A protection racket in PA

From AP: Woman jailed because of record mixup YORK, Pa. — A mistake in court records led to a two-night jail stay for a woman being investigated by police for playing music too loud. Andrea Conn, of Windsor, was jailed Saturday night after an officer looking into the noise complaint discovered she was wanted for [...]

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No surprises here

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Chess: I Know Him So Well – Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson

From my favorite musical. The style is very 80s, but the song is a classic.

If you can’t beat ‘em, change the rules

The Streetsboro, Ohio area has had it’s problems with corruption. Earlier this year, residents called on the City Council to investigate a zoning dispute and allegations that city leaders had illicitly pandered to developers. Paul H. Jones, former mayor of Ravenna, the county seat, pleaded guilty to mail fraud and income tax charges and was [...]

A moratorium on hot air

From the LA Times: All over Hollywood, people are bracing for a strike. Writers could walk out as early as Thursday if their union can’t hammer out a new three-year employment contract with the studios to replace one that expires at midnight on Wednesday. If only this included Washington speech writers ….

Wooooo ….

Just in time for Halloween. When it comes to the paranormal, how do you stack up against the general public? To find out where the country stands, from Oct. 16th to 18th, AP and Ipsos did telephone interviews with 1,013 adults about supernatural beliefs and superstitions. The poll had a margin of sampling error of [...]

The Pharyngula Mutating Genre Meme

This one was started by PZ Myers at Pharyngula as a means of demonstrating evolution in cyberspace. I’m going to tap Ahistoricality, ***Dave, Sherry, Burrow, and Lynn for the next round. First, the rules: There are a set of questions below that are all of the form, “The best [subgenre] [medium] in [genre] is…”. Copy [...]

One less monopoly

Liz Spikol reports that a generic version of Lamictal may be available in the US as early as next year. In Canada, where it’s already available, the generic is half the price of the brand name. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that someone picks it up here quickly.

How far we haven’t come

There’s something wrong with this picture, and it’s not the photography. From the front page of the Target website. In the header, girls get a pony for with a mane and tail for brushing. Boys get Monopoly, to play with real estate and money. Girls get dolls and arts & crafts. Boys get riding toys [...]

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