Daily Archives: July 30, 2005

Quote of the Day

”Morneau should have cut it. Joe should have caught it. Silva should have ate it. Rodriguez shouldn’t have hit the guy in the head.” Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, after Johnny Damon hit a single and went all the way around … Continue reading

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Beserk Inmates Destroy Prisons

Chronically violent prison inmates, who officials were forced to relocate when doors in their Walpole cellblock began mysteriously opening without cause, lashed out in two other prisons where they were transferred this week, prison officials said. Inmates from the notorious … Continue reading

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Cash for Class – Paying Students to Study

CHELSEA — The high school here will try a new way this fall to make students show up for school: Pay them. Under a privately funded program, students will get up to $125 a year for perfect attendance all year, … Continue reading

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Suicide by Lion

JOHANNESBURG — A man was eaten by lions after running past guards into Kruger National Park at dusk just as the gates were closing, park officials said yesterday. Park spokesman Raymond Travers said guards and rangers searched for the unidentified … Continue reading

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Scientists Find New Planet – Name It “Deja Vu”

LOS ANGELES — Astronomers announced yesterday that they have discovered a new planet larger than Pluto in orbit around the sun. The unnamed planet would be the 10th in the solar system, although there are scientists who dispute the classification … Continue reading

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Comics of the Day (part one)

Today’s comics page features two quite different ways of dealing with the old cat-on-our-favorite-chair conundrum…. As opposed to….

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