In the wake of the Black Friday Shopocalypse, a wave of fast-food employee protests began yesterday, with demonstrators chanting, “Hey, hey, what do you say? We demand fair pay.” (NYT)

While Obama was trying not to fall off the fiscal cliff, Joe Biden took some time off to do his holiday shopping at Washington, D.C.’s first Costco. (WSJ, Washington Post)

An NYPD officer was caught on camera, but for once, it was good news: the policeman gave a pair of boots to a homeless man without shoes. (CNN)

Last but not least, the deans of each of the four undergraduate schools stood together last night in Santa hats. Possibly not breaking news, but Bwog appreciated it.