A Yahoo!News Twofer -- Make that three

Jun 24, 2005 13:41

From the article, Cruise Clashes With Lauer on 'Today' Show:

When asked if he could be with someone at this stage in his life who doesn't have an interest in the Church of Scientology Holmes has said she's embracing the religion Cruise told interviewer Matt Lauer:

I run out of breath reading that silently.

They're called "commas," people. Or, alternatively, if you think that commas are to plebian, "em-dashes" ("--").

Online casino buys fence from site of JFK's assassination

. . . the weathered picket fence which is marked with reams of graffiti.

Can you have "reams" of graffiti on one (well, two, I guess, front and back) flat surfaces?

Nearly 80 percent of Americans believe the charismatic Democratic was killed as a result

I knew JFK was special, but I didn't realize that he's an adjective!

And, in my continuing headscratching regarding the News Alerts feature, the choices with this are:

# Britney Spears
# Pope Benedict XVI

Based on this closing sentence:

It has also bought Marilyn Monroe's personal address book, Britney Spears' Pregnancy Test, and Pope Benedict XVI's previously-owned VW Golf.

Wow. They're in rare form today:

FEMA denies Mass. request for red tide aide.

That's the headline on the regular yahoo! page. The headline on the actual story has "aid" spelled correctly.
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