OK, I give up. I'm on the global-warming bandwagon, too:
In North America's most renowned wine-growing region, Napa Valley in California, current conditions are near-perfect.
"You have the climate, you have ideal soils and a history of winemaking that goes back to the turn of last century. It's a combination of those things that makes Napa Valley unique," says Jeff Virnig, winemaker at Robert Sinskey Vineyards.
Indiana is going to let BP start dumping "significantly more" ammonia and sludge into Lake Michigan at its Whiting refinery. There is a good news/bad news aspect to the story:
The refinery will still meet federal water pollution guidelines. But federal and state officials acknowledge this marks the first time in years that a company has been allowed to dump more toxic waste into Lake Michigan.
So, we're feeling sorry for ourselves that Kroger bought out Scott's, and there will be fewer stores, less choice. And, by the way, isn't it terrible that all the Mom-and-Pop grocery stores have been driven out of business and we have to put up with buying our food at the giants like Meijer and Wal-Mart? On the other hand, this could be Detroit:
A syndicated columnist calls it quits, with a little whining thrown in:
Wow. This is even farther away than smokers have to be:
ONTARIO - An outdoor living space for the city's homeless population opened last week in an isolated, untraveled area of vacant lots more than 500 feet from any other structure.
It was set up by the city at minimal cost to address the growing encampment of homeless people near the city's Amtrak station at Euclid Avenue and Holt Boulevard, said Bob Heitzman, the city's assistant city manager.
Better sit down for this one:
War and politics are largely ignored by American teenagers, according to a Harvard University study released on Tuesday, which found that 60 percent of them pay little attention to daily news.
Never mind the substance, let's just spruce up the image:
The Pittsburgh Public Schools will drop "public" from its name and adopt a new, standardized way of referring to its schools as part of a campaign to brighten and strengthen the district's image.
For example, Schenley High School will be called Pittsburgh Schenley.
Superintendent Mark Roosevelt's staff unveiled the policy at a school board Education Committee meeting last night.
If only it were this easy -- get rid of the word, get rid of everything associated with it:
DETROIT - There was no mourning at this funeral. Hundreds of onlookers cheered Monday afternoon as the NAACP put to rest a long-standing expression of racism by holding a public burial for the N-word during its annual convention.
Live by the rules of the loons, die by the rules of the loons:
Sydney - An Australian woman accused of murdering her father and sister was apparently denied psychiatric treatment because of her parents' Scientology beliefs, a court heard on Monday.
We can only hope for the day when Katie Holmes drifts from postpartum depression to postpartum psychosis, while Tom . . .
