China's Winds & Representatives That Blow

1. It was revealed today that Caster Semenya, the South African runner who was forced to take a gender test, is actually a hermaphrodite. The test concluded that she has both male and female sex organs and carries three times the amount testosterone of a normal woman. Though, most experts agree, officials should have recognized something was amiss when Semenya began crying after she caught herself staring at another woman.

2. An 8 year old cheetah named Sarah is now officially the fastest mammal on Earth covering 100 meters in 6.13 seconds. By comparison, Usain Bolt ran the same distance in about 9.00 seconds setting the human world record. Running officials are now having the cheetah's gender tested.

3. Today on Representative Joe Wilson's (R-S.C.) website JoeWilsonforCongress.com, the congressman apologized for his outburst during President Obama's speech but asked his supporters to continue contributing to his campaign. Wilson says his opponents want to keep him silent on "government-run health care," what conservatives believe to be a government handout. Wilson then asked campaign supporters for a handout.

4. The surviving members of Nirvana released a statement Thursday saying they were disappointed that Kurt Cobain is being used in Guitar Hero 5 as an unlockable character. Activision, the makers of the Guitar Hero series, says it secured the rights to use Cobain's likeness. The company adds, however, that it may have gone too far with its new "shotgun mode."

5. A new U.S. study published on Thursday says that China could decrease its emissions by 30% by 2030 if it utilized wind power to meet half of its electricity demands. The study further suggests that wind could potentially supply all of China's energy needs in the future. Some analysts warn, though, that wind could never be a substitute for sources like nuclear power. Let's be honest, why use an energy source to only supply power to your people when you can use it to blow them up and melt their skin off, too?

High five.