plan to buy another one in the coming year.

You’ve got a new car. Now you’ve got to figure it out how to use it. According to car dealers, customers are so baffled by the technology in their new car that they’re hiring people to teach customers how everything works. USA Today says Cadillac has even developed an app to explain the new technology featured in their cars.

Hipsters, beware. The Washington Post says a controversy is brewing over suspects who don non-prescription eyeglasses in court to look more respectable. The paper says “personality glasses” have become quite a fad in the DC court system. Apparently, they’ve become a hot item for family members to deliver to suspects in custody before their trials.

New surveillance video from a Florida police station shows Trayvon Martin’s shooter seemingly uninjured as he’s brought in after the shooting to answer questions. George Zimmerman initially told cops that he shot the 17-year-old boy out of self defense. The Orlando Sentinel says the police report described Zimmerman with a bloody nose and head, but that on the VIDEO he seems uninjured.

It’s a step up from chattel—maybe. French newspaper Le Monde got ahold of Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s text message log (he’s being investigated for his involvement in a prostitution ring) and reported yesterday that, while planning orgies, he referred to his female guests as “luggage” or “equipment.” As in: “Do you want to (can you?) come to a great sexy nightclub in Madrid with me (and some equipment) on July 4?”

The Wall Street Journal puts together a great list of 25 frequent traveler tips in today’s paper. One of them is to lock a shoe in the hotel safe along with your valuables. Then when you go to put on your shoes before you leave you’ll remember to get the stuff out of the safe.

What’s up with the weather? It was barely winter here. They had an unusually cold winter in Continental Europe. Is there a change that explains these swings? The New York Times has a possible explanation in today’s paper. One theory is that it’s the Arctic ice. Or more accurately the “lack of Arctic ice” in recent years.

Interesting story on the front page of the LA Times about the search for coconut pickers in India. Apparently, it’s getting harder and harder to find people willing to shimmy up trees to collect coconuts. So the Indian government is offering a $20,000 prize for the “best robotic coconut picker.” Three finalists remain, one that is fashioned after a giant praying mantis.

Quaker Oats has slimmed down Larry. Larry, in case you didn’t know, is the man on the Quaker Oats packages. Since oatmeal wants to be part of a healthy diet, Quaker thought the plump man with a double chin wasn’t a good idea. They didn’t change him a lot, but the Wall Street Journal says the company shaved about 5 pounds off his appearance.