BEATING THE HEAT
Just watched the Arctic circle episode of Survivorman on Discovery Channel for the 15th time. Feel cooler now.
BLACKOUT IN QUEENS
Councilman wants Con Ed CEO to resign; the utility blames unauthorized underground digging by “team of scientists who call themselves the Ghostbusters.”
SMITH, DAVIS DEBATE
Paramedics treat more than two dozen in the South Florida audience for narcolepsy.
DEADLY SUMMER HEAT WAVE
Blame global warming. After all, when did it start getting hot in the summer?
RONDA NIXES CANDIDATE DEBATE
Storms explains that her campaign platform is well known and has been published in book form. It’s called “The Bible.”
TAMPA URBAN LEAGUE FOLDS
Revises its fault-finding news release to blame global warming.
SUNDAY READING OPTIONS
Vanessa Gezari’s ponderous tale of a Katrina family in Mississippi in the Times or the Tribune’s 1A-dominating “Grouper: the other, other white meat” primer? Hmmmm, tough call. We went back to sleep.
SERGIO GARCIA’S YELLOW DUDS AT THE BRITISH OPEN
Playing second banana to Tiger Woods is bad enough, but why dress for the part?
POLITICAL ADS ON YOUTUBE.COM
Grainy videos viewed by millions of people who don’t vote in local elections. What a great idea.
TOM PETTY
New disc, new tour, same old sound.
—Compiled by Weekly Planet staff
This article appears in Jul 26 – Aug 1, 2006.
