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In the news: U.S. investigators have identified top al Qaeda leader Khalid Shaikh Mohammed as the probable mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, two U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
Do you mean it this time?
They'd give up easily
In the news: Warlords Seen Trying to Undermine Afghan Council
They are warlords. What did you think would happen?
Easy job
Poll: Catholics won't tolerate abuse
Another fulfilling poll.
We'll never know
In the news: Sexually Frustrated Dolphin Sparks Alert
Wonder if Catholics will tolerate that.
If a pro-wrestler can do it
An Elvis impersonator is running for governor in Wisconsin, for those of you who weren't already disturbed by who gets elected.
Is it really that big of a stretch?
In the news: The Republican Party mistakenly invited an Ohio prison inmate to a $2,500-a-plate fund-raising dinner with President Bush.
Oops.
The vending machine wanted exact change
A man in Maine has been accused of stealing $45,790 in quarters from the apartment complex he worked at.
That comes out to 183,160 quarters, but who's counting?
...And those horse you rode in on
Two years after a Federal judge ordered his release, a man was finally released from prison after writing a polite letter to the judge that originally ordered his release reminding the judge that he was still in prison two years after the judge ordered his release.
This is what happens when you get invited to Republican parties.
Because you'll need it
Professor Alfredo Fioritto, head of a task force of legal experts and linguists that is trying to eliminate "Officialese" in Italy, the language used in bureaucratic texts that often has complex clauses and confusing terms:
"Simplifying language is very difficult. It means you have to know what you are talking about."
Good luck with that. Seriously.
No one messes with 'em
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Texas, which wanted to execute a death row inmate even though his lawyer slept repeatedly during his 1984 murder trial in Houston.
Isn't Texas grand?
Chances of winning 1 in a million
petrie writes in response to whether "no purchase necessary" means it is the "shoplifter's special":
"Actually, a lot of the companies give you an address to write in for free tickets/entry forms for the contest. So you don't have to buy a product to get a ballot. Doubt those ballots are winners though."
You can't buy a life
Maciel writes in:
"Australia's oldest man died recently, which means he can't be called the oldest man in Australia any more, because he's dead. That means I should say "Australia's *former* oldest man died recently."
Did he have to buy anything to get into that contest?
Sources: AP, Reuters, USA Today
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