SeaWorld Ticket Hike
SeaWorld is raising ticket prices by 11% for 2005. The park says it's only doing it to beat the huge free agent deal the Yankees are offering Shamu.

Afghan Heroin
The Bush administration needs to come up with a plan to deter heroin production in Afghanistan. Experts say the White House will probably do what it's done with all the leading companies in the U.S. and encourage the poppy farmers to move their business to India.

No Cabbie Killings
Not one cab driver was killed in New York City in 2004... a new record. Experts say it's mostly because when the cabbies put their hands up, the stench knocks all the would-be muggers out cold.