News Briefs
CNN reporters booted from Iraq Members of the Iraqi government Friday expelled CNN reporters from Baghdad. The network’s two reporters, Nic Robertson and Rym Brahimi, had remained in the capital city after most reporters left for safety reasons. Exact reasons for the dismissal of the reporters are unclear.
Mart by day, art by night and other nocturnal oddities
Dear Bob, What’s another word for thesaurus? This smells like wood,word monkey A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge. Terrorist plot? It seems certain businesses change their names at night. Why is this? What do they hope to achieve.
Soap Box
Like millions of others, you probably have no idea that Peeps are out for world domination.
You would never suspect those little fluffy marshmallowy chickens could be so evil.
It’s true. They even have a mobile headquarters, a bus. The Peeps Bus! This is where the evil sweets are staging their attack on the United States.
Begun, this clone war has.
It is ironic, given the current administration’s stance on cloning, that President George W. Bush has decided to drag us into essentially a clone of the same conflict that the former President Bush did. The noticeable difference between the two wars is that the first Gulf War had broad support, whereas the current conflict does not.
Baseball snaps No. 12 Spiders 8-game streak
VCU Baseball avoided being swept in the final game of a three game series against No. 12 cross-town rival University of Richmond. A rally sparked by junior center fielder Eric Latura propelled the Rams, who were struggling, to a 9-4 victory.
Latura went a strong three-for-four, driving in two runs for the Rams and helping the team snap the Spiders’ eight-game winning streak.