Things I learned this week

1. General Mills claims exclusive rights to the term "bake-off." (NPR)
   
2. Burger King has released a line of fast food-themed snack chips. (SLOG)
   
3. The Federal Election Commission, which enforces political campaign rules in the U.S., will likely be unable to act on new complaints after Jan. 1, 2008 due to not having a quorum. (NPR)
   

About that last item -- it's probably not as big a deal as you'd think at first blush. The FEC's judgements almost always come long after the actual election is over, so the damage has already been done by the time they get around to levying fines. Their fines also tend to be a small percentage of campaign fundraising, making them effectively just a cost of doing business.