| Knucklehead of the Week
For more than 2 weeks he welcomed media attention but no win. The stunt did catch the attention of cops who hauled him in on an outstanding warrant. C) A leak led to a major drug bust in Connecticut. After neighbors complained, cops found the upstairs neighbor was growing a marijuana farm. The knucklehead gardener is now being held on $1 million bail. January 7, 2008
WINNER B A) A "cereal" crook in England made off with money from a florist's cash register. But cops had no trouble tracking her down. She left a trail of corn flakes from the crime scene to her hotel room and admitted to several other burglaries. B) A South Carolina woman was sentenced to five years in prison on grand larceny charges. But when she failed to bite her tongue it got worse.
Retail Scorecard: Discounters Win, Specialty Loses
Holiday sales were jolly for discounters ... and that's about it. Big box retailers like Wal-Mart and Costco saw sales that exceeded expectations. But most specialty shops, with some significant exceptions, saw their sales drop or grow less than expected, according .
Butler, WillCo superintendents differ on sales tax increase
MARION — Williamson County school officials are promoting a one-cent sales tax increase proposal to help pay for the construction of new schools and retire new school debt. This was necessitated by the fact that the state has been slow to funnel promised funds their way. Voters will consider the referendum at next month’s primary election.If the referendum is approved, Marion has plans to build a new elementary school in Creal Springs followed by a new high school. Carterville has plans to build a new high school. Johnston City wishes to add classrooms at Lincoln Elementary School. Herrin and Crab Orchard schools are looking to pay off their debt on recently built new schools.The tax would generate approximately $7.5 million a year, which would be divided up between the five county schools based on enrollment.
Glenn Greenwald
The deadline for expiration of the PAA is this Friday. If the House and Senate do not pass identical bills by that date -- and, provided the Senate sustains its filibuster this afternoon, it seems impossible that they will -- then that means (in light of Bush's refusal to accept a 30-day extension) that the PAA is almost certain to expire on Friday without any new bill being in place. Given Bush's endless insistence that the PAA is necessary to save us all from The Terrorists, it is -- as I explained this morning -- one of his most brazen acts ever that he will simply allow the PAA to expire. How can expiration of this "Critical Intelligence Tool" possibly be preferable to a 30-day extension? The only conceivable way that this could all work out for the White House is for there to be a repeat of what occurred back in August, when the pro-warrantless-eavesdropping Protect America Act was foisted on our country: namely, the Senate hastily passes at the last minute a terrible bill demanded by the White House right before the deadline, and then forces the House to choose between (a) passing the terrible Senate bill or (b) allowing the deadline to pass with no bill at all.
Why Not Give a Vegetarian Diet a Try for the New Year?
Esselstyn, or the quotes from celebrities and the study from the Miami Herald. It seems like they have their bases covered… You read this? http://www.heartattackproof.com/excerpt.htm That's not PETA… All the health stuff at www.GoVeg.com seems to be fully cited, too… .
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