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Saturday, February 9, 2008

The Morning News

posted by on February 9 at 9:00 AM

Poll Brother Number One: Obama in the lead. Clinton and McCain follow.

Abort, Retry, Fail: Yahoo! considers Microsoft bid.

Playing Hard to Get: Winehouse to stay home despite last-minute visa for Grammys.

Heavy Mentals: Federal judges dump Bush’s lax mercury regulations.

American Spirit: New York grocery chain won’t sell cigarettes.

Tar Babies: Ire at souped-up mini-smokes draws more publicity.

Electric Chair: Nebraska Supremes pull the plug.

Whose Picket Line Is It Anyway? Speculation on end of strike.

Ferry Tail: Cracks in Yakima hull.

On the Missouri Murderer: “We used to kid around that someday he’d come into City Council with guns a-blazing, but we never really thought it would happen.”

Louisiana: Double-murder suicide on campus.

Ballard: Bullets.

Chavez: Rebuffs Exxon lawsuit.

Pass Out: All three closed.

So, Crêpes or Caucuses? You can’t make good crêpes.

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You'll note that both of the shootings listed here were committed with REVOLVERS. A far far cry from "assault weapons" under any definition.

Posted by Chris | February 9, 2008 9:48 AM
2

Poll brotha.

Best pun I've seen in a while. Nice.

Posted by clarkj | February 9, 2008 11:00 AM
3

No loss for the grammys. Whinehouse was a fucking mess at the Euro grammys and basically slobbered on her mic for her number. She needs help.

Posted by crazycatguy | February 9, 2008 2:59 PM

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