Warning: Excessive celebration of freedom can lead to debilitating hangovers.
- Al-Qaeda's latest weapons of terror: Ross Perot-style charts, Bob Woodward's Plan of Attack.
- St. Pete Beach's fireworks finale explodes on the ground, making it into CNN's wrap-up of fireworks-related mishaps and injuries.
- Today's Best Boss in Tampa Bay: The knife-wielding manager at Oriental Bakery on N. Armenia in Tampa.
- Al Gore's son picked up on DUI and drug charges. The car: A Prius, of course.
- Clean up on aisle 5: There's a woman bleeding to death and the other shoppers are being forced to step over her.
- The best movie preview I've seen in a long time. I have no idea what the flick is about (Blair Witch meets Independence Day?) or what it's called, but man I want to see it!
- It's time to scrap ethanol as a viable alternative to gasoline. Why? The demand for barley is raising the price of beer!
- Why believe in the "Big Bang" when you can go for a whole bunch of "Big Bangs" instead?
This article appears in Jul 4-10, 2007.