Obama Is Going to Present His Budget Plan Today: Watch out, rich people, you're gonna get it!

Hey, the Grammys Happened: Adele won six awards, Jennifer Hudson sang a tribute to Whitney Houston, and notorious asshole Chris Brown not only got to perform at the Grammys this year but he also won best R&B album. Good to see he's come such a long way since the Grammys three years ago when he beat up Rihanna. OH WAIT. HE'S STILL A VIOLENT, GAY-SLUR-HURLING TURD. But now he's a violent, gay-slur-hurling turd with a prize!

In Local Grammy News: Our bands—the Fleet Foxes, Death Cab for Cutie, and Eddie Vedder—didn't do so well.

Sad Gets Sadder: Reports say Whitney Houston died of the infamous prescription drug/alcohol cocktail and her daughter, who has been rushed to the hospital twice since her mom died, is feared to be suicidal.

The World's (Second) Tallest Building to Get the World's Most Terrifying Elevator: Mitsubishi is building elevators for the Shanghai Tower in China, which will "travel at a rate of 3,281 feet per minute, more than twice as fast as those at the World Trade Center." Also, they make it sound like they're designing a car:

Ultra-high-speed elevators require the latest technology in both mechanics and personal comfort. Mitsubishi released data on drive, controllability, super high-rise cable mechanics and safety along with such …. technicalities like "advanced plunger" and "exceptional shock absorption."

Would you ride in an elevator with an "advanced plunger?"

Moving on...

Here are Some Pretty Incredible Pictures of the Riots in Greece: After the Greek parliament approved of an unpopular austerity bill 150 Athens shops were looted and 48 buildings were set on fire.

Puppy Love: A local couple is getting married at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show after their Tibetan Mastiff named Major competes in the show. (Also: I would like a Tibetan Mastiff for Valentine's Day. LOOK AT THAT DOG'S AMAZING FACE!)

Welcome to 2012, Sea-Tac: A new bill will bring much needed updates to Sea-Tac Airport, including shorter landing routes, 12,000 new jobs, and technology that is no longer from the 1950s (no seriously, apparently Sea-Tac has been operating on technology from the 1950s).

Here's the Latest Nerd News: Samsung just launched a $350 Android tablet. Meanwhile, tech experts believer the iPad 3 will be released in early March. And speaking of Apple and Samsung, Apple is taking legal action against Samsung for its Galaxy Nexus smartphones.

No Surprise Here: Big name publishers are fighting for the rights to publish Amanda Knox's book, which, according to Amanda, will "be the true and unvarnished story of what happened in Perugia, Italy." The manuscript is expected to sell for millions of dollars.

Now, here are the Smothers Brothers:

"They'll get you."