Newsflash: Heroism still exists, kids still know right from wrong

Youth Football Team Foils Robbery Of Elderly Man – News Story Police say two teenage boys, 15 and 17 years old, knocked down a 71-year-old man and ran off with his camera. Taylor Leota led the charge as the whole football team took off after the two suspects. “At first they were jogging,” explained the …

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MP3’s on USB – anywhere!? Why is this so hard to find?

Not my usual type of post, but I found this odd: I’m on the go a lot, between work and home and the time on the road between the two. Radio reception around here sucks, and I have no desire to subscribe to yet another service just to listen to decent talk radio. I solved …

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Fresh out of retirement…

Cindy Sheehan arrested at Petraeus hearing Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan was arrested Monday in or near the hearing room where Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker are testifying on the situation in Iraq, according to the U.S. Capitol Police. […] Sheehan was the face of the anti-war movement before saying in …

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When fear and paranoia override common sense

Beer runners’ flour trail a recipe for trouble NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Two people who sprinkled flour in a parking lot to mark a trail for their offbeat running club inadvertently caused a bioterrorism scare and now face a felony charge. The sprinkled powder forced hundreds to evacuate an IKEA furniture store Thursday. New Haven …

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