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Gangster rap

Hey, let's not be so alarmist:

Chicago - Chicago's former top cop is coming out strong against the state's new gambling bill, which would expand gambling across Illinois and bring a new casino to Chicago. Gov. Pat Quinn has yet to sign the bill into law, and Jody Weis is hoping that won't happen.

Silly pride

Hey, fellow straight shooters, we can finally hold our heads high and acknowledge who we are. We have our own special day now:

SAO PAULO (AP) -- The city council of South America's biggest city has adopted legislation calling for a Heterosexual Pride Day to be celebrated on the third Sunday of each December.

November 2012 can't come soon enough

The Obama administration has ordered insurers to cover prescription contraceptives and other "women's wellness" services and products -- including breast pumps for nursing mothers, an annual “well-woman” physical, screening for the virus that causes cervical cancer and for diabetes during pregnancy and counseling on domestic violence -- without co-pays:

Take your puck and shove it

Follow the loon

It's hard to tell whether this loon is calling for his followers to start killing people or trying to call in God the hit man:

Is polygamist leader Warren Jeffs trying to put a mafia-style hit out on the judge, prosecutors and the jury in his rape case, which is underway in San Angleo?

A trickle down solution

As good as it gets

Turn out the lights, the party's over:

We've invented penicillin, space shuttles, computers and even artificial hearts, among many other wonders. So where will human intelligence go from here?

The answer, if certain scientists are correct, is nowhere.

Mankind's brain power has reached its peak and it is physically impossible for us to become any smarter, they say.

Death watch

A judge in Georgia last week allowed the execution of a man named Andrew Grant to videotaped by lawyers representing another death row inmate. Who might end up seeing such a tape?

Poor choice

Best blog headline of the day: "McDonald's to revamp Happy Meals because you're too dumb to watch what your kids eat."

Fair headline? Well, until now, when ordering a Happy Meal you had a choice between the traditional burger and fries and a more nutritious but-mom-I-don't-want-that burger with apple slices. But it turns out most of you were choosing “poorly.”

Checks and balances

Yeah, well, Tim, that's sort of the problem, isn't it?

"Just remember, this is the United States of America. We write 80 million checks a month. There are millions and millions of Americans that depend on those checks coming on time," Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner told "FOX News Sunday."

80. million. checks. a month.

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