Sunday, August 26, 2007

Week In Review 20


  • Atlanta Falcons quarterback, or former quarterback, Michael Vick admits being part of a dogfighting ring. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell suspends Vick indefinitely and hits him several times in the nose with a rolled-up newspaper.
  • Real estate magnate Leona Helmsley -- reviled by many as the "queen of mean" and who allegedly once said "only little people pay taxes" (infuriating Danny DeVito among others -- dies at age 87. The funeral is expected to draw several people, if only to make sure she's dead.
  • A new study shows Americans popping twice as many painkiller pills as they did in 1997. However, further studies reveal that the number's about the same when Rush Limbaugh is taken out of the equation.
  • West Virginia University tops the Princeton Review's annual list of the nation's top party schools. The surprise No. 2 is Little Critters Day Care, where they play a mean game of pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey.
  • Egyptian archaeologists have found what they said could be the oldest human footprint in history, about 2 million years old, in the country's western desert. Those who believe the Earth is only 5,000 years old are skeptical of the finding, especially because of the "Swoosh" in the middle of the footprint.
  • Dalton Carriker hits a home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to give Warner Robins, Ga., the Little League World Championship over Japan. Carriker said he said a little prayer before stepping into the batter's box for God to help him get a hit to help his team out ... proving once and for all that God hates 12-year-old Japanese kids.
  • NASA announces its plan for a temporary fix to stop potentially dangerous chunks of foam insulation and ice from breaking off the fuel tank during space shuttle liftoffs. NASA doesn't get into specifics, but acknowledges it involves somebody named Earl and 47 rolls of heat duct tape.
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