SNIPPETS

OCTOBER 21,  2009

Janesville, Wis., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- A man who took a car on a test drive from a Massachusetts dealer traveled more than 1,000 miles to Wisconsin before he was pulled over, police said.  Investigators said Aleh Kot, 32, of West Springfield, Mass., drove onto the Massachusetts Turnpike at about 1 p.m. Oct. 15 in the 2010 Honda Accord with a salesman from Balise Honda in the passenger seat, The Republican, Springfield, Mass., reported Tuesday.  Kot drove at speeds of up to 125 mph on the road, but the car salesman was able to escape the car in heavy traffic near a tollbooth in West Stockbridge, Mass.

Probably the first time in history that a customer took a car salesman for a ride.

OCTOBER 20,  2009

Great moments in journalism.

From London's Telegraph: 

Barack Obama may attend Copenhagen summit if there is climate change progress

From The Times of London:

President Obama 'may not attend Copenhagen climate summit'

One of them may well be right.