Eric Scheske

> A Roman Catholic cardinal and a priest in charge of Vatican Radio have been convicted of polluting the atmosphere with powerful electromagnetic waves. Link [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4531247.stm].

A wife who shoots her husband in the chest discovers that police don't need a warrant to enter a home when they see a man lying in a puddle of blood. Link [http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3173235]. Excerpt: > Deputies went to the

> In order to build readers' confidence, an internal committee at The New York Times has recommended taking a variety of steps . . . > The committee also recommended that the paper "increase our coverage of religion in America" and "cover the country in a fuller way,"

A man is walking across a park. A goose hisses at him. He gets startled, slips in the mud, jumps up and starts attacking the geese. The result? One adult goose is killed, and five goslings are stomped to death. And the man is jailed. Link [http://www.boston.com/

Arianna Huffington started a blog today. Being its first day, we felt obliged to mention it. Link [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/]. Huffington with a blog. Hmmm. Isn't that kind of like Donald Trump with a Yugo? Sure, he might get one decked out with all the extras (eight-

A bar in Brazil charges customers 4% if someone vomits on their premises. One of the patrons is now suing, though. Link [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1388577.html]. We like the 4% charge. It's fairly measured on consumption. If a person says, "Hey, I

The Game (a hip-hop recording artist) is changing his life, and to represent his transformation, he has tatooed a butterfly on his face. It sits opposite an older tatoo of a tear. Only The Game can explain it all adequately, so we'll step aside and give him

Eric Scheske has seen it in one or two of his eldest daughter's friends, and he remembers seeing it as a youth: meanness in girls. It apparently starts at toddler age. Link [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155920,00.html]. Excerpts: > Meanness in girls can

We remember reading that crocodiles and polar bears are the only animals that hunt humans. This problem in Australia will make the cougar problem out west look like tame. Another victory for environmentalists. > A record number of crocodiles in Australia's famous Kakadu National Park, and larger more

> North America's top sexologists are hunkered down with academics and therapists at a Fisherman's Wharf hotel this weekend: to swap findings about everything from teens with underwear fetishes to transgender couples. > "These couples have problems that I didn't know how to