A current events bar?

Since Health mentioned 'top of the news' I drew up a little suggestion.

http://i46.tinypic.com/28a269f.png

I couldnt think of anywhere else to put it that wouldnt break the page up. The sitenotice would work, but that'd be on every page, which might become a bit bothersome. But having too few events ongoing with this would just leave you with a tiny text in the center of nowhere.