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

• Earnings from Sirius XM Radio Inc (SIRI)...
• Earnings from Blockbuster Inc (BBI)...
• Word that the European Central Bank and the Bank of England kept their rates unchanged...
• Earnings from American International Group Inc (AIG)...
• Earnings from SINA Corporation (SINA)...
• Upbeat comments on Imax Corp.(IMAX)...
• Retail sales data...companies mentioned include Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT), Costco Wholesale Corp (COST), and Limited Brands Inc (LTD)...
• Data from the weekly jobless claims report...
• Concerns that commodity prices are down because of slowing global growth...
• Concerns that Apple Inc's (AAPL) new iPhone will have a potentially negative ripple effect...
• A look into Twitter...

While those are all stories worth watching, I think it is obviously clear that the biggest news is this assortment of stories to keep me up at night -

• Ky. weapons depot reports second mustard gas leak - "...second mustard gas leak in less than two weeks...hot summer temperatures may be partly to blame for the leaks..."
• Wash. letter carrier going full kilt ahead - "A 6-foot-tall, 250-pound letter carrier is campaigning for the right to take off his pants..."
• Mexican woman fights off lion with machete - "...riding a donkey Monday along a road when the lion went after the animal's legs...the animal killed two dogs and ate a pig before it was sedated..."

As I said, just a potpourri of stories that make you go hmmm...Oh, and if the stories above don't leave you bothered, there is always this - A Potion to Beat Back Frankenfish' - which notes another chapter in the snakehead saga I touched on earlier this year.