BILL SELF BENCHES JEFF HAWKINS AFTER "MCDONALD'S GATE," SAYING THE SENIOR GUARD SHOULDN'T HAVE "WORRIED SO MUCH ABOUT GETTING HIS FOOD." Perhaps if Mr. Hawkins is as hungry for victory as he is for late-night Quarter Pounder, he'd see more playing time.
2 EMBATTLED HARVARD PRESIDENT LAWRENCE H. SUMMERS RESIGNS. Apparently he lacked the innate ability to manage the nation's most prestigious university.
4 POLITICAL ACTIVIST AND MOONLIGHTING ROCKER BONO RECEIVES NOBEL PEACE PRIZE NOMINATION.
EIGHT NEBRASKA MEATPACKERS WIN RECORD $365 MILLION POWERBALL JACKPOT.
Said one jubilant winner:"I'm going to Disneyland...then I'm gonna buy that motherfucker!"
NOMINATION.
Bono's chances of winning slimmed considerably,
however, after the Nobel committee discovered he
doesn't actually know how to dismantle an atomic bomb.
IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY, FEB. 19, COWS RUN FREE THROUGH DOWNTOWN LAWRENCE.
By all accounts, "Ladies' Night" at Abe & Jakes was a smashing success.
"AMERICAN IDOL" CLOBBERS THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN THE NIELSEN RATINGS.
Given the choice between watching adklebrained, pop-star wannabes and finely tuned, world-class athletes, Americans overwhelmingly side with the lowest common denominator, as is our wont. (By the way, how did Ace do? He's sooo hot.)
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