Thursday, September 20, 2007
1. The Burj Tower in Dubai, which is still under construction, becomes the tallest free-standing building in the world.
Don’t worry, fellow Americans, the proposed Freedom Tower in NYC should restore the U.S.’s rightful ownership of the largest phallic symbol on the planet.
2. The Louisiana state agriculture commissioner says that Africanized “killer” bees have established several colonies in New Orleans.
Maybe it’s just me, and I know they’re a bad team, but that seems like a pretty racist way to refer to the New Orleans Hornets.
3. The Russian region of Ulyanovsk celebrates its third annual “Conception Day,” in which couples are given the day off of work to stay at home and try to conceive a baby.
Like Valentine’s Day in America, single Russians left out of the fun are urged not to commit suicide, which unfortunately makes Conception Day a lot like every other day.
4. The NFL’s New England Patriots and head coach Bill Belichick are fined $750,000 after revelations surface that the Patriots illegally spied on opposing teams.
President Bush offered an angry rebuttal of the charges before his staff could inform him that it was the football team that was being punished for illegal spying, not his administration of self-proclaimed “patriots.”
5. Former football star and acquitted murder suspect O.J. Simpson is arrested in connection with the armed robbery of sports memorabilia once owned by Simpson and other sports stars.
I have a feeling this comeback will go over about as well as Britney Spears’s.
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