2. When it came to the abduction of a U.S. ship captain by pirates off the coast of Somalia, the event yielded very little to joke about. But now with Capt. Richard Phillips rescued and newly released photos of the incident, the situation has revealed itself to have been, in fact, hilarious.
3. The White House today announced that it will relax restrictions on money transfers and family travel between the U.S. and Cuba, believing that it will "hasten democratic change in the Communist island nation." After the announcement was made Monday, thousands of human-sized bags of money were transferred from Cuba to the U.S.
4. Fox News personality Glenn Beck is reportedly planning a six-stop comedy tour where he will "mix topical comedy with his modern-day take on 'Common Sense,' the Thomas Paine pamphlet." Read all about it in this month's issue of Unquestionably Qualified.
5. Over the weekend in Tampa, Florida, a passenger took control of and landed a King Air twin-engine plane after the pilot died unexpectedly mid-flight. After the courageous landing, a flight crew boarded the plane finding the deceased pilot, a family of four, and in the pilot's chair? Chuck Norris' mustache.
High five.
