
CNBC is now reporting that the dramatic drop may have been caused by user error: "According to multiple sources, a trader entered a b for billion instead of an m for million in a trade possibly involving Procter & Gamble, a component in the Dow." boingboing.net

"Gary Null sells something called Ultimate Power Meal, which he says you're supposed to eat twice a day every day. He did that for a month and nearly died, so now he's suing the company that manufactured the product." consumerist.com