I don't apparently assign the same importance to what's at the top of the topic list as some do...  I actually "Chit Chat" about the news all the time.  It's actually nice to hear some of these stories.  Beats the hell out of the hard news stuff I usually deal with.  
And now that you have AP's permission I really don't see any concievable issue here except that someone might have to look at page 2 of the topic list!
