Well, you can’t win ’em all, Barry O-Bomber! Drone-fired missiles meant for the leader of the Yemen branch of Al-Qaida, the people who brought you the Christmastime underwear bomb plot, missed their target. They did, however, frag a couple of his friends.

Osama bin Laden, meanwhile, apparently enjoyed watching himself on TV. The videos are just the tip of a rich iceberg of media and data collected from the raid on bin Laden’s compound.

Oh, and Pakistan? This shit is so not over between us.

Witnesses in Syria’s slow-burn uprising are seeing something peculiar as the movement spreads: Regular soldiers, upset over the shooting of protesters, have begun taking potshots of their own at Syrian security forces.

Out of gas? With the careful use of a pun, I can report that Moammar Gaddafi’s forces have successfully blown up the fuel supplies that rebels in a key oil town had come to depend on.

This is NOT a “party.”

People who live along the Mississippi River may have forgotten that every 100 years or so, sometimes more often, the water likes to come inside their houses for a long, stinky visit.

Maybe he just wanted a hug.
A first-grader climbs over a barrier and gets close to a leopard’s cage. The leopard responds by reaching out and mauling the boy.

They call her the “Hummer Mom,” and it ain’t just because of her car.

Killing you this weekend: Coffee, sex, exercise, blowing snot out of your nose, constipation.

Meanwhile, papa wants a new pair of shoes. And a mint julep. And a song sung in key.

Denis C. Theriault is the Portland Mercury's News Editor. He writes stories about City Hall and the Portland Police Bureau, focusing on issues like homelessness, police oversight, insider politics, and...

2 replies on “Good Morning, News!”

  1. That “mum” is nuts.

    -Oh boy, am I still hunged over from the wet-backs festivities-

    Don´t stone me, I heard it coming from a stand up comedian.

  2. So that Philippine city was previously known for making the world’s largest pair of shoes? Now they’re going to make the world’s largest pair of leather boots…OUT OF THOSE 1,500 FORESKINS.

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