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1) The "International Brotherhood of the Moose" has come out in support of Barack Obama this week. Said a spokesman, "because he doesn't shoot at us."

2) Sweden's own version of the Loch Ness monster, the Storsjoe monster, has allegedly been caught on film by surveillance videos, according to Gunnar Nilsson, the head of a shopkeepers' association in Svenstavik, who installed the cameras.

"On Thursday at 12:21 pm, we filmed the movements of a live being. And it was not a pike, nor a perch, we're sure of that," said the shopkeeper.

Who is totally qualified to judge being that he is a ..... well....
shopkeeper.

3) Warner Bros., which owns the rights to the Harry Potter movies, is suing an Indian production company whose new film is called "Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors."

"All I can say is that the title is not at all similar to Harry Potter and nor is our story line," said Mirchi COO, Munish Purii. He continued, "This is as ridiculous as when they sued us over "Indiona Juunz and the Temple of Gloom."

1) Grandma Lynn Spears said this week, regarding how to raise a child, "You're the mother and you know what your baby needs. That's what I've done and it seems to have worked." Yes indeed, oh guru of parenting. If by "worked" you mean knocked them up or pushed them into rehab....

2) Thirteen people were taken to hospital, one of them seriously injured, on the first day of the annual bull running festival in the northern Spanish town of Pamplona on Monday. THe second day promises more goring, and at least one bull grinning ear to ear.

3) The dollar has strengthened this week against some Asian currencies, notably the Vietnamese dong. No punchline, I'm giggling too hard to type.

1) Dylan McDermott has filed for divorce from wife Shiva Rose after more than 12 years of marriage. Apparently, the problems stemmed from the fact that all along she thought he was Dermut Mulroney.

2) I don't know if anyone else if following the R Kelly trial, but I, for one, believe he will fry.

3) German mail company Deutsche Post has inadvertently issued stamps bearing the image of Adolf Hitler's former deputy, Rudolf Hess, the company said on Wednesday. Next, said a spokesman, they will indadvertantly invade Poland.