In lighter countdown news, if you've bought milk or its products in about 16 US states and DC in the last 13 years you have till Jan 31 to request your milk-price-fixing refund. 'Big Dairy' was colluding to keep prices artificially high with a 'herd retirement' program. A much less luxurious retirement than an American Baby-Boomer might expect, though.

You just can't make this stuff up.

And yes, I put in my application. Kids drink a lot of milk, you know. Just two weeks left, get your 'milk money' now or never!