News Bits!
- The SWAT standoff off of Riverside yesterday ended in the arrest of a 19-year old who allegedly shot two people overnight-injuries were minor.
- George W. Bush's visit to India-in hopes of congealing some kind of partnership with the country-is laughable. His next stop is Pakistan where, ironically, he has been deemed as The Most Hated Man.
- If only we had his confidence, after a 5 year search, Bush insists that Osama Bin Laden will be captured and that it is only a matter of time.
- The abortion controversy became a hot topic last week in South Dakota. This week, the Supreme Court overturned a ban on a law barring abortion protesters from creating a blockade into health clinics that provide abortion services.
- New Orleans Police officers and the National Guard had to contend with a more respectful crowd this year at the Mardi Gras celebration in the French Quarter.
- The decision over the NFL collective bargaining agreement has come to a halt and the situation is getting more tense as the Thursday night deadline approaches.
- Two scientists from the University of California at Santa Barbara have created a device that can instantly detect the presence of cocaine in the body; it could potentially be used to detect other biotoxins as well.
- AISD will pay the family of a slain Regan High School student $165,000 in an out-of-court settlement.
- Forget the Chuggin' Monkey, we're going to the Smithsonian for their new Hip-Hop Exhibit.
- Americans are pessimistic about the war in Iraq and we apparently don't like our President very much either.
- Madonna is going to perform at Coachella this year. It will be her first ever festival in all her years of glory.
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