Smashing pumpkins a hit – Statesman Journal
AURORA — As the giant pumpkins slammed to the ground at Fir Point Farms, the crowd shrieked and clapped. Children were chanting: “Hit that car, hit that car.” One after another, six pumpkins each weighing more than 200 pounds fell 120 feet from a

The Cash Cops of Tenaha – Counter Punch
I t was Friday of the last day of August, 2007 when Arkansas resident James Morrow attempted to mind his own business while driving peaceably through Tenaha, a small East Texas town in Shelby County south of Shreveport and Longview. According to a

B-More Dog Happy Hour/Auction tonight – Weblogs.baltimoresun.com
B-More Dog is having a fundraiser happy hour and silent auction tonight at Bad Decisions in Fells Point. It’s a nice opportunity to get out and help the group that does so much to help pit bulls. Or, heck, just celebrate the fact that it’s finally

They have FOX News on as background noise – DAILY KOS
Or: What I did on my weekend off from work. As the wife and I leave the airport in Pittsburgh, the only substantive difference we encounter between the outside here and the outsides of the airports we’ve seen in Texas, where we’ve been living for

Tucson candidates pay the price for annoying election propaganda – Tucson Citizen
Apologies in advance to Tucson City Council candidates Nina Trasoff, Karin Uhlich and Richard Frimbres, but they all lost my vote Sunday afternoon. Pile o’ crap-o-ganda/Ryn Gargulinski That’s really a shame, as I was poised to vote for at least one