UPI Apparently Fires All Headline Editors.

The headline screams:

“U.S. media jobs slashed 88 percent”

The actual story reads:

CHICAGO, Jan. 25 (UPI) — U.S. media job cuts surged 88 percent in 2006 from the previous year, a downsizing trend expected to continue this

Recently Hugo Chavez reported that Fidel Castro was not dead.  Now UPI is reporting that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il is not under house arrest. ?

ALEXANDRIA, VA – In a letter sent today to Senator John McCain, the Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF) asked for a swift and direct answer to the question of whether he will abide by the limitations of the presidential

GALVESTON, Texas —AP- B.B. King was hospitalized for undisclosed reasons but was in good condition early Friday, a hospital official said. The 81-year-old bluesman, who had been scheduled to perform at the Grand Opera House on Thursday night, was admitted

Josephine Hearn and Mike Allen, of CBS News are reporting:. 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that President George W. Bush did not consult her before announcing his new strategy for the war in Iraq — a sign that,

The reading outside is 4°.

We’ve got 10in. of fresh snow on the ground.

Doubtless, we’ll hear all about global warming this morning.

Good news from Robert Redford’s Sundance film festivale, Hounddog the movie featuring the rape of character played by twelve year old Dakota Fanning, pictured, is not selling.

(FOXNews)”Hounddog,” the simply awful movie in which 12-year-old Dakota Fanning‘s

Mrs. Clinton is trying to manage a dilemma.   She is both trying to portray  herself as the second coming of Lady Thatcher all the while riding her husband’s coat tails to the White House.

Michael Medved, on Townhall, examines

DALLAS â€” AP- Authorities at Tarleton State University said they plan to investigate a Martin Luther King Jr. Day party that mocked black stereotypes by featuring fried chicken, malt liquor and faux gang apparel.

“I feel like there is no

Viewers of the State of the Union address are giving the president generally good marks — according to some instant surveys — which we must point out generally favor whoever is president.

A CNN poll of 370 viewers found a

* I mentioned in last night’s ramble, that it might get crazy today.  Frankly I can’t say I’ve never been more displeased to be right.  At least, not recently.  That’s why didn’t get a chance to get in to

Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc is attributing the following statement to Barack Obama’s staff:

“To be clear, Senator Obama has never been a Muslim, was not raised a Muslim, and is a committed Christian who attends the United Church of Christ

It has been said that Hollywood knows a genre reaches the end of its line when Mel Brooks can make a parady out of it.  Witness Blazing Saddles marking the end of the Western genre, and Airplane marking the end

Steve Huff, The True Crime Blog, is reporting a major update to the Missouri Kidnappings, “Shawn Hornbeck May Have Helped Abduct Ben Ownby”

KMOV out of St. Louis reported in the article I linked that Shawn Hornbeck

* it’s COLD up here in the Flower City, and we’re getting snow, pretty regularly now.  About 5in. on the ground in my front yard.  Predictions are replaced a few more before the end of this week.  Warmest temperature; the