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RIP, Alex

Alex, the world's smartest parrot, has died at the age of 31.

Alex's advanced language and recognition skills revolutionized the understanding of the avian brain.

After Pepperberg bought Alex from an animal shop in 1973, the parrot learned enough...

Owen Wilson Suicide Attempt?

Not the Butterscotch Stallion!:

Actor Owen Wilson was hospitalized after attempting suicide, sources tell the NATIONAL ENQUIRER and Star magazine exclusively.

Wilson was transported to St. John�s hospital in Santa Monica , Calif. on Sunday, August 26, by ambulance. Sources tell the ENQUIRER and Star that he...

Outta My Way!

Didn'tcha know? Congressmen are very. Important. People, damn it:

Rep. Bob Filner is facing an assault and battery charge after an incident at Dulles Airport where he allegedly pushed an United Airlines bag claim employee as first reported by ABC7/Newschannel 8.

Filner, a Democrat from California, allegedly attempted to enter...

The Controversial Shoes of the Fred Thompson

The Manolo is rightly defending the shoes of the Fred Thompson, which the media has somehow deemed far too highfalutin for simple country folk:

Of all the things one may say about Fred Thompson, one may not say that he is the fancy lad pretty boy. Indeed, much of his appeal is that he is the bald, jowly, basso-profundo,...

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Max Roach

I don't know how I missed this, but the incomparable Max Roach has died. He was 83.

"He was, like, the beginning," [James] Moody said of Mr. Roach, one of the founders of the sometimes fractured, always rhythmic style of post-World War II jazz known as bebop. "He was an innovator. He changed it...

Can't defend this one

I thought paranoid people accused Fox News of pro-Bush bias (note: not specifically being anti-Bush does not make one pro-Bush), but I've never heard any complaints about it being an arm of Partnership for a Drug-Free America. Here is a perfectly acceptable, unbiased report on a recent study that shows marijuana relieves allergic dermatitis. The headline is rather dry: "Study: Substance in...

Ugh

Unbelievable. We go out of our way to lock up non-violent drug offenders, but this murderer is out after just a couple of months.

Cha-Ching

The Don Imus fauxtroversy has now reached its logical conclusion:

Kia Vaughn, star center for the Rutgers Women's Basketball team, has filed a lawsuit against Imus for libel, slander, and defamation -- the first civil suit to be filed against the former radio host. Vaughn is asking for monetary damages of an unspecified amount. Related...

Huzzah!

Sweet. WSJ.com may soon be free. But wait! There's more:

News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch has said he might make the Wall Street Journal's Web site free, a shift that could compel Pearson to do the same with the online version of its Financial Times.

Numis Securities...