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News Bits!
- City safety rankings coincidentally reflect MLB standings...St. Louis was recently named the Most Dangerous City in the US while Detroit was only in 2nd place.
- MySpace is not so MySpecial anymore.
- Online Christmas Shopping could be more costly than playing Spider Solitaire at work.
- An Oklahoma man was killed in his attempts to scare the Haunted Hayride passengers; we can't say his attempts failed.
- Vaseline is only one way to make your pumpkin last longer.
- Though we don't really consider it camping, we're excited that Texas is getting Yurts!
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