*Novel by Harvard author gets pulled from stores, Kaavya Viswanathan, a Harvard University sophomore, had acknowledged that numerous passages in "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life" were lifted from another writer; sorry, only the likes of Microsoft get away with such blatant stealing.
*"Boycott Da Vinci Code film": top Vatican official; question, who is boycotting pedophilic priests?
*White House press corps prefer watching CNN on Air Force One; that's because they keep running out of barf bags from having to watch Bill O'Reilly and his "no spin zone".
*Duke accuser in prior rape claim; it appears the job of "exotic dancer" isn't the safest profession in the world?
*Bush rejects tax on oil companies' profits; says: my administration has a celebrated history of breaking the backs of the poor and middle class workers on taxes...like, duh.
*Congress struggles to act on gas prices; Congress: we are rich, why should we care?
*Shell unveils plans for 'biggest refinery in US'; Bush plans to invade Texas--oops, Texas is one of ours...nevermind.
*Chevron earnings soar 49% to $4B; meanwhile, consumers taking out 2nd mortgages to pay for summer fill-ups at the gas station.
*Nuclear agency says Iran is defying the U.N.; runs home to tell Mommy and cry.
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