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Amid the furor of journalist Seymour Hersh's revelation that the Bush administration was working on plans to attack Iran, many sensible people pointed out that we've had plans to attack just about everyone at one time, including Canada. Well, word comes today that if ever we should decide that the Stanley Cup should always belong […]

The Los Angeles Times has been paid to promote Tom Cruise's upcoming summer blockbuster The Life and Times of a wacky Scientologist Mission Impossible: 3. To do this promotion they rigged some of their newsracks to play the movie's theme song when opened. Unfortunately, some of the music boxes weren't mounted securely enough and they […]

Tonight was the first time I've felt unsafe in my condo complex. The complex is gated, well-maintained and nothing much happens most of the time. Tonight, when when I got home from work at nearly 1 a.m., there was a car parked at the call box outside. Initially I thought they were using the box […]

A Maine blogger is being sued by an advertising agency after he criticized the work the company was doing for the state's tourism board. Lance Dutson of mainewebreport.com is being sued for defamation, libel and copyright infringement after he, among other things, pointed out that the sample phone number the agency used in advertisements was […]

Nintendo announced earlier this week that their next-generation console, code-named Revolution, will have a new name when it hits the market. The console will be named the Nintendo Wii. That's pronounced "Wee." Yeah, you see the problem. Player 1: "I've got an Xbox 360." Player 2: "I've gotta Wii." Player 1: "The bathroom's down the […]

"United 93" hits the theaters this weekend, and it's gotten largely positive reviews. The movie review compilation site RottenTomatoes.com notes the movie, with a 93 percent positive rating, is the best-reviewed drama so far this year. Of course, there's that 7 percent who don't like the film. Among them is the Union-Tribune's own David Elliott. […]

It seems that both Democrats and Republicans used the same Washington, D.C. station the other day for a photo op railing against high gas prices. The gas station is one block from a Senate office building. I know they're generally a bunch of old farts, but one block?

From an article in today's San Diego Union-Tribune: But in a sign of just how volatile the market has become, independent retailers reported yesterday that wholesalers were warning them to brace for an additional 10-cent increase by today. “The rumor today is that Valero and Shell are having refinery problems and will have to shut […]

The Northern Kentucky University professor who led some members of her English class into destroying a "graveyard for the unborn," authorized, pro-life display on campus has been charged with three misdemeanors. The professor, Sally Jacobsen, was suspended from teaching her classes for the rest of the semester. She will not return as she was set […]

It's only taken New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine four months to get his poll numbers down in second-term Bush range. A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday found Corzine's job approval ratings plummeted in April to 35 percent from 43 percent last month. Corzine campaigned for office promising to reduce New Jersey's highest-in-the-nation property taxes. When […]