Trend watch: Guys in peril are cutting off their limbs left and right (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Another story about a man self-amputating his limb to get out of some jam he'd gotten stuck in. Yawn. ......more...A seasonal wish from this very column ... (Contra Costa Times)
Dear Valued Reader: It is at this time of the year that we here at Fool Time Job (Inc.) want to take time out from our busy schedule of personal observations and neurotic ramblings to wish all of you the most joyous of holiday seasons....more... Iraq: The Hidden Human Costs (New York Review of Books)
An article by Michael Massing from The New York Review of Books, December 20, 2007...more... Tomlinson runs roughshod past KC (The Joplin Globe)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. ? Norv Turner finally found a team that could handle the Kansas City Chiefs. Now, his San Diego Chargers could be ready to run away with the AFC West....more... Exiled Pakistani leader pressures Musharraf (KABC-TV Los Angeles)
The arrival of one of Musharraf's harshest critics was a fresh challenge for the president, who has faced intense domestic and international condemnation....more... An encounter with lions (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
NEAR LINYANTI SWAMP, Botswana -- The way to the airstrip by King's Pool is along sandy tracks, past abandoned termite mounds where baboons perch and rubberneck like old sentries inspecting passers-by. ......more... The enemy is malaria. The cure is £25 (Guardian Unlimited)
The people of Katine in Uganda urgently need your donations for vital drugs and mosquito nets...more... Going inside (Tulsa World)
Craig Steed steps into the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center to begin his three-year sentence. LEXINGTON ? A white Chevrolet van pulls off the highway and stops in front of a tall chain-link Lgate, topped with barbed wire and surrounded by surveillance cameras....more... Gurnee police seeking three who robbed woman at gas station (Daily Herald)
Gurnee police are searching for three suspects wanted for robbing a Glenview woman at gunpoint at a gas station Friday morning, then firing two shots at a clerk who tried to help....more... |