SNIPPETS

THURSDAY,  JUNE 25,  2009

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - California's controller said on Wednesday that he would have to issue IOUs in a week if lawmakers can't quickly solve a $24 billion budget deficit, and the state's treasurer plans to tap a reserve fund to meet debt service costs.

And those IOUs would be worth...?

From Britain's Telegraph:  The BBC is to tone down the amount of sex and swearing screened following the 9pm watershed, because viewers were dismayed by the moral decline in programme standards.

They just noticed?  How many years has this been going on?

WEDNESDAY,  JUNE 24,  2009

RICHFIELD, Wis., June 23 (UPI) -- Police in Wisconsin said they arrested a man who drunkenly tried to drive 40 miles home in a pilfered golf cart after being ditched by a group of "uncles."

Al Gore has rushed to Wisconsin to give this man his fuel-efficient driver of the year award.

LONDON (Reuters) - Portuguese teen-ager Michelle Larcher De Brito swept silently into the second round at Wimbledon Monday and then defiantly refused to stop screeching if her matches get tougher.  The 16-year-old made headlines at the French Open when she wailed and screeched so loudly on court that her opponent complained to the umpire.

Watch.  They'll give her a record contract.

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