Where in the world is … Steve Fossett?
- "Massive" and "imminent" terror plot foiled in Germany. Three evildoers taken into custody. Three? Really? A "Massive" attack by three guys? They're one short of a round a golf for Christ's sake.
- Larry Craig's Home Waffle Kit: First, plead guilty to disorderly conduct. Wait three weeks, then proclaim your innocence and heterosexuality to anyone who will listen. Allow public outrage to rise to fever pitch, then resign from the Senate. Wait a few days, change your mind and try to get your guilty plea expunged. Watch public's head explode.
- It's Electric! Progress Energy and Teco announce rate cuts starting in January.
- School House Smackdown: 20 people brawled yesterday at Lakeland High School. The injured included "a minor who was stabbed and a pregnant woman who was hit with a blunt object." One person even got hit by a car! Everyone's alive, but detention looks to be crowded for a while.
- New, super-duper touchscreen iPods today?
- Checking in with: Tampa Rail Blog.
- Halle Berry is preggers. I bet the kid turns out to be good looking.
- Headline of the day: Jerry Lewis Apologises To Jesse The Illiterate Faggot. No points for spelling.
This article appears in Sep 5-11, 2007.