Weekend News Wrap-up

[ STAMFORD ADVOCATE ] Surcharge to be tacked on traffic tickets for towns and cities "It definitely happened under the radar screen," said state Rep. Michael Lawlor, D-East Haven, who voted against the measure because he considered the bill "extremely simplistic and not well-written." [ DAILYKOS ] Ted Stevens on the internets This is the funniest thing I've heard in a while. It ranks right up with a school buddy explaining to a dunce how email worked. "It's kind of like a fax machine." You had to be there. (Still searching for a sound bite.) [ YAHOO ] Large asteroid zips harmlessly past Earth I wonder how many times we've almost been wiped out over the years. [ INFINITYLABS ] Invisible Cloaks in Action - Video Demonstrations Not quite invisible, more like semi-translucent. Is it real? [ OHIO ] Man serves year in Iraq because of military clerical error Insert Clerks joke here. [ CNN ] Enron founder Ken Lay dies I'm not sure what to say to that. I'm sure there's a joke there somewhere. How'd he die? Who knows? Everyone seems to have a theory. [ ONE RED PAPERCLIP ] 503 Main Street Wow. Mission accomplished. The BlogSpot domain is blocked at my work, maybe yours too. In a nutshell, the guy started with a paperclip and has been trading. Ahh, the Internet. [ NYDAILYNEWS ] Greedy funeral firm treats sanit vet 'like garbage' The headline wasn't too objective. If you take a step back and look at it from the funeral homes point of view, it was a $8600 bill. Would you not want your money? Verbal agreements mean nothing. Had they presented an assignment of benefits to the home there would not have been a problem. Just a lame story. [ MAINICHI-MSN ] Shibuya's sleazy happening bars offer chaotic, erotic action at bargain prices I wonder if Tucker Max has a story that could top this. [ YAHOO ] Jailed Mafia boss to have in-vitro baby Seems like a perfect situation. I like this quote, “Madonia, who comes from a family of renowned Mafia bosses, got married in jail in 1992. Investigators were baffled when the couple's first child was born in 2000, while Madonia was already in detention and was theoretically barred from having any private encounter with his wife.”