5 Things: Crazy Ants Invading the U.S.

1. That's Some Smart Phone: Great story here about how a smart phone saved a gas station attendant's life. 

2. Top-Secret Google Island: I have no idea what it means that Google has a top-secret floating island in San Francisco Bay, but it's intriguing. Even more intriguing is a second barge, off the coast of Main. What do you think is going on out there?

3. Kids Spending Too Much Time On Line? "Around the clock" media viewing among kids brings a warning from the American Academy of Pediatrics.  "Excessive media use is associated with obesity, poor school performance, aggression and lack of sleep," said Marjorie Hogan, a pediatrician and co-author of the new policy. Children ages 8 to 18 spent an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes a day consuming media for fun, including TV, music, video games and other content in 2009, according to a 2010 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The report was based on a survey of 2,002 third- through 12th-graders, 702 of whom completed a seven-day media use diary. 

4. Crazy Ants 'Worst Ants to Come to the U.S.': I don't know what to say about these ants, which multiply like crazy rabbits, and eat Fire Ants for breakfast. They've come to Texas, probably as stowaways from South America. They "defy extermination." They eat electronics. Really? Ants? I don't like them. You can read more here.

5. Kick the Habit on Monday: That's the most popular day to quit smoking, according to researchers who analyzed Google searches in six languages (English, French, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish) conducted worldwide from 2008 to 2012. Searches for smoking help decline through the week and reach a low point on Saturdays – when they are 145% lower than on Mondays, according to a research letter published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, a journal of the American Medical Association. On average, there are 25% more quit-smoking searches on Mondays than on other days. Read more here.