Governors Display New Hunger for Tax Revenue

Imagine receiving a ticket after ordering food at a restaurant’s drive-thru window.  Though frightening, it might become possible if two state governors find a way to combine their seemingly-unrelated efforts to raise taxes. A piece published in the New York Daily News...

Woman, 52, sues Victoria's Secret, claims injury from defective thong

"As she was attempting to put on a Victoria's Secret thong, a Los Angeles woman claims that a decorative metallic piece flew off the garment and struck her in the eye, causing injuries"

US Workers shifting to 4-day week to save gas

Workers in certain parts of the US are being offered the chance to work for only four days a week. Why's that you ask?"The reason is simple: rising gas prices. And while so far only the university's custodians are...

American Missile Attack in Damadola Bajaur Agency

"Two planes came from nowhere and struck the house of Maulvi Obaidullah in the Damadola, in which 12 people were killed at the spot, and many are critically injured. Talibans have accused NATO forces for this attack"

Carmen Electra Engaged to Musician Rob Patterson

After Rodman and Navarro, I hope this Rob Patterson fellow is ready to pose for the cameras, get a thousand more tattoos, and make some music that doesn't sound like it's from 15 years ago. Carmen Electra is...

BREAKING NEWS: Inauguration of Patterson as Governor of New York

The following transpired from the webpages of the Office of the Governor of New York and after watching on my Windows Media Player, the New York Network on the 17th of March 2008 at 1:00PM EST The webpages of the Office of the Governor of New York removed Spitzers images and...

BREAKING NEWS: Spitzer Officially Leaves New York

According to just released reports from CBS 6 Albany [17th of March 2008 at 12:09PM EST], Eliot Spitzer officially resigned and David Patterson will be sworn in as the new Governor of New York. David Patterson appears to be preparing for his innauguration after meeting with...

Dame Edna told by doctors to rest for six months

"Australian comic Barry Humphries has been ordered to rest for six months because of complications over appendix surgery, a spokesman for the Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival said on...

Naval Officer Resigns over Torture

This letter to the editor of The Peninsula Gateway, in Gig Harbor, Washington was written by Lieutenant Commander Andrew Williams, a Naval Reserve Officer and practicing attorney: "Despite cover-up attempts,...

Women’s Murder Club S01E01 (ABC)

This show is based upon a series of books by James Patterson. It is produced by Fox Studios and airs on ABC. It has a totally ridiculous title. I mean come on, Women’s Murder Club? Even though it’s based on a series of books by James Patterson, the title is kind of...

Enjoyable new show: Women's Murder Club

As an unabashed "Law & Order" junkie, finding out that Angie Harmon (once the wonderful ADA Abbie Carmichael) would be playing a detective on a new murder mystery series, I had to check it out.  I'm...

U.S. teenagers: news sucks

salinger title girl is number 1.  Did you know that?  This is the top of "search trends"  that Google Labs will let us see. Anybody know about this story?According to Google Labs, its Hot Trends...

Rennie Mackintosh Project Puts Town On Map

Scottish Art Nouveau Designer, architect and furniture designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born in Glasgow in 1868 and died in 1928. Charles designed public buildings and private houses. 78 Derngate is one of...

Two Black Americas?

Stephen Dubner has some very interesting commentary at Freakonomics Blog .  Worth a look......"The Harvard sociologist Orlando Patterson, a guest OpEd columnist in the N.Y. Times, has an interesting piece today (subscription required) about W.E.B. DuBois’s famous...

Bigfoot: 'The Patterson Footage' and Jeffrey Meldrum (Videos)

Bigfoot - The original Patterson-Gimlin footage can be seen here Jeffrey Meldrum (homepage) is a tenured professor of anatomy at Idaho State University and has recently been in the news (see "Professor's Bigfoot...

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