ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO SPOOF UP A TREE WITHOUT A PADDLE -- AGAIN.Byline: STEVE YOUNG Gorgeous blond starlets don't grow on trees? After landowner Ralph Horowitz turned down a nearly $16.5 million offer for his South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. property that was being used as a farm, police moved in to evict ``farmers'' as well as Daryl Hannah, who had taken up residence in a walnut tree. Hannah, who hadn't had a solid acting part lately, had moved into the tree due to the fact that it was the only place in L.A. she could get for under $17 million. In related news, Horowitz hasn't taken any of this lying down. The developer has moved his family into a Malibu Beach palm tree. Where terrorist volunteers come from: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (Arabic: أبومصعب الزرقاوي, recently made a surprise visit to Paradise, where 72 virgins immediately volunteered for suicide missions ... anywhere. Al-Zarqawi replacement ``Idol'': There seems to be a battle brewing between a prematurely gray-haired terrorist from southern Iraq and the beautiful and talented terrorist from the Saudi Arabian Valley. Immigration laws getting tough: Even though President George W. Bush was only in Iraq for about five hours, he wasn't allowed back into the United States until he promised to learn English. Connection? Three inmate suicides at Guantanamo Bay were reported immediately after Bill O'Reilly visited the Cuban prison site. Doin' a heckuva fraud: An audit of Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the federal agency responsible for coordinating emergency planning, preparedness, risk reduction, response, and recovery. The agency works closely with state and local governments by funding emergency programs and providing technical distributions to Hurricane Katrina victims revealed more than a $1 billion abuse of disbursements, with some recipients using their funds to purchase vacations, pornographic videos and $200 bottles of champagne from a Hooters This article is about the two restaurant chains collectively using the shared Hooters brand. For other uses, see Hooters (disambiguation). Hooters is the trade name of two privately held American restaurant chains: Hooters of America, Inc based in Atlanta, Georgia, and restaurant. Investigators aren't questioning the expenditures as much as trying to figure how anyone could pay $200 for a bottle of Andres? Karl Rove not to be indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. : That should finally put to bed the idea that outing a CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). agent is a bad thing. Amendments `R' Us: A spokesperson for the National Rifle Association National Rifle Association (NRA) Governing organization for the sport of shooting with rifles and pistols. It was founded in Britain in 1860. The U.S. organization, formed in 1871, has a membership of some four million. Both the British and the U.S. believes the Second Amendment's assurance of a right to bear arms The right to bear arms refers to the right that individuals have to weapons. This right is often presented in the context of military service and the broader right of self defense. isn't enough protection, announcing the group's support for a flag-burning amendment now being argued in Congress. Apparently it's wrong to burn the flag, but it's OK to shoot it. Can't see the eyes for the shades: During his press conference this week, the president made the mistake of asking a blind reporter to remove his sunglasses. The president explained that he didn't realize the reporter had a degenerative eye disease. ``I apologized,'' said Bush, ``And just to let him know I meant it, gave him a thumbs up.'' Smart discretion: Denise Brown, sister of the murdered Nicole Brown Simpson Nicole Brown Simpson (May 19, 1959 – June 12, 1994) was the wife of American football player O.J. Simpson. Found murdered at her home in Los Angeles, California, along with her friend Ronald Goldman, her death led to one of the most controversial and widely-discussed criminal , told reporters that she is ``no longer consumed by hate for O.J. Simpson.'' But she still refuses to let him cut the cake at her niece and nephew's birthdays. He thinks he's so smart: Physicist Stephen Hawking says we are near to learning the exact origin of the universe. After figuring that out the only thing left for man to try to figure out is ... Give Dad A Break Day: It's the one day a year we dads don't have the last-minute panic of running around trying to find someplace open that will sell us whatever it is we're supposed to buy for our wives. Enjoy! CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Actress Daryl Hannah waves as she is removed from a tree in a community farm by authorities in South Los Angeles. Robyn Beck/GettyImages |
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