The unit

• The Unit from Jersey Shore is gearing up to face the music on a drug possession charge in New Jersey -- and he aint exactly denying the allegations.
(TMZ.com)
• Barnes Noble, the nation's largest book chain, said on Thursday that it was considering spinning off its Nook e-reader division in an effort to help the nascent — and expensive — digital business grow.
(New York Times)
• MF Global UK has 4,500 claims for about $1.2 billion in cash it has to distribute to clients of the failed broker-dealer, said KPMG, the administrator of the estate. The U.K. unit of MF Global Holdings Ltd.
(Bloomberg)
• The newest antagonist on the Jersey Shore, Jonathan 'The Unit' Manfre, has been charged with felony drug possession after being arrested at the MTV party house last summer RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
(Radar Online.com)
• NEW YORK, Jan 6 (Reuters) - A drilling rig in Sweetwater, Oklahoma, owned by Chesapeake Energy subsidiary Nomac Drilling, caught fire late Thursday after unexpectedly hitting a pocket of natural gas near the surface, Chesapeake said on Friday.
(CNBC)
• NEW YORK (Reuters) - Raymond James Financial Inc (RJF.N) and Stifel Financial Corp (SF.
(Reuters)
• Coinstar Inc. (CSTR), owner of the Redbox DVD-rental machines, said it hasn't agreed to Time Warner Inc. (TWX)'s effort to double a 28-day delay in making new Warner Bros. movies available for rental.
(Bloomberg)
• Kevin Lynch of the San Francisco Chronicle put together a brief post about the 49ers special teams unit and the music and dance theyve got happening just before any kickoff.
(Niners Nation)
• Flower Mound, Texas, Jan 06, 2012 (PRWeb.
(TMCnet)
• Police made the bust for possession of a substance that turned out to be Ketamine, a horse tranquilizer.
(Daily Mail)