CBO Report
A blockbuster report from the Congressional Budget Office says the Democrats leading health care reform bill will only cost $829 billion over the next 10 years. But it turns out it will actually cost $1.5 trillion because they forgot to add in shipping and handling.



Muslim Population
A new report shows that nearly 1 in every 4 people on Earth is Muslim. Another report shows that 3 out of every 4 people on Earth are afraid.



Airline Toilet Request
A Japanese airline is asking its passengers to go to the toilet before boarding... mostly because they're hoping to squeeze 2-3 more passenger seats into the bathroom.



Missing Iranian Scientist
Iran is accusing the U.S. of having something to do with the disappearance of one its top scientists. The Obama administration is denying that accusation and reminding people that the only scientists it wants to disappear are doctors.



ID Theft Busts
The FBI is arresting dozens of people in the U.S. and overseas to crack an identity theft ring that victimized thousands of people. All of the suspects were members of Congress posing as legitimate leaders.






October 8th



1895: Queen Min of Joseon, the last empress of Korea, is assassinated and her corpse burnt by the Japanese in Gyeongbok Palace. Other than that, it was a very peaceful day.


1967: Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia. It turns out they were all making overpriced t-shirts with his image on them.


1974: Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement... an unfortunate incident that never happens again in America.


1990: U.S. doctors Joseph E. Murray and E. Donnall Thomas win the Nobel Prize for figuring out a way to see a patients without having them first fill out 15 pages of forms.