Monday, March 26, 2007

Newsbreaks for Monday

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The New Orleans Saints have hammered out an agreement with state officials that will keep them in that city until at least 2010. As part of the deal, FOX Sports is obligated to mention Hurricane Katrina after every Saints first down.

A new report by the National Institutes of Health reveals that the more time that children spend in child care, the more likely their sixth grade teachers are to report problem behavior. These findings are part of a multi-year, comprehensive study entitled “How to Provoke Guilt in Working Parents.”

Over the weekend, an argument at an after-hours party in Boston erupted in gunfire, killing a woman and prompting that city’s mayor to call for an end to late-night parties. “How many more people have to die,” Mayor Thomas Menino said, “from cheap, widely available late-night parties?”

That's not blaming the messenger--that's blaming the notepaper, or something.

And finally, the estate of Marlon Brando is suing a furniture company for selling a home-theater chair called “The Brando” without permission. As a result, the company is telling their salespeople to stop calling it “The Brando” and start calling it “The Orson Welles.”

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