Children all over the world beg for candy. But why?
Pun'kin Head
In the Halloween spirit, a mama lion, with her nine week old cubs watching, enjoys a meat stuffed pumpkin at the Fort Worth Zoo in Fort Worth, Texas
Christain Science (now read on your computer) Monitor
After a century of continuous publication, The Christian Science Monitor will abandon its weekday print edition and appear online only. The cost-cutting measure makes The Monitor the first national newspaper to largely give up on print. John Yemma, editor of The Monitor (above), said it was “making a leap that most newspapers will have to make in the next five years.”
Taking the Back?
Ireland's Simon Finnigan looks out through the legs of Tonga's Manase Manuokafoa during their Rugby League World Cup match at Parramatta Stadium in Sydney, Australia.
The Soul For Getting Down
As part of the international Thrill the World movement, 881 people kept Austin weird at the Long Center Saturday. Some dressed as the dead, and everyone danced along to Michael Jackson's hit song, hoping to be a part of a new Guinness World Record.
The movement was an attempt to set a record for the most people performing the dance across the world. According to the Thrill the World, Austin Web site, Austin now owns the world record as the single largest synchronized Thriller dance group.
Funny Baby Alret
"Saturday Night Live"'s Amy Poehler has given birth to a baby boy. A rep said Amy and her husband Will Arnett welcomed Archie Arnett - weighing 8 lbs 1oz.
Earlier this year, Poelher also starred along with "SNL" alum Tina Fey in the film"Baby Mama," in which Poehler played a working class girl who agrees to be a surrogate mother for a single businesswoman.
I'm told Poehler greets all guests to the set in this manner. She is widely known as a hugger.
Schooling List
Presidential nominees prepare for transitions before the election. Bakack Obama’s plans appear more extensive than in the past and more advanced than those of Senator John McCain, his Republican opponent. Not mentioned in preliminary plans is a position for Oprah Winfrey. Perhaps, Ms. Winfrey's roll will be as unofficial ambassador to the world.
Problema del Petróleo
Federal riot police stand guard outside the alternative senate building in Mexico City. The Mexican Senate overwhelmingly approved an energy reform package designed to modernize the state-owned oil monopoly and boost declining production.
Headmaster or Court Jester?
Jeremy Hibbin, headmaster of the British International School in Ljubljana, Slovenia, makes a funny face at students next to Britain's Queen Elizabeth. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip made thier first ever state visits to Slovenia and Slovakia.
Troubadour of Tackiness
The acerbic American fashion critic known simply as Mr. Blackwell, who invented the notorious annual Worst-Dressed List and lampooned everyone from Zsa Zsa Gabor to Britney Spears, has died. Blackwell issued his first tongue-in-cheek list of Hollywood fashion disasters for 1960 – long before the likes of the blogger Perez Hilton turned such ridicule into a lucrative business.
Seeing Red
Chaos during the tomato war at the Wanjiang Township in Dongguan of Guangdong Province, China. The event, an imitation of the tomato fight in Spanish township Bunol, was jointly held by the South China Mall and the Dongguan Tourism Bureau and other departments, using about 15 tons of tomatoes.
Feel Like 150 Million Dollars
Barack Obama has raised more money for his presidential bid than all candidates combined raised in the open 2000 presidential race and is on track to top the joint sum raised by President Bush and John F. Kerry in 2004. The Illinois Democrat’s September haul of more than $150 million brings his overall contribution total for the 2008 raise to more than $600 million. Republican rival John McCain has raised about $250 million. Obama is the first presidential candidate in history to forgo public financing despite stating he would accept public financing.
Where's Waldo (on his image being perverted for political gain)?
Jeff Beatty (R - Harwich, Massachusetts) has launched a website that intends to humorously show that John Kerry, Beatty's opponent, spends a lot of time out of Massachusetts. The website highlights Kerry's recent trips to Wisconsin and Mississippi (above) to campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Brigid O'Rourke, Kerry spokesman, called the idea "more of the same old, same old." The editorial board of 365 Daves endorses Kerry's position that use of hidden images of a personality in a picture is an idea past it's prime.
Dangers of Fresh Fruit
As predicted in the sketch comedy of Monty Python, fresh fruit can be used as a weapon. A Scottish Court awarded a former policewoman over $5,000 for injuries caused by a pineapple that struck her in the sternum during a disturbance. Just one more example that pineapple and pig aren't always a good combination. It is coincidence, I chose to take this picture on my last trip to the UK.
He Who Laughs Last
John McCain and Barack Obama shared the same stage again last night, but this time they traded wisecracks instead of campaign attacks at a black-tie fundraiser for Catholic charities. A source asking to remain anonymous said that Obama did not use the joke; McCain you're so old if I told you to act your age you'd die. The source also said that McCain's jokes did not include; Obama you're so tall you tripped in Ohio and hit your head in Florida, both which you will lose to me. One of the two will have the last laugh on Nov. 4th.
Saving Face
While many many Americans sit pondering what has happened to the Colts, the Pats and Tony Romo's pinky, the rest of the world is focused on the World Cup. England, Netherlands and Spain are unbeaten. Portugal tied the ten-man Albanian team, even with Admir Teli being sent off (removed from the game for two penalties).
This is a Stick Up
Police released surveillance camera photo of the suspect in the robbery of a Wachovia Bank.
Wells Fargo has been given the green light to buy Wachovia Bank. When announced the deal would have been a $15.1 million all stock trade. Since then the value has declined and is worth an estimated $12 million. In the midst of sales and bailouts, shouldn't executives and representatives be wearing hoodies and sunglasses too?
Obama Stirs Up Votes, Drudge Stirs the Pot
Barack Obama was out stirring up votes on Sunday in Ohio. Matt Drudge, of the Drudge Report, is stirring up controversy with a picture from Obama's the door-to-door initiative. Many believe this is an attempt to instill a "To Kill a Mockingbird" fear of Obama. Had the photographer taken a picture of the next politically conscientious citizen kissing Obama, Drudge could have evoked fear of a "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" magnitude.
They Tie Thier Shoes in Little Nazis
Members of an ultra nationalist movement look at Serbian riot policemen during an anti-Nazi rally march in central Belgrade. Some 2,500 policemen were deployed amid fears the neo-Nazis could clash with some 500 anti-Nazis who staged their own protest in the center of the Serbian capital.
In other Nazi news:
Book Review: Hitler's Empire: How the Nazis Ruled Europe by Mark Mazower
Tracksuit of Evil
The Bush administration announced Saturday that it had removed North Korea from a list of state sponsors of terrorism in a bid to salvage a fragile nuclear deal that seemed on the verge of collapse. You just have look at the tracksuit of evil he made me wear to know Kim Jong Il is at least a bully.
Payload status: on hold
The International Space Station's main bathroom broke down, just ahead of the launch of Expedition 18. All aboard were trying to figure out a solution for the toilet.
"It failed late yesterday," says NASA spokesperson John Ira Petty, "the problem appears to be a [gas] separator issue." I also have a gas seperator issue.
Here's hoping fellow Texan Richard Garriott, who made a fortune designing computer games, and paid $30 million to be on board Expedition 18 can hold it for his 10 day trip into space.
Make me one with everything
Surgeons successfully removed a gallstone from the Dalai Lama today. A spokesman for the 73-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader says it was "a simple, routine procedure." The Dalai Lama was hospitalized yesterday in New Delhi after complaining of abdominal discomfort.
The Dalai Lama and I discuss our orders at our last (and final?) trip to Corn Dog 7.
Ar Rustamyah must be Iraqi for bored stiff
Iraqi chief of staff, Lt-Gen Babakr Zebari (left) and some guy who didn't get the "casual dress day" memo attend a staff qualification course at the Iraqi Military Academy in Ar Rustimayah. NATO’s Junior Staff College graduated its third class of Iraqi officers from a comprehensive staff qualification course. The 11 month course prepares officers from all branches of military service. Security and prevention of unauthorized access are key lessons learned by the officers.
Not only the cheese is cheesy
A small music venue in downtown Madison, WI was transformed into a nightclub of the living dead, during a film shoot for All You Need Is Brains, a terrifying (that must happen in editing) glimpse into the zombie apocalypse. The highlight a shoot was a performance by the The Zombeatles! playing tunes like "I Want to Eat Your Hand". How I prayed for a hero to assault the zombie masses and blow my head off with a shot gun.
Flown the Coop
Workers began running for the doors as federal agents raided a poultry processing plant at about 8:50 a.m. this morning as shifts were changing. All told, 450 officers were involved in the raid. Agents detained about 300 people they believe to be illegal aliens in what is believed to be the biggest workplace raid ever in the Carolinas. Officals did not report any suspects slipping away.
Geographically Speaking
Angelina Jolie has two more tattoos etched onto her left arm to commemorate the birth of Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline. The tattoos, seen above, are in the form of map coordinates explaining exactly where the twins were born. Don't we all know exactly where babies are born?
Blanket the area!
A Louisiana family didn't have to look far to find who burgled their home.
A blanket covered in a distinctive pattern taken in the haul was hanging in their next-door neighbor's window.
The thieves were using it to hide a room full of stolen possessions.
"This is like something out of 'World's Stupidest Criminals,' " said a cop.
An apple a day
Apple shares fell sharply Friday morning after an erroneous Web report saying founder and CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack. Shares quickly recovered after it became clear the rumor was not true. If Jobs has ever pondered the existential question, "What is my life worth?" He now knows the answer: about $10 a share.
While the other kids were Rocking Round the Clock
Four American alligators and a crocodile were found in a Jacksonville, Florida backyard. Residents claim they they don't know how they ever managed to get into their 3 foot fenced concrete pond.
Down under, a seven-year-old boy broke into the Alice Springs Reptile Centre, an Australian outback zoo and fed a string of the zoo's small animals to its resident crocodile during a half-hour of breakfast-time havoc.
What Happens in Vegas...
What happens in Vegas can now be seen from the new M Resort, Spa and Casino's M Lightship. The M Lightship will be the only airship in the world offering the public a close-up, hands-on experience. The M Lightship and its 2,100 square foot advertising screen will be visible to thousands of residents and many of the nearly 40 million visitors coming to the city each year.
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Ordure Couture
Models show off the latest styles of adult diapers during a fashion show in Tokyo. The show was organized to display the diapers and to raise awareness of some of the issues facing Japan's rapidly aging population. Organizers hope to "change" perceptions about adult diapers.
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