Morning Whip, July 26, 2005

#10: We’re gonna die (in 2036)–Asteroid strike
NASA considers what to do[*1] about asteroid that will come way too close to Earth.

As always, click on the article title above or on “read more” below to get the entire list. #9: Payola Lives!
New York Attorney General settles with Sony BMG[*2] for $10 million over payments to radio stations for playing Sony artists’ songs.

#8: Denver and the Sun Belt Conference wrestle with geography
Denver University is in the far-flung Sun Belt Conference, which is starting to reconfigure itself as a Southeastern-U.S. based conference. So, where does that leave Denver[*3] ?

#7: Royals pummeled by White Sox
Sure, KC fans got their doughnuts[*4] , but they sure suffered for it[*5] .

#6: Top ten reasons to privatize public broadcasting
One top ten list deserves another. From David Boaz at the Cato Institute[*6] .

#5: Kelo decision blowback continues
The Supreme Court’s profoundly wrongheaded eminent domain Kelo decision continues to have New Hampshire activists gunning for Justice Souter’s N.H. home[*7] .

#4: Plame Game
In a stunning and unexpected development, the Blogosphere[*8] is actually calling for . . . justice to run its course?

#3: Bolton headed for recess appointment
Tiring of Democrat intransigence, President Bush considers a recess appointment[*9] of John “Big Meanie” Bolton to U.N. Ambassador.

#2: Give our soldiers a cup of coffee!
Kansas City area coffee shop[*10] asks patrons to buy coffee to send to troops overseas. Via Faces from the Front[*11] .

#1: Boy Scout leaders die in Virginia jamboree accident
Four adult leaders die in electrical accident[*12] . Jamboree to go on.