MEXICAN ELECTION DEADLOCK
Blame the mariposa papeletas de voto.
AL-ZARQAWI'S CELL PHONE
Ringtone is Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy."
NEW JERSEY GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
Mob to save estimated $2.4 million in bribes every week state workers aren't on the job.
PAUL, YOKO MAKE UP
Agree to shift blame for breaking up the Beatles to Heather.
LIGHTNING GUTTED
Kubina, Modin leave hockey team. Our Stanley Cup runneth dry.
THE MAN IN BLACK
Johnny Cash gives us one more from the grave in American V: A Hundred Highways.
RONDA STORMS RESIGNS
OK, calm down, it doesn't take effect until November.
FISHERMAN'S WHARF
Popular San Fran tourist attraction to become home to medical marijuana club. Ghirardelli Chocolate shop sales to triple.
WORLD CUP FEVER
It's palpable, isn't it?
BUSH TURNS 60
Still has the mind of an 8-year-old, though.
CRACK FOUND IN SHUTTLE FOAM
Astronauts swear it wasn't theirs, were just holding it for a friend.
—Compiled by Weekly Planet staff
This article appears in Jul 5-11, 2006.