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• O.J. Arrested, Still Looking For Wife's Killer: O.J. wants his shit back - An apparent audiotape of O.J. Simpson's standoff with men he accused of stealing his memorabilia begins with the ex-NFL star demanding, "Don't let nobody out of here." "Think you can steal my s--- and sell it?" the voice identified as Simpson's said. the answer is...I have yet to achieve my full dumbness! - "The thing in my mind as soon as I saw him, I'm thinking, 'O.J., how can you be this dumb? You're in enough trouble.'" the saddest group of one - "It's like a bad dream," Beardsley said. "I'm sad that O.J. is in custody." O.J. is crazy...this guy is just a dirtbag - Goldman's father, Fred Goldman, welcomed the possibility that Simpson could go to prison.
• Saudi Women want to drive: new product, sunday driving burhaks - For the first time ever, a group of women in the only country that bans female drivers have formed a committee to lobby for the right to get behind the wheel, and they plan to petition King Abdullah in the next few days for the privilege. You got to fight, for your right, to drive a car? - But committee members say their petition will at least highlight what many Saudis — both men and women — consider a "stolen" right. these are rational people who we need to make our allies - The last time the issue was raised was two years ago, when Mohammed al-Zulfa, a member of the unelected Consultative Council, asked his colleagues to think about studying the possibility of allowing women over age 35 or 40 to drive — unchaperoned on city streets but accompanied by a male guardian on highways. The suggestion touched off a fierce controversy that included calls for al-Zulfa's removal from the council and stripping him of Saudi citizenship, as well as accusations he was encouraging women to commit the double sins of discarding their veils and mixing with men. dear Saudi Penthouse, I was at the mechanics when my burkah blew off - Conservatives, who believe women should be shielded from male strangers, say women in the driver's seat will be free to leave home alone and go when and where they please. They also will unduly expose their eyes while driving and interact with male strangers, such as traffic police and mechanics. meanwhile, Eddie Izzard killed in Saudi - When the program was first advertised, some reacted with shock that a Saudi woman was not only portraying a man, but also one who drives. Conservatives say women should not emulate men in behavior or dress.
• Dirty Handed Americans: another important study - Americans' hands are getting dirtier, U.S. researchers said on Monday. They said 77 percent of more than 6,000 men and women washed their hands in public restrooms -- a 6 percent decline compared with a similar study in 2005. ewww - "Very clearly, guys need to step up to the sink," said Brian Sansoni, a spokesman for the soap industry group, told reporters. "One third of guys weren't washing their hands in public restrooms. That's gross." San Fran Ferry Terminal...hahaha - Researchers staked out restrooms at different types of venues in four U.S. cities: Chicago's Shedd Aquarium and the Museum of Science and Industry, Atlanta's Turner Field, New York's Grand Central Station and Penn Station and San Francisco's Ferry Terminal Farmer's Market.
• Bush picks Mukasey for attorney general: that is one ugly boring dude - President Bush, seeking to avoid a possible confirmation fight over a fiercely partisan candidate, chose retired federal judge Michael B. Mukasey Monday to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Democrats said Bush made a wise choice and raised no immediate objections.
• Microsoft loses European appeal: we may have dirty hands, but at least we're not European - Microsoft loses its appeal of a European antitrust order Monday that obliges the technology giant to pay a record $613 million fine, share communications code with rivals and sell a copy of Windows without Media Player. oh, that last bold sentence, it has nothing to do with this story. I just think Europe is overrated - The court had confirmed that regulators had "quite broad power and quite broad discretion" over companies with large market shares, he said, citing Google Inc., Apple Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. as those that needed to heed the decision. finally, your day of reckoning has come, mocking Word paperclip - "The court has confirmed the Commission's view that consumers are suffering at the hands of Microsoft," she said.
• North Korea nuclear talks postponed: reason for delay...had to go watch "Superbad" - Expected international talks on North Korea's nuclear program to firm up a deadline for the country to disable its facilities so it can no longer produce weapons have been postponed, regional officials said Monday.
• Election rule change favors Musharraf: fair and square...like Bush's win in Ohio! - Pakistan's Election Commission changed the rules Monday to open the way for President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to seek a new five-year presidential term without giving up the powerful position of army chief. Opposition parties decried the move as a brazen violation of the constitution and accused the U.S.-allied leader of trying to bulldoze legal obstacles to his staying in power amid increasing demands for an end to military rule. They predicted a surge in democracy protests.
• Pittsburgh diocese to settle abuse cases: see, SEE! pay to play, baby - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh said Monday it has created a $1.25 million fund to settle 32 lawsuits alleging abuse or injury by priests. I think I'd skip their "recovery" program - The diocese also will offer a program of counseling and healing.
• May/December Couples Boost Human Lifespan: Hugh Hefner will live forever!
• "Dead" man wakes up under autopsy knife: Remind me never, ever get into a near fatal collision in Venezuala
• Man in China dies after three-day Internet session: That's a lot of homestar runner - A Chinese man dropped dead after playing Internet games for three consecutive days, state media said on Monday as China seeks to wean Internet addicts offline. come on, fellas, our readers need to know what game can kill a man! - "Police have ruled out the possibility of suicide," the newspaper said, adding that exhaustion was the most likely cause of death. It did not say what game he was playing
• Holocaust song title has firm squirming: yet, apple refuses for overplaying and destroying that feist song. The ads for Bell Canada's Solo discount service showed a young woman decked out in flashy punk rock attire, with a button that reads "Belsen was a gas" -- the controversial title of a song by the Sex Pistols, and a reference to Nazi Germany's Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.