Contributed by: filbert Saturday, July 23 2005 @ 08:31 AM CST
#10: The Loch Lloyd Monster
OK, it wasn’t a monster, but it was an 8-foot-long alligator[*1] , found in a suburban Kansas City gated community. Sadly, no pictures–it was a biiiiiiiigggggg gator.
#9: What if they held a hearing and nobody came?
Daily Kos[*2] laments this missed opportunity to grill Karen Hughes[*3] . Don’t know who Daily Kos is, or Karen Hughes for that matter? That’s OK, nobody else does either.
#8: New version of Windows to be named “Vista”
Microsoft Windows Vista to come out in late 2006.[*4]
#7: Civilization IV is on the way
Here’s the details at Gamespot[*5] . And Snookums thinks I’m on the computer too much now.
#6: Federal board approves US Airways-America West merger
Air Transportation Stabilization Board approves merger[*6] of two struggling airlines.
#5: SDSU Basketball Schedule update
Go to this Medary.com article to see how the Jacks’ schedule is coming along. Men open at Kentucky, play Illinois, Mnnesota, Nebraska. Women open at Nebraska, get Wisconsin, Alabama, Colorado.
#4: Royals 5, Blue Jays 3
Royals need to go 47-21 to finish .500, 30-38 to avoid 100 losses.
#3: It’s very hot outside
It’s hot enough in Kansas City, but it’s deadly hot in Phoenix, where 18 have died[*7] so far.
#2: The problem for terrorists
Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit:[*8] If they try to terrorize, they make people mad. If they don’t, then, well, they’re not really terrorists.
#1: Radical Islamic leader says UK attacks will continue
Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed[*9] says that UK must surrender to Islam, pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan before attacks will subside.