Month: July 2005

A man from my home state has been arrested in Idaho. COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - An 8-year-old girl who disappeared with her brother six weeks ago from a …

A Utah woman, Kari Smith, sold her forehead to an online casino on ebay for $10,000. She will put the money toward her son's education (yeah, right). "I really …

I'm sorry I haven't posted much since yesterday. I managed to mangle my left pinkie a bit. And while it's of absolutely to impairment to most activities, just ask …

I was in a Capitol Hill bar last night. Just so you know, that's not the place to get inside information about the Supreme Court nomination process. Oddly, none …

According to this AP headline the detainees in Guantanamo Bay are "defying" our troops while in captivity. First, lets take a look at the definitions of defy: To oppose …

Reader recommended stories for Saturday July 2, 2005: Want To Participate?...

Back when I worked at a small paper in a mountain town, July and August were particularly frustrating months. Literally, nothing happened. From what I could tell, the entire …

About 24 hours ago, the United States Senate passed the "Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act" (full-text .pdf), approving hotly-debated CAFTA, 54-45. If and when CAFTA …

Lots of folks have been picking on Nancy Pelosi this morning for her bumbling thoughts on the Kelo v. New London decision of last week. But aside from being …

Stage 1: You refer to your frozen stuffed chicken breast as "chicky-boob." Stage 2: You start singing to your dinner: "Chicky-boob, Chicky-boob, don'cha just love it! Chicky-boob, Chicky-boob, don't …