Madison's Coverage
Actress Holly Madison has insured her breasts for $1 million... and her acting abilities for 5 bucks.



Friendly's Fold
The Friendly's restaurant chain may file for bankruptcy. It turns out serving only oversized burgers and ice cream sundaes kills profits faster than it kills people.



CEO Poll
A new poll says if he were a CEO, President Obama would be fired. Obama says he's okay with that as long as he gets the customary $100 million severance package.



Hunger Strike
4,200 California state prison inmates have been on a hunger strike since Monday. Now if they also take away their free cable TV and cell phones, they might find out what life is like for everyone in California who isn't in prison.



Chicago Dope
Despite lots and lots of spending Chicago public school reading scores are as bad as they were 20 years ago. The only group in Chicago that spends more money and gets less results are the Cubs.





September 30th


1938: The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations"... and thus, it never happens again.


1955: Film star James Dean dies in a road accident aged 24. Hundreds of women and gay men fight to have sex with his corpse.


1962: James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation.. and his parents, who wanted him to go to a decent college.