Pat Morita waxes off

We will always remember him for his turn as "Oriental #2" in Thoroughly Modern Millie. (God bless imdb.com.)

teen driver, distracted by text messaging, kills colorado cyclist

"BRB ht n x'd bkr"

wireless survey says one in four tampa bay cell owners use their phones to vote for reality show contestants

Dial *DUMB-ASS

Go see Walk the line

So you might actually care when the Oscars roll around.

miami herald portrays ybor as filled with tattoo parlors, "a failing mall" and teens "who occasionally brawl with knives, pistols and fatal results"

Jealous.

20-year-old myakka city man accused of beating family to death with a pipe on thanksgiving day

Like you didn't want to do the same thing around 4 p.m.

two congressmen injured when their taxi flips on way to baghdad airport

"These junkets were so much fucking cooler when Abramoff was running things," thought Tom Murphy, R-Pennsylvania, on his way to the hospital.

from the files of the pitifully predictable:

"Fiona Apple Confused By All Her Issues." Reuters, Nov. 28

"Kimberly Stewart Ends An 11-Day Engagement." FemalesFirst.co.uk

"What Madonna Really Wants To Do Is Direct." Associated Press