Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigns, 4Beyonce trends and more from while you were sleeping

Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves the IMF Last night, Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned from his position as Chief of the International Monetary Fund after this week's scandal. CBS News reports that though Strauss-Kahn continues to deny allegations, he resigns with "great sadness' because he was thinking of his family and also wanted to protect the IMF. The political figure's name is still trending on Twitter as people follow the scandal and share opinions.

Everyone's talking about: Planking So what is it? It is a game, a sport--it is lying facedown on the whatever-you-can-come-up-with. Beginning as a Facebook craze (the Planking page has over 190,000 fans), planking has seen growing attention worldwide. With the recent death of a young planker in Australia, the already talked-about topic has been gaining even more buzz online. Gawker breaks down the timeline of this craze.

Secret service Twitter blunder not so secret Yesterday afternoon, the verified secret service account tweeted out a message complaining about FOX news. Though the tweet was almost instantly deleted, plenty of retweets and screen shots have been shared across the web, making the news a trend topic this morning. CBS News reports on how the Secret Service has dealt with the situation. Meanwhile, on Twitter, people continue to repost the message in good fun and wonder to the Tweetsphere why the secret service has a twitter account.

The Buzz about Beyonce It's sort of hard to imagine a moment when there isn't some exciting Beyonce buzz online, but this week in particular has been a huge one for the pop diva. With her performance at Oprah's farewell taping earlier this week, yesterday's debut of her video for Run the World, and finally, the announcement of the release date of her upcoming album, 4, it's no surprise that 4Beyonce is trending this morning. Fans flock to Twitter to share their excitement and love.