A sharp-eyed clerk at a Salt Lake golf course pro shop noticed a man wearing underwear on his head and wielding a big knife. After a struggle, the brief-or-boxer wearing thief fled. Exciting golf-cart chase and capture ensued, with golfers no doubt brandishing 9-irons and mashie niblicks or whatever. Prosecutors charge alleged robber who wore underwear mask – Salt Lake Tribune A man wearing underwear on his head to hide his identity during a stickup was charged Wednesday with aggravated robbery. The 48-year-old man was chased down two days earlier by customers in a golf cart outside a South Salt…
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While commenting at a well-known science blog, I was casting around for some background on the science of dating things by counting tree rings – AKA dendrochronology. Yes, the Intelligent Design crowd also attempts to refute any scientific discipline that threatens the Genesis story. And they have a website full of talking points: Tree ring dating (dendrochronology)
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Jail terms for Israeli neo-Nazis Eight teenagers have been sentenced to time in jail by a court in Israel for carrying out a series of neo-Nazi attacks that shocked the nation. That’s what I thought you said. Some male teens will do anything to work off those crazy hormones…
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Sen. Hatch may become senior Republican in Congress – Salt Lake Tribune WASHINGTON – The Senate’s most senior Republican was recently convicted of a felony corruption and may be forced out. The second most senior Republican could land a Cabinet spot under President Obama. Waiting in the wings of GOP seniority: Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican first elected in 1976.
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Not particularly helpful: Utah’s Catholic bishop: We oppose gay marriage, too – Salt Lake Tribune The head of Utah’s Catholic parishes expressed solidarity with the Mormon faith’s support for a constitutional amendment that banned gay marriage in California.
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Daughter of Illinois Sen. Durbin dies at 40 — chicagotribune.com Very sad news. My condolences to the Durbin family. What a terrible sorrow for them.
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I have a TERRIBLE memory, but sometimes I get a flash of insight. Does the name Nathan Sproul mean anything to you? I got one of those flashes, and found this Daily Kos: State of the Nation post that I actually remembered reading in 2004.
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For the first time in its 161-year history, the Chicago Tribune endorses a Democrat for President, Barack Obama. As it happens, I prefer reading the Trib to the agressively blue-collar Sun-Times; never liked the latter papers rah-rah attitude toward Daley and other local pols. Also, their comics section sucks. Via Daily Kos: State of the Nation
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Worth a listen for a chuckle: what if Joe the Plumber could unclog the economic mess? Imagining ‘Joe The Plumber: The Epic’ : NPR Sometimes that 15 minutes of fame turns into an hour. Satirists Bruce Kluger and David Slavin present the promo for a fictional epic called Joe the Plumber — it’s the story about the one man equipped to fix the nation’s plugged up economy.
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Rage rising on the McCain campaign trail – CNN.com Sen. John McCain is now urging his supporters to be respectful and tone down the angry and incendiary remarks about Sen. Barack Obama. They’re furious because… they’re losing, and they don’t understand why “the hooligans” and “socialists” are taking over their country.