News Bits!
- You won't be exaggerating when you tell people you're not used to this heat; these past months have been the hottest on record since 1895.
- An Austin American-Statesman reporter collected one ton of cans around town, and she'll tell you the lessons she learned (be they what they may).
- Whatever you think of Castro, he may remembered in years to come as a conservationist.
- It's getting worse for aid workers in the Darfur region.
- Jason Elam of the Denver Broncos has had an interesting off-season, to say the least.
- He may not have grown up to be Marilyn Manson, but Josh Saviano, the nerdy best friend from The Wonder Years, is alive and well . . . and is now a corporate lawyer.
- Escalators are hazardous to your kid's health (without proper supervision, that is).
- We recommend that you check out this short film made by a New York high-schooler about race and standards of beauty. It counts as news if we heard about it on American Morning, right?
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