Tremendously under-reported this weekend was the story of how some members of Congress have been under investigation for getting “sweetheart” VIP loans from Countrywide Financial �" the home mortgage company that led the pack of other financial institutions to the housing bubble last year.

The network that gets credit for doing their job is CBS News, which reported on Friday that the list of “influential” Democrats and Republicans that received VIP loans from Countrywide continues to grow. The latest congressman being investigated is Edolphus Towns, a democrat from New York.

On the night of August 1, at a Walmart, Virginia Dodson could not remember why she was sitting alone in a car. It dawned on her that she did not know how to unbuckle her seat belt either. Panic began to take hold.

Her solution was to scrounge up a steak knife and cut through the straps, eventually finding her way into the confusing world of the parking lot, still wielding the blade.

Make sure you get plenty of sleep before going to court.

Clifton Williams didn't and he's been sentenced to six months in jail for yawning.

"I was flabbergasted because I didn't realize a judge could do that," Williams' father, Clifton Williams Sr., told the Chicago Tribune. "It seems to me like a yawn is an involuntary action."

Some analysts think the Fed should adopt a flexible approach and extend the terms of the Treasury buying programme until the end of the year.

That way, the Fed could buy fewer mortgages and more Treasuries, should yields rise sharply in the coming months.

“It would make sense for the Fed to give themselves room to buy more Treasuries later this year, if that is required,” said George Goncalves, head of fixed income strategy at Cantor Fitzgerald.