Monday, June 22, 2009

June 22nd 2009

Yesterday was Father’s Day. It was really emotional for Letterman when his son gave him as a present a new comedy writer for his show.

A US couple had the world’s first weightless wedding in zero gravity conditions. And like with any other couple, the wife gained all the pounds back immediately after the weeding.

Secretary Clinton underwent a two hour surgery to successfully repair her fractured right elbow. Poor Bill, she had a bionic arm installed and now she can toss dishes at more than 200 mph.

According to U.N. food officials there are 100 million more people who are hungry. Apparently, Rush Limbaugh went to a restaurant and had seconds.

According to U.N. food officials, one in six people are hungry. Sweet. Does that mean we have more models?

A Chicago couple got married with swine flu. Everything was ok until the groom realized the best man also had swine flu.

A Chicago couple got married with swine flu. It was the first time everybody ran away when the bride tossed the bouquet.

A Minnesota woman accused of sharing 24 songs over the Internet will have to pay $1.92 million, almost $80,000 a song. $ 80,000 a song? And then you wonder why people download music illegally.

Steve Jobs had a liver transplant. Unfortunately for him, it only works in areas where AT&T is available.

A Pennsylvania borough wants pedestrians to wave an orange flag every time they cross the streets. Drivers are happy, because it’ll make it easier to aim at them.

A German company is planning on selling gold from vending machines. I can imagine spending almost 2 days trying to flatten $10,000 in $1bills.

A Canadian man was apprehended by Washington state police after driving his rental car 3 miles in reverse on the interstate. He was let go, when they found out he was French Canadian.

Fresh Prince Co-star Janet Hubert is ready to unleash a tell-all book that reveals the “dark” side of Will Smith. It probably won’t include any of his rap songs.

According to an Associated Press, the U.S. exported $96 million in goods to Iran from January through April. Among those goods we exported: soybeans, wheat, and Florida electorate officials.

A New Jersey state lawmaker wants to make it a crime for drivers to touch the screen of a GPS while driving. Apparently, they want to do anything they can to avoid those who are in New Jersey to find a way out of there.

Emilio Navarro, who at 103 is the oldest living professional baseball player, threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Oakland Athletics-San Diego Padres game on Saturday. He was signed by the Nationals on Monday.

Emilio Navarro, who at 103 is believed to be the oldest living professional baseball player, threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Oakland Athletics-San Diego Padres game on Saturday… he also threw his hip.

Representative Michelle Bachman from Minnesota says she won't answer the questions on her Census form. So now we know that after the census we need to add one more to the column of crazy people.

The federal government has spent nearly half a million dollars to fund a study to find out why some men would prefer not to wear condoms during sex. They could have saved all that money and just asked Elliot Spitzer.

A 28-year-old California man will spend 6 months in prison for burning illegal copies of the Mike Myers bomb "The Love Guru". The complaint didn’t come from the producers of the movie, but rather from those who downloaded it illegally.