As part of his ongoing campaign against saggy, underwear-exposing pants, the mayor pro tem held a summit Saturday. More than 100 adults, children, students, ministers, law enforcement officers and representatives from local organizations attended the hours-long derriere affair.

Local youth counselor Calvin Glover even brought a contingent of saggy... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (3xBlessd) http://thesmorgasboard2.yuku.com/topic/705 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:50:48 GMT http://thesmorgasboard2.yuku.com/topic/704/t/Dog-Drives-Car.html PRYOR, Okla.(AP) A dog waiting in a car while at a car wash slipped the vehicle into gear and drove in a loop before the car came to a stop. Pryor police officer Brent Crittenden said the dog's owner was washing the vehicle when the 70-pound pit bull jumped on the dash and somehow shifted the car into reverse.

The car backed out of the car wash bay, continued onto a highway and then looped around before coming to a stop at an automated car wash lane.

Crittenden said the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (3xBlessd) http://thesmorgasboard2.yuku.com/topic/704 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:49:47 GMT http://thesmorgasboard2.yuku.com/topic/692/t/Election-Day-.html
Now the waiting begins........


Dee ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Dee1962) http://thesmorgasboard2.yuku.com/topic/692 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:01:38 GMT http://thesmorgasboard2.yuku.com/topic/677/t/Nebraska-s-Safe-Haven-Law.html Father drops 9 children off at a Nebraska hospital under the Safe Haven Law.

Now I read that a woman actually drove across state lines to drop her teenage daughter off.

While I think that any child in danger of abuse or neglect deserves much better. I can't help but think that this is a really sad statement on parenting in the US. In some ways, we have become a society that looks upon children as a disposable commodity.

Dee

The U.S. step, assailed by some conservatives who say it is sketchy and rewards North Korea's bad behavior, is aimed at salvaging a faltering disarmament accord before President Bush leaves office in January.

State Department officials said the inspection... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (3xBlessd) http://thesmorgasboard2.yuku.com/topic/668 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:28:53 GMT http://thesmorgasboard2.yuku.com/topic/667/t/Washington-weighs-lethal-meds-for-terminally-ill.html OLYMPIA, Wash.(AP) The emotionally charged battle over end-of-life decisions has taken to the airwaves as Washington state voters decide whether to allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients.

Recent TV and radio ads by opponents feature actor Martin Sheen, who calls the measure a "dangerous idea" that could be used by the most vulnerable in society. Supporters are on TV with an ad spotlighting a widow who says it lets those who are suffering... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (3xBlessd) http://thesmorgasboard2.yuku.com/topic/667 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:27:35 GMT http://thesmorgasboard2.yuku.com/topic/666/t/OJ-believes-he-was-railroaded-.html LOS ANGELES(AP) O.J. Simpson, locked in jail and pondering his future, feels hopeful he will win a new trial on appeal because he believes jury interviews show "he was absolutely railroaded," his lawyer told The Associated Press.

Attorney Yale Galanter said he and colleague Gabriel Grasso have spent extensive time with Simpson discussing his case and found him alternately melancholy and hopeful.

"He is really very hopeful now, especially after the jury... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (3xBlessd) http://thesmorgasboard2.yuku.com/topic/666 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:26:22 GMT http://thesmorgasboard2.yuku.com/topic/627/t/A-little-about-Sarah-Palin.html Sarah Palin already has energized conservative religious leaders who had fretted that John McCain would pick an abortion rights supporter as his running mate. The Alaska governor was raised in a Pentecostal church and has called herself "as pro-life as any candidate can be."

To Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religion Liberties Commission, Palin is "straight out of veep central casting." Land said he had urged the McCain camp to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (3xBlessd) http://thesmorgasboard2.yuku.com/topic/627 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:58:53 GMT http://thesmorgasboard2.yuku.com/topic/603/t/Where-s-Caylee-Florida-Toddler-drama-grips-public.html ORLANDO, Fla.(AP) What's captivated us are the photos _ the toddler's fawnlike eyes and chubby cheeks resting in her hands.

Yet we're also taken with the darker side: A young mother who waited 31 days to report the girl missing and then, detectives say, lied about crucial details.

Although the story is hashed out before a national audience nearly every day _ Caylee Anthony's grandparents are staples on network TV _ there's little new evidence.

Ex-Manson follower dying, seeks release from prison