March 18, 2008

First Up: According to a new study, hate crimes have dropped 13 percent nationwide.  Call me old-fashioned, but I miss the days when crime was full of love and good intentions.
Item 2:  Dateline--Lancaster, California
A 62 year-old man was found dead with an arrow in his chest.  Police are on the lookout for a white male, 2 feet, 3 inches tall, with wings and a diaper.
Item 3:  A rare 1888 photo of Helen Keller shown holding a doll and sitting next to her teacher has been discovered.  According to experts, the doll was a prototype of an actual Helen Keller Doll.  When you pulled the string on her back, nothing happened!
Item 4:  Fun Fact You Should Know
In Italy, it is good luck to watch a ladybug fly into your bedroom.  In France, it is really good luck when a lady leaves your bedroom after your wife comes home to bug you.
Item 5: Dateline--Pontiac, Michigan
Dr. Jack Kevorkian is running for Congress as an Independent, promising to fix Social Security single-handedly.  He is using the campaign slogan, "Live Free or Die."
Item 6: Los Angeles Times sports writer Mike Penny has completed sexual reassignment surgery and will soon return to his desk as a woman.  His column will now be called “Sports Without Balls.”  The editors are very supportive of the decision.  In fact they are thrilled that now that he is a woman they can pay him less.
And Finally:

The Bing Crosby Joke of The Week
A blonde was playing Trivial Pursuit.  She rolled the dice and landed on Science and Nature.  Her question was, "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your name, can you hear them?"  She thought for awhile and finally asked, "Is it on or off?"

This Just Handed To Me:  Jamie Lynn Spears has announced that her baby is pregnant.