The beef and pork industries are making extra efforts to hawk their products. For the beef industry, this makes sense: their two-year old effort to create "Masters of Beef Advocacy" is meant to reverse losses in market share driven in part by negative perceptions of their products (i.e. beef is fatty and leads to heart attacks, high cholesterol, etc.).

Fundraising is one of the least savory parts of a politician's job. Leave it to New Jersey Rep. Rush Holt to find clever ways to bring in cash.

Holt's making the most of the attention showered on him this week after he held his own against IBM's Watson computer in a game of Jeopardy. After the game, the congressman sent e-mails to supporters, titled "I'm not a supercomputer," that asked for small dollar donations to support his work on technology and science education. In return, Holt promised, "I’ll continue to do my best to stand up for humans." More from his letter below:

"So, when the answer is, 'He beat a supercomputer in a round of Jeopardy!,' you’ll know the question: 'Who is my congressman?'