Newsbreaks for Friday

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Wall Street is predicting a merger between software giant Microsoft and the search engine Yahoo! “It makes perfect sense,” said one analyst. “Apple’s dorky brother marries Google’s dorky sister.”

Queen Elizabeth the second toured Jamestown today. If you don’t remember your American history, Jamestown is the compound founded by messianic cult leader Rick James.

And finally, delegates from 120 countries have approved an affordable arsenal of measures designed to slash greenhouse gas emissions. But a U.S. official, raised concerns about the economic costs of the plan.

That’s Bush’s America in a nutshell: Preventing global warming isn’t affordable. Building a 50-foot wall all along our coastline, is.

Because, of course, they’d hire Halliburton to do it.