StupidiNews, Labor Day Edition!

• Authorities in Louisiana at keeping an eye on the Pearl River canal lock near St. Tammany Parish, as floodwaters from Isaac are threatening to break open the gates.
• As with the Republican National Convention in Tampa, tough new security measures at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte are raising concerns.
• Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says that more stimulus may be needed if job growth continues to stall.
• Corruption in India's Uttar Pradesh state alone may have cost millions of starving people there as much as $14.5 billion in food over the last decade, according to Bloomberg News.
• A Brooklyn bookshop is restoring out-of-print sci-fi classics as public domain e-books, with a little help from the internet.