1.
Many auto makers are offering
a feature that alerts drivers when another vehicle is in their “blind
spot.” *** Which, when you’re texting, is pretty much
everywhere outside the car.
2.
A federal court has
ordered California to reduce prison overcrowding. The state plans on doing this by assigning
some inmates to private prisons, putting some of them in county jails... *** ... and sending
many of them back to Congress.
3.
The famous parking
garage in Arlington, Virginia where journalist Bob Woodward frequently met with
his informant, “Deep Throat,” regarding the Watergate affair is being
demolished. ***
You know, that’s a terrible loss—all those valuable parking spaces...
4.
Federal officials say
that many schools have cut ties with the National School Lunch Program because
the healthy menu, with things like fruits and vegetables, was being rejected by
the students. ***
In order to satisfy the kids’ preferences, those schools are also
extending recess, eliminating homework, and canceling all Friday classes.
5.
A fire is threatening
San Francisco’s water supply.
*** Yes, the flames are getting very
close to a Perrier bottling plant.
6.
For Halloween,
General Mills will offer five “monster” cereals. In addition to the existing Frankenberry, Boo
Berry and Count Chocula, they are bringing back
Frute Brute and Yummy Mummy.
*** Also, they announced a new Edward
Snowden cereal; when you pour milk in
the bowl, it leaks.
7.
The New York Attorney
General is suing Donald Trump’s investment school, “Trump University,” for $40
million. The lawsuit says the
organization practiced persistent fraud, illegal and deceptive conduct, and
violation of consumer protection laws... *** ...but failed to teach those skills to the
students.
8.
Protestors in the
Philippines are demanding the end to a government slush fund used for
legislators’ pet projects that are either useless or non-existent. It is technically called the “Priority Development
Assistance Fund.” ***
Or, as we call it here in the United States: the Budget.
9.
A toddler at a
bowling alley managed to crawl inside one of those games where you manipulate a
claw to try to grab prizes. *** His parents were finally able to get him out,
but it cost them nearly $20 in quarters.
10.
The White
House-themed movie “The Butler” topped the box office for the second weekend in
a row. It was followed by the Jennifer
Anniston comedy, “We’re the Millers.” *** Sensing a big opportunity, producers have
begun working on a new blockbuster: “The Miller’s Butler.”
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