- Fred takes the plunge.
- Israel and Syria, apparently jealous of all the death and destruction just over the horizon, start provoking each other with fly overs and warning shots.
- Sen. Larry Craig decides to stay on, further flushing Republican electoral chances down the toilet.
- China, man! Bush to attend the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing.
- Busch Gardens has Jungala fever.
- Prank of the week: A guy dressed as Osama bin Laden takes his motorcade through two police checkpoints and gets to within a few blocks of President Bush.
- If you just bought an iPhone, I'm sorry …
- R.I.P. Luciano Pavarotti.
This article appears in Sep 5-11, 2007.