] ASBURY PARK -- As she watched her niece graduate from
] kindergarten yesterday, Sherri Stanard's pride turned to
] shock and anger when a vice principal told the children
] to stand up to demonstrate that he believed one-third of
] a kindergarten class would not make it through high
] school because of alcohol, drugs or pregnancy.

Wow... what a Kodak moment.

Warning hits sour note at Asbury Park kindergarten graduation

They are sexy you fool!!!!

Why women have breasts

In case you need to convert your currency, for whatever reason. Quite useful. I guess.

XE.com - The Universal Currency Converter ®

] Heinz' Funky Fries join the gallery of famous food flops
] after just a year on the market.

The purple/green/blue ketchup may have been a good idea, but it still freaks me out. Ketchup should be RED, dammit!!!

Blue food blues

] New York City's Jewish population has fallen below 1
] million, the lowest figure in a century as Jewish
] families move out of the city and head for the suburbs,
] according to a study.

That's because they're all moving to Lakewood, NJ...

Jewish population dips in NYC

] Only serious inquiries by applicants with a demonstrable
] ability to maintain the lighthouse will be considered,
] she said.

Wanna buy a lighthouse?

New London Harbor Light In Need Of A New Caretaker

] Wild Oats Markets Inc. became the first grocery store in
] the United States to roll out a new type of "green"
] packaging which looks like plastic but turns into compost
] after disposal.
]
] Unofficially called the "Corntainer" in the natural food
] chain's 11 Pacific Northwest stores where it is being
] tested, the clear packaging is made from corn rather than
] petroleum.

This reminds me of those biodegradable packing peanuts. I worked for a company that made those things (along with bubble wrap and the regular styrofoam peanuts) and did you know how they make them? They put the "un-puffed" corn pellets (i'm not sure how those were made) into a machine that actually made cheese puffs! Isn't that cool?! Anyway that whole area smelled like cereal and we had a SERIOUS bird problem back there.
I like the idea of biodegradable packaging, and I'm glad they are putting the idea to other uses.

CNN.com - 'Corntainer' plastic hits the market - Jun. 13, 2003

Let's not all go blowing it on CDs.

CNN.com - Judge: Millions of CD buyers owed money - Jun. 16, 2003

] A conviction for the murder of a cinema manager, that
] sent a young Liverpool labourer to the gallows 53 years
] ago, was yesterday overturned by the court of appeal.
]
] George Kelly was executed at Walton jail on Merseyside in
] March 1950, following what was then the longest criminal
] trial in English legal history. His plea for clemency had
] been rejected by the home secretary of the day, James
] Chuter Ede.

This is why 100 years from now, people will be saying "can you believe what barbarians people were 100 years ago? they actually KILLED people and called it justice!".

At least that's what happens in my dreams, anyway.

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Man hanged 53 years ago was innocent

] NASA -- Astronauts onboard the International Space
] Station (ISS) have seen some odd-looking moons before:
] red moons, squashed moons, vanishing moons. They've
] learned to expect the unusual.
]
] Even so, this picture, taken on May 11th while the ISS
] was above Russia, must have come as a surprise. The moon
] seems to be floating inside Earth's atmosphere.

RedNova News: A Moon Illusion Onboard the ISS