Marlee Matlin & Brass Knuckles

1. On Monday a Minnesota court ruled that Democrat Al Franken received more votes than Republican opponent Norm Coleman in the state's Senate race. Norm Coleman, running for re-election, has vowed to appeal the decision with the Minnesota Supreme Court, saying, "This court's ruling tonight ... is inconsistent with the Minnesota tradition of enfranchising voters, maintaining a democracy, and making me win."

2. In her new book, actress Marlee Matlin claims that her once-romantic relationship with actor William Hurt was at times physically abusive. The book is set to come out today and is entitled, "Last Names Of People To Avoid At All Costs."

3. Last week video game publisher Electronic Arts sent out the promo pack for their new Godfather II title, including with it a set of brass knuckles, which are illegal to possess in some states. EA immediately began recalling the promotional weaponry and said in an open letter to longstanding critics of video game violence, "So... we're cool, right?"

4. On Monday, Amazon.com said an embarrassing cataloging error was responsible for thousands of gay and lesbian books losing their site rankings and becoming more difficult to find. Critics cried discrimination, but Amazon insists it was all a misunderstanding and released an apology saying, "We're totally not gay, but we have nothing against gay people. We have tons of gay friends and even employ gay people. Name one? Okay... um, shoot, what's that fruit's name in accounting? Well, 'gay' accounting, I mean. Obviously we keep them segregated. ... What?"

5. Boston Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett was handed a 6-game suspension for throwing intentionally at the head of Angels' outfielder Bobby Abreu. Abreu was granted a timeout while Beckett was already in his windup. Beckett said later he didn't want to stop for fear of injuring his arm. "It could end somebody's [pitching] career," Beckett said, after THROWING AT A MAN'S HEAD.

High five.