The infamous airport men’s room where Sen. Larry Craig was arrested is getting new stall dividers that drop nearly to the floor to make it a less inviting spot for sexual liaisons.
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The Minneapolis airport has more than 80 restrooms, but only two are being targeted for the new dividers, including the one now known for [...]

Nah, just a building at the Navy base in San Diego.

Tags: google, maps

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10 -Timer on various kitchen appliances (microwave, toaster, oven, etc.)
9 - Cell phone ring tone (I’m tempted)
8 - Wake Up Alarm
7 - Doorbell
6 - Car Horn (will scare animals off the road every time)
5 - Squeak toy for [...]

A woman (MIT student no less) walks into Logan International Airport with a computer circuit board and Play-Doh strapped to her chest.
And, no, she’s not wearing the toe tag she so desperately wants and deserves.

So you made bail and are now back in Miami. Cool. Now do the United States of America just one huge favor: RUN!!! Or swim or whatever it takes. Hop into one of those make-shift boats left on the beach by Cuban refugees and start paddling. Go live your life out in some thatch hut [...]

Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Chandler police sergeant in the death of a K-9 left for more than 12 hours in a hot patrol car.
Sgt. Tom Lovejoy was booked Wednesday at 3 p.m. into an East Valley jail facility on suspicion of animal cruelty, a misdemeanor. He was released at 4:50 p.m. on his [...]

(well, maybe not that surprising)
It appears that the more bandwidth a search engine spider sucks away, the lower the ranking of the business site I maintain. Checking awstats at mid-month, I place the following results along with the SERP of a single, targeted keyword:
Googlebot
3.32 MB
Page 1
Yahoo Slurp
17.16 MB
Page 5
MSNBot
34.83 MB
Page 10
Almost 35 MBs in 15 [...]

Earlier this year the Ypsilanti (Mi) Public School Board retired the high school’s Braves nickname and the logo depicting a male Indian with a mowhawk cut after complaints that it demeaned Native Americans, blah, blah, blah. The board also indicated that it would not choose a new name until October 22, meaning that the the [...]

Back on August 28, I checked Accuweather’s 15 day forecast and although I realize that a 15 day forecast must be taken with a grain of salt, I was dancing around the room to see a forecast low of 62° for September 10!

A few days later, I check again and the forecast is back up [...]