• Beyonce won the appeal in her copyright infringement case. She also supposedly got married to Jay-Z at Giorgio Armani's house. Whatever. [EUR]

• St. Louis firefighters, the white ones, I mean, say that a stuffed monkey, which was found by a black firefighter, hanging from its neck at the firehouse was just ringing out to dry after being found at the scene of a fire. Hmmm. [NYT]

• Along with this story, whose headline reads "Does Obama's Win Show US Is Colorblind," I received about 10 links in my inbox this morning about whether the man's "blackness" is at an appropriate level. So I guess that answers that question. [NW]

• T.I. and Tiny are having a baby that probably won't really get to know its dad until its in elementary school. [People]

• Blacks and Jews in NYC need to band together to stop hate crimes, say community leaders. [NYDN]