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Sunday, March 9, 2008

The Morning News

posted by on March 9 at 9:00 AM

posted by news intern Chris Kissel

College competition: Admissions frenzy at American universities to ease up… in a few years.

Obama takes Wyoming
: Leads Clinton 13 - 3 in caucuses. Here’s the delegate scorecard if you’re having trouble keeping track.

Storm takes Midwest: Columbus, Ohio buried under 20 inches of snow.

Fat cops: Chicago superintendent wants to force officers to get in shape.

Weekend work session: Spending plan delayed as WASL, 520 bridge bills sent to Gregoire’s desk.

The Singapore series: Hollywood teacher imports textbooks, sees a spike in math scores.

New settlement: Israel to build 750 new homes in West Bank.

New government: Pakistani party leaders agree to share power.

Stop that spot!
: Air Force tells YouTube, Threat Level to take down 30-second ad.

Mean monkey: Bites three, has a violent record that includes throwing feces at Feds.

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1

I think you mean 20 inches of snow for Columbus, not feet. Now THAT would be quite a blizzard.

Posted by ljn | March 9, 2008 10:03 AM
2

Fixed it, thanks.

Posted by Chris | March 9, 2008 10:06 AM
3

That monkey needs to be spanked.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | March 9, 2008 10:17 AM
4

Florida is supposedly considering passing a law that says if the delegates aren't seated, they will not put the name of the Dem on the Nov ballot. Not sure about the source, but if this is true and it happens, the Dems would be in a world of hurt in Florida.

http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2008/03/seat-delegates.html

Posted by Hope it's a bad rumor | March 9, 2008 10:27 AM
5

Greetings from Columbus---yes, the town is nearly shut down.

Singapore Math is indeed a great curriculum; we've been using it as part of our homeschool program since we started. It introduces the concept on multiplication in first grade, then has the kids learning the 2 & 3 tables in second. (We didn't start multiplication until 4th grade, so I was taken aback a bit.) However, the kids learned the concept and the tables with no problems, so I can't recommend the curriculum more highly.

Posted by amazonmidwife | March 9, 2008 12:04 PM
6

...and purchased from a "recognized place where you can get monkeys"...

I'll be taking bets now on no better quote or phrase appearing - anywhere, about anything - for the rest of the year.

Posted by You better recoginze! | March 9, 2008 2:12 PM
7

I live in Columbus, it wasn't that bad. Tards kept getting stuck because they didn't know how to drive, I was bumping along I-670 at 45-55 at times. (If the road is 100 feet wide and empty ahead of you, why are you driving at 25 with your blinkers on?)

Posted by The CHZA | March 9, 2008 4:03 PM

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