Pioneer PressCOLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. – Nancy Wodziak took delivery of a half-carat diamond last week. It didn’t come from a jeweler; it was manufactured from the cremated remains of her husband.”I thought it would be nice to have a part of him with me the rest of my life,” said Wodziak, whose 66-year-old husband, Richard, [...]
My WayRICHMOND, Va. (AP) – An area of about 20 blocks of downtown Richmond was roped off and was declared uninhabitable Tuesday after the remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston flooded the city and other parts of central Virginia with a foot or more of rain. At least five people were killed.The area included most of [...]
I Thought I Told You
Aug 30th, 2004
to shut the fuck up, Bubba!ReutersATLANTA (Reuters) – A Georgia man who drove home with a friend’s headless body after a truck accident then went to bed while the remains dangled out the window faces charges including vehicular homicide and drunk driving, police said on Monday.John Hutcherson, covered in blood and visibly inebriated, was arrested [...]
Those Bad Habits
Aug 29th, 2004
Yahoo BEIJING (Reuters) – Sexual frustration has turned a Chinese chimpanzee from a mild-mannered simian into a problem primate who smokes cigarettes and spits at visitors, the Xinhua news agency says.Feili, a female chimp in the city of Zhengzhou in the central province of Henan, picked up her nasty habits by imitating visitors who behaved [...]
The guy’s a left loon, but I so would love to see the bike.Indymedia NYCBikesagainstbush creator Joshua Kinberg was arrested while taping an interview with MSNBC’s Ron Reagan in Manhattan Saturday afternoon.Kinberg was stopped by police while demonstrating the bicycle for the television interview. His bicycle is a high-tech graffiti writer, using chalk to print [...]
Jaw Transplant
Aug 28th, 2004
New ScientistThe titanium frame with its bone-growing ingredients were then implanted into a layer of muscle on the patient’s right shoulder blade to form tissue and blood vessel connections to the muscle. ‘He actually didn’t find this uncomfortable at all and was able to sleep on that side with no problems,’ Warnke comments.Seven weeks later, [...]
Poverty in America
Aug 27th, 2004
Census link [pdf file]Median household income, while below the peaks of 1998-2000, was still higher than at any other time prior to 1997. The number in poverty is lower than any time in the period 1992-1997. The overall 2003 poverty rate of 12.5%, though higher than the years 1997-2002, is still lower than in any [...]
Hilary’s Intro
Aug 26th, 2004
I got a sneak peak at Hilary’s introduction of Bill Clinton tonight.Ladies and gentlemen! From a place called Hope to the Executive Office, the MAN, the MYTH, the LEGEND, I give you the S-O-B I married. BILL CLINTON! Zip up your fly, Bill.
You all know I’ve felt like crap for a couple of weeks. Finally went to Urgent Care last night. And I’m the lucky winner of pneumonia! Walkin’ kind. You just wish you were dead kind.My prize for all this is having to take some really big honking antibiotic caplets.
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