Rumors are milling that the writer’s strike may actually be over — while neither the studios nor the WGA itself are commenting at present, according to Newsday.com, Michael Eisner purportedly said that a deal had been reached last weekend which was only waiting for meetings tomorrow to become official. If that is the case, [...]

Apparently Sweden is having problems with dwarven thievery, according to the Telegraph:
Gangs are said to sneak the dwarves into the luggage hold, hidden inside baggage.
Then, once the journey has begun, the stowaways are free to rifle through the bags of other passengers without fear of being apprehended.
Before the coach arrives at its destination the dwarves [...]

People at a precinct in Chicago were told their pens had invisible ink. Hmmmm. Voters are being contacted to recast their votes, this time for real.
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This is amazing and ridiculously sad. Two teenage girls in Florida stole money from a 9 year old girl scout who was selling cookies, doing absolutely nothing to hide their identity. The actual money was never recovered, but the dad of one of the thieves paid the money back to the scout. [...]

Republican Rep. John Read proposed the law, but doesn’t expect it to pass. Instead, he is trying to make a point.
Mississippi is one of the three states where more than 30% of adults are considered obese, as is WV. (We posted about this topic before.) He says he is merely trying to [...]

Verizon continues to impress in terms of protecting customer privacy, refusing to monitor customer downloads or install blocking programs to stop content, despite a request to do so from Hollywood. AT&T is choosing to take the opposite route, developing systems to identify and block certain content.
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USA TODAY has run a story on a new trend: having agility contests for cats. Unlike the way dogs are trained to obey, the cat agility contests rely on factors like cat-owner love and cat interest, creating a very different sort of fun. The article has a fabulous small gallery of pictures accompanying [...]

If you stop by your county’s WVU Extension office, you can get a free copy of the WVU Extension Garden calendar.
“Every year, WVU Extension agriculture and nutrition specialists prepare easy-to-follow steps on how to grow, store and use fruits and vegetables. Lawns, ornamentals and houseplants also are included among the timely tip boxes.”

Even if you’re [...]

For those of you who have access to amateur telescopes, this is your chance to see the asteroid that could have hit Earth! According to the Near Earth Object Program:
“Asteroid 2007 TU24, discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on October 11, 2007 will closely approach the Earth to within 1.4 lunar distances (334,000 [...]

A fabulous use of service dogs to help people who need it, this time for the less tangible problems many people face. I think it’s good that agencies are officially recognizing the important role that animals can play in a person’s mental and physical well-being.
“Like guide dogs for the blind, psychiatric service dogs aid [...]