I will be a good little freshman and not say hurtful things that might upset the delicate sensibilities of my fellow students:
Harvard College's Class of 2015 found something unprecedented awaiting their arrival on campus: an ideological pledge. It was framed as a request for allegiance to certain social and political principles. No such request had been made of Harvard students since the college's founding by Puritans in 1636.
Country music stars Sugarland have been accused of "gross negligence and/or recklessness" by the family of a fan who was killed when a stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fair in August (11).
The duo, comprised of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, have been named as defendants in a notice for a possible lawsuit over the catastrophe, which claimed a total of seven lives and left 40 injured.
For the "well, duh" file:
If you woke up on the wrong side of bed this morning, then try to find comfort in the fact that you're not alone.
Monday is officially the most miserable day of the week, a survey has found.
I hate it when I have mixed feelings about the ACLU:
A new Florida law that requires welfare recipients to pass a drug test violates their constitutional rights, the American Civil Liberties Union is charging in a lawsuit.
The suit asserts that the mandatory drug testing is a violation of the right against unreasonable search and seizure.
Anytime you think tolerance can't go any further, along comes San Francisco . . .
The naked truth, it seems, is that San Francisco is once again going to emerge as a city ripe for ridicule -- or a beacon of free expression -- depending on your point of view. The latest issue? Public nudity.
Supervisor Scott Wiener will introduce legislation today intended to get to the bottom of the gross-out factor when it comes to public nudity.
Only Monday and we already have two strong contenders for most preposterous argument of the week. First is this case being made here for the addition of a new civil right -- and, no, it's not from The Onion but From The New York Times:
A more radical solution may be needed: why not offer legal protections to the ugly, as we do with racial, ethnic and religious minorities, women and handicapped individuals?
I, uh, well, you see, the thing is, um, you know, this means, oh, rats:
With Steve Jobs' retirement announcement, a lot is being said about his tremendous successes. But he had a lot of spectacular failures, too, like the Apple I and Lisa. We could learn something by concentrating on those:
Huh. I wouldn't have thought a business like this could make it in staid old Fort Wayne, but the owner says he's getting a lot of repeat business:
Fort Wayne Dust Bunnies offers light housekeeping to its clients, but the cleaning is done in the nude.
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The maids are only permitted to do light housekeeping duties: washing dishes, vacuuming, and dusting.
Still haven't wiped out sexism in the workplace, I notice. Even mean women are losing out and falling behind:
