Happy holidays all! Sorry it took me so long to post … the holiday season is surprisingly busy!

1. On Pakistan Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto dying after a suicide attack at a political rally:
“Pakistan may not bring Apple Vacation tours much business this year …”
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1298475,00.html

2. On a woman who stabbed an intake officer in the head with a pencil that had been loaned to her while she tried to arrange for bail:
“I’m guessing this cop will have to endure a lot of ‘That’s really using your head’ jokes for the next few weeks …”
http://www.wmtw.com/news/14926075/detail.html

3. On a family who bought a Disney channel CD that was supposed to have Hannah Montana playing on it - Instead they heard graphic gangster rap:
“Up the cup! Hannah Montana in da hizzy, y’all!”
http://cbs13.com/local/christmas.local.father.2.618344.html

4. On a lady who owns a 56-year-old toaster:
“Seriously, was it this slow of a news day?”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=504603&in_page_id=1770

5. On customs officials in the Philippines seizing inflatable sex dolls meant to be used for an international campaign against animal cruelty (by PETA):
“If you keep harming those poor little animals, I’m gonna have my way with this plastic woman!”
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22976863-23109,00.html

6. On a new drug that reverses severe liver damage:
“I’ll drink to that!”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/dec/27/medicalresearch.drugs?gusrc=rss&feed=11

7. On a 77-year-old man who spent part of Christmas Eve stuck upside down in the opening of his septic tank:
“Um, grandpa …. That’s not how Santa does it …”
http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/1226septic-tank1226-ON.html

8. On a report that up to 3/4 of all classical musicians may use performance enhancing drugs:
“I thought there was something fishy about that tuba player …”
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-braindoping20dec20,0,5741092,full.story