Friday Morning Coffee

This is going to be my new series for Friday Mornings where I will list and talk about all the things from the news that week that I think everyone should know at least a little about... I am going to 'try' to remain unbiased and post about a lot of different subjects.

Please feel free to comment, suggest, or hate anything I post about. (:

• McDonald's has announced a "Breakfast After Midnight" program that offers a limited number of the most popular items from the chains' breakfast menu. Applebee's, also to capitalize on the nocturnivore trend, offers special menu items and deals for late-night. FESMAG.COM
• The FBI now says the gunman in the Wisconsin Sikh temple shootings died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after he was shot by police. CHICAGO TRIBUNE
•  MTV's favorite former bad girl, Kristin Cavallari, has given birth to her first child.
  "We are thrilled to welcome Camden Jack Cutler into the world," she tweeted. "He was born this morning [Wednesday] weighing 7lbs 9oz. Everyone is doing great!"MTV 
•   Falcons coach Mike Smith is tired of the all of this two-hand touch and technique work. He’s ready to start evaluating the offensive line, a major area of concern for the 2012 season, when they face the Baltimore Ravens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Georgia Dome. he offensive line gave up 26 sacks and 84 quarterback hits last season. The Falcons first two draft picks were offensive linemen and they replaced offensive line coach Paul Boudreau with Pat Hill, the former head coach at Fresno State. After the offseason, Smith was already pointing toward the exhibition games and stating how important they were for the offensive linemen. He wants to see how the line holds up under full contact. They will determine the line positions based on the exhibition games. Smith doesn’t put much stock in the depth chart which shows the same starters who opened last season on the first-team. AJC
•  In a campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney focused on President Obama's recent change to the welfare reform law signed in 1996. Romney said the president changed welfare so that people no longer have to work to receive the cash assistance. "It is wrong to make any change that would make America more of a nation of government dependency. We must restore, and I will restore, work for welfare!" he said to loud cheers and applause from the crowd of about 700. USATODAY
• July was the hottest month in U.S. history, federal scientists announced Wednesday, eclipsing the record set during the heart of the Dust Bowl in 1936. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the average temperature for the contiguous United States in July was 77.6 degrees, which is 3.3 degrees above the 20th century average, marking the hottest July and the hottest month on record for the nation. USATODAY