News Bits!

- Bush goes boating, eats lobster rolls and drinks Cape Cods with Le Sark. Could a trip into town to get ice cream cones be next?
- Will we heart Huckabee?
- A megachurch in Arlington won't give a gay Navy veteran proper funeral rites, but says they didn't back out because of "hatred, or discrimination", and they still "love the family". They sure have a funny way of showing it.
- If you're outside tonight, look up: the Perseids could be continuing their show, with Mars as added bonus.
- Soon there's going to be a Waffle House museum.
- RIP Merv Griffin. Thanks for "Jeopardy". People have given the earth much less.
- Can Angelina really give up the ladies? One lady says no.
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