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Give us a jury with four unhappy housewives . . .Link [http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_2760993]. > More than 400,000 customers of a Canadian company that sells penis-enlargement products may be eligible to join a lawsuit claiming the oils and herbal supplements don't work, a Denver federal

If the blindness lasts more than four hours, call your doctor: > US health officials are examining reports of varying degrees of blindness among a small number of men using the anti-impotence drug Viagra. Link [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4587191.stm].

This could come straight from the April Fool's edition of a National Rifle Association publication: > Three emergency-room doctors called Friday for long, pointed kitchen knives to be banned in a bid to reduce the number of stabbings in Britain. > Writing in the British Medical Journal, three

The Ludwig von Mises Institute politely points out flaws in the bestseller, Freakonomics. Link [http://www.mises.org/story/1817]. Excerpt: > The most controversial topic of the book is Levitt's (in)famous theory that the Roe v. Wade decision explains much of the dramatic and completely unexpected

> British brewer Bath Ales claim that their Wild Hare organic beer won't give drinkers a hangover because it contains no artificial ingredients or chemicals. Link [http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15562721%26method=full%26siteid=89488%26headline=a%2dgood%2dhead%2don%2dit-name_page.html] .

This has been flying around the Catholic blogosphere for awhile. On Nothing [http://onnothing.blogspot.com/] tagged us (thanks, man), so we'll play along, though we honestly don't know who to tag at this point since all the blogs we read have already played. We'

The clever Peter Floriani has started a blog: Frances Blogg, named after GKC's wife, "Frances" being her first name and "Blogg" her maiden name. Says Peter, "Frances Blogg was dedicated to G. K. Chesterton. So is this blog - and so you can

We won't be blogging much today. Eric Scheske is on secret assignment to find the Spice Girls' lost virginity. It's his most daunting assignment yet.

Well, it's encouraging, but we would've thought Peter the Hermit's crusade [http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwhermit.htm] stood a better chance. > Now a few affluent evangelicals are directing their attention and money at some of the tallest citadels of the secular

China is out-Americanizing us in mall building. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/25/business/worldbusiness/25mall.html?hp]. Excerpts: > The South China Mall - a jumble of Disneyland and Las Vegas, a shoppers' version of paradise and hell all wrapped in one - will be