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Video: Jonas Brothers Trapped in and Elevator
Here you go: the terrifying, riveting video all Jonas Brothers fans have been waiting for. Yes, this heart-stopping moment is brought to you by AOL News. No, this isn’t ‘Love in an Elevator.’ This is the Jonas Brothers, after all. Enjoy these meaningless few minutes as you watch the brothers elude danger, certain death…, well, [...]
Caveat Lector! This is the Internet, After All!
For all our readers, we have revised our About Turning Left page to include a caveat… Turning left is a collection of the musings and reflections of select authors, all of whom have been turning farther and farther left for quite some time. As the right continues to raise its ugly head, it is more [...]
eNews Park Forest Editors Endorse John C. Griffin for Judge in the 15th Subcircuit
From ENEWSPF: Our pick for judge in the 15th Subcircuit, Phelan vacancy, is Judge John C. Griffin of Palos Heights. Griffin has four opponents, and was appointed to the bench in 2008. He sits in the Chancery Division. Judge Griffin is a true Democrat. One of his opponents in the Democratic Primary is a life-long [...]
Mystery Visitor to Poe’s Grave Is a No-Show
From ABC: It is what Edgar Allan Poe might have called "a mystery all insoluble": Every year for the past six decades, a shadowy visitor would leave roses and a half-empty bottle of cognac on Poe’s grave on the anniversary of the writer’s birth. This year, no one showed. Did the mysterious "Poe toaster" meet [...]
On Emulating Abraham Lincoln and the Perils of Text Messaging
Have you ever been so angry at friends or life in general that you wanted to explode? Ever fall into a funk with life, feeling down and out, dejected and disheartened? I was in such a place just before Christmas. The winter solstice brings out the best and worst in us, I suppose. So it [...]
‘As the World Turns’ Turns No More
The last soap opera I watched consistently was "The Young and the Restless" back when I was in graduate school. I was hooked, and I’m glad I broke the habit. Apparently, I’m not alone. "As the World Turns" is going off the air. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Procter & Gamble, the company responsible for the [...]
The Advocate: Tom Petty Assumed Gay by Violent Dad
Wow. From Advocate.com: Tom Petty admits that his father physically and verbally abused him because he assumed the singer was gay. "[My father] was scary and violent," Petty said in the new issue of Rolling Stone,according to website Spinner. "He beat the living hell out of me, and there was constant verbal abuse." Haven’t heard [...]
Swine Flu Virus Found in Minnesota Fair Pig Sample
From ENEWSPF: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) has confirmed the presence of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in a pig sample collected at the Minnesota State Fair submitted by the University of Minnesota. Additional samples are being tested. "We have fully engaged our trading partners to remind [...]
Charges Pending in ‘Balloon Boy’ Case; Research Assistant to Richard Heene Breaks Silence
Multiple media sources are reporting that charges are pending in the case of Richard and Mayumi Heene, whose son Falcon was the so-called ‘balloon boy’ who millions believed was aboard a helium balloon that reportedly had taken off with the boy inside. From WTAE Pittsburgh: A Colorado sheriff said he was pursuing criminal charges in [...]
