Severing Ties: President Obama announced that all US troops will be out of Iraq by the year’s end, wrapping up the 8-year-long war.
See Ya: Michele Bachmann’s entire New Hampshire campaign staff quits.
Appalling Apathy: Debate sparks over the death of a 2-year-old Chinese girl who was ignored by passersby when fatally hit by a car.
Who’s on First?:The 80-year-old prince and heir to the Saudi Arabian throne dies, leaving the county unsure what to do next.
I’ll Drink to That: Tea Partiers speak out against Occupy Wall Street, affirming that they have nothing in common with each other.
Meanwhile, in Eugene: Rumor has it that Occupy Eugene is growing and becoming increasingly organized with help from legislative support
Duck!: Another large satellite plummets towards earth, marking it the second object to randomly crash into the planet in two months.
Migration, Round Two: Russian officials seriously look into a light rail tunnel connecting Russian to Alaska.
Seattle Strikes Back: I’m glad I wasn’t the only one disturbed by these billboards:
Saudi Arabia County….is that somewhere near Wasco?
I warned you this would happen when you started letting women recap the news.
This is a pretty thin news summary. You really need to skim the British papers. If you had, you would’ve seen that Rowan Atkinson had to fly a small plane for several minutes after the pilot passed out. Yes, MR. BEAN FLEW A PLANE. And somehow everyone survived.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/ro…
You know that crazy new church in Portland, Mars Hill, the offshoot of the Seattle church? The Seattle pastor now says masturbation is a form of homosexuality.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/21/m…
Todd, that story is from March 24, 2001. It may be a slow news day, but it hasn’t been a slow news decade.
Besides, when Rowan Atkinson flies a plane, the same thing always happens: he’s shot down and captured by Baron von Richthofen, and has to be rescued by Lord Flashheart. *sigh* Lord Flashheart was such a dreamboat.