Fat Across America: A 410-pound man (carrying an 85-pound bag of snacks) is walking across America to try to "break the cycle of obesity." (AP)
Cutie Coyote: Like most New Yorkers, Central Park is where we wanna be. Coyotes are no different. (NYT)
Basic Idiot: The "actress" Sharon Stone says her nude scene in the highly unnecessary Basic Instinct 2 is "no big deal." So why doesn't she shut her fucking mouth up about it? (AP)
Full-Time Scammer: A 37-year-old New York woman who has been claiming to be a victim of Hurricane Katrina has been charged with fraud. Donna Fenton said she could not provide the names or phone numbers of any friends, family or former co-workers in Biloxi who could verify that she lived there, stating: "My family has been through enough." In her defense, she had been to Mississippi before. (NYT)
English as a Second Language: When asked about Afghanistan's plans to execute a man for converting to Christianity, President Bush attempted to reply: “I’m troubled when I hear -- deeply troubled when I hear that a person who has converted away from Islam may be held to account. That’s not the universal application of the values that I talked about.” (NYT)
Justice for Jennifer: The mystery surrounding the murder of Jennifer Shafiq, a 4-year-old girl from Hollis, Queens, has lingered far longer than she was even alive. But resolution may be at hand, the authorities said, after Suffolk County police arrested her parents on Monday night at police headquarters in Sacramento, Calif. What cracked the case? The couple split and the husband spills the beans on the killer mom (I love when this happens). (Newsday)
5-Alarm Lezzie: A lesbian firefighter filed a discrimination lawsuit against the fire chief of Minneapolis on Tuesday, a woman who happens to be the firefighter's former domestic partner. Capt. Jennifer "Mitch" Cornell sued in U.S. District Court against Chief Bonnie "Lou" Bleskachek. Cornell named the city as a co-defendant, according to reports by the Pioneer Press. (GayWired)
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1983
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