Bailout USA
Now cities and states are eligible for money from the $700 billion bailout fund. So New York will ask for help shoring up public transportation, California will seek aid for the real estate market, and the people of Wyoming are looking for cash to buy some sexier livestock.



Really Black Friday
There will be some changes to the traditional day-after-Thanksgiving door buster sales this year. The stores will still open early, but the only people allowed in will be bankruptcy attorneys.




Winehouse Hospitalized
Singer Amy Winehouse has been admitted to a London hospital after suffering a bad reaction to some cold medication. Her body just isn't used to any substance weaker than uranium.


Winehouse Hospitalized II
Singer Amy Winehouse has been admitted to a London hospital after suffering a bad reaction to some cold medication. Extra guards have been posted at the hospital pharmacy and rubbing alcohol supply closet.



Mormon Dirty Tricks?
Gay rights groups say the Mormon church is hiding how much it really did to help the ballot initiative banning gay marriage in California. But the church says reports of piped-in Osmonds music being played near the polls in San Francisco are greatly exaggerated.



Green Slowdown
The global economic crisis is stopping many governments and businesses from "going green"... which is the nice way of saying most of us will soon be forced to eat coal.