Newsletter 3/18/05 -- Nice of them to apologize

And to replay Father Guido....


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With Republican leaders in Congress having taken remarkable steps Friday to keep doctors from removing the feeding tube from Terri Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman at the center of a battle between her husband and her parents, a Florida judge was set to decide whether to again delay the permission to do so. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7212079/

Sorry about last night... we didn't know, early yesterday, that the hearings would run so late.
We're back at our usual time tonight.

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With Scott Peterson now in prison, the prosecutors and detectives who helped send him there said they were frustrated by the prevailing view early in his murder trial that the former fertilizer salesman would probably go free. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5993857/

And as always in these cases, bizarrely, news of the women who are interested in marrying Scott Peterson... http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/17/peterson.prison/

Sheriff Says Couey Has Been Cooperative. About a week after Jessica was last seen, Couey reportedly asked a family member to buy him a bus ticket to Savannah, Ga., saying "the police are going to be looking for me." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7223701/

As the latest signal of Michael Jackson's apparent financial difficulties, one of the unindicted co-conspirators in the child molestation case against the pop star intends to slap a lien Friday on Jackson's Neverland ranch, NBC News has learned. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7230096/

David Letterman and his girlfriend thanked law enforcement officials for uncovering a plot to kidnap their 16-month-old son from their Montana ranch, saying they were "forever grateful." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7229900/

The interview with Father Guido Sarducci, Redux.

That's some of what we're working on for tonight's show.

Finally,
Indiana police officers were skeptical when a woman whose car had struck a neighbor's home told them the car took off on its own after she must have accidentally hit some buttons on her key chain. Christine Djordjevic said the officers became believers when they saw her remote starter activate, sending her car driving down the road. They chased it down and stopped it from hitting anything else. To prevent any further problems, Djordjevic said she was taking the remote starter device off her key chain. "I don't even know how the stupid thing works," she said.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/REMOTE_CAR?SITE=NWCN&TEMPLATE=STRANGEHEADS.html&SECTION=HOME
Herbie would never have behaved that way.

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... She got stiffed.

"Sorry about last night... we didn't know, early yesterday, that the hearings would run so late. We're back at our usual time tonight." (from the newsletter)

I'm glad they're repeating Father Guido, too, Pats -- it was great, and Alison got off a couple of great lines! "Cocoa-postles." LOL! She was a match for him!

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<< Nice of them to apologize
And to replay Father Guido.... >> Patsy

so I'll make them even more suspicious by going to another state? :wtf:

That's some sound thinking. Not that some of our "upstanding citizens" necessarily do any better. My husband just got sprung from Jury Duty Hell. The defendent made a plea bargain, which is a good thing, as it looked as if the jury was deadlocked. Hubby had to pass along this most memorable bit of testimony (yes, he can discuss it, now that the trial is over):

Attorney: Describe what clothes the woman you saw was wearing.

Witness: On a scale of 1 to 10... I'd give 'em a 5.

How he kept a straight face through that exchange, I will never know.

or fortunately they got him because he admitted it. Scum. Hey, gk, where've ya been these many nights? Is it something we said? :)

haven't been home before 9pm a single night this past week. I'd better get some laundry done before it reaches critical mass and acquires sentience. :o