Here are some of the contenders for today's biggest...news...of...the...day...

• Earnings from Analog Devices Inc.(ADI)...
• Earnings from Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ)...
• Earnings from Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd (STP)...
• Earnings from BJ's Wholesale Club Inc (BJ)...
• Lower seller fees for fixed-price items on eBay Inc (EBAY)...
• Word that Circuit City Stores Inc (CC) is still pondering a sale even though it "has seen only 1 profitable quarter since the second quarter of 2007 but has continued to defend its multiyear turnaround plan..."
• An acquisition for Salesforce.com Inc (CRM)...
• A joint venture between STMicroelectronics (STM) and Ericsson (ERIC)...
• A report from Goldman Sachs Group (GS) that urges investors to trade options on technology stocks...optimism is expressed toward International Business Machines Corp (IBM, Oracle Corp. (ORCL), and Cisco Systems (CSCO)...skepticism is shown on Juniper Networks Inc (JNPR) and Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP)...
• Optimism on the energy sector...
• A shelf registration from Overstock.com Inc. (OSTK)...[note - shares of OSTK are indicated down more than 12% in pre-open action...]
• A rebellion against companies that try to stop the use of IM, iTunes and Facebook...

While those are all stories worth watching, I think it is obviously clear that the biggest story is the one that features this as its opening line - A Web site that claimed two Georgia men had found Bigfoot says the men's claim is a fraud... [Courtesy of Mark "I-watched-the-press-conference-on-TV" Fightmaster.]

That's right, the saga of bigfoot's body isn't real. I know you are as shocked about this as I am. Oh well, I guess you can't blame the site that hyped the press conference. After all, no one would think you would need to verify the claims first. If you can't trust someone who says they have bigfoot in their freezer, who can you trust...

Oh, for those looking to a follow-up to yesterday's animal uprising comments, check this story out - Monkey triggers Tokyo subway chaos. Project Animal Mayhem has begun. I am Nick's raging bile duct...