The US has announced that North Korea has agreed to suspend its nuclear program in exchange for food aid. Also in the news, the patent office announced they have granted a patent for the first perpetual motion machine, the White House says that President Obama has decided to switch parties, and aliens have landed on the mall in Washington, D.C. Reuters: North Korea agreed on Wednesday to stop nuclear tests, uranium enrichment and long-range missile launches and to allow nuclear inspectors to visit its Yongbyon nuclear complex to verify the moratorium has been enforced. The announcement, made simultaneously by the U.S. State Department and North Korea's official news agency, paves the way for the possible resumption of six-party disarmament negotiations with Pyongyang and follows talks between U.S. and North Korean diplomats in Beijing last week. It also marks a significant policy shift by North Korea's reclusive leadership following the death in December of veteran leader Kim...(Read Full Post)