Screw you, heroes: For eight years, Louisville firefighters have been battling Metro government in the courts over wages and miscalculated overtime. The Kentucky Supreme Court ended that fight last month, ruling the city owed the firefighters five years of back pay plus their earnings since. It will likely cost the city millions. Now, the city says it will stop handling state incentive pay for firefighters. On the bright side, it will save taxpayers $1 million.

VA scandal brewing: A federal indictment was handed down to 13 former veterans and one other person over false disability benefits. WHAS-11’s Mark Hebert says stay tuned.

Recession nation: The Dow Jones dropped below 8000 points. The U.S. jobless rate jumped to a 16-year high. Bush is signing an extension for unemployment benefits. It’s pretty depressing.

Bush cooties: Speaking of the lame duck, CNN ran a video taken at the G-20 Summit showing every world leader giving Bush the proverbial cold shoulder. He walked across the line of world leaders without shaking any hands or being offered their handshake. Maybe this is overplayed, 24/7 news channel psychoanalysis. Or maybe it’s symbolic that the world is waiting on 44.

Clinton alumni association: Ummm, Mr. President-elect, given your appointees thus far, did Hillary really win the election? Politico reports more than 31 of the 47 people so far “named to transition or staff posts have ties to the Clinton administration, including all but one of the members of his 12-person Transition Advisory Board and both of his White House staff choices.”