The next time anyone quotes a random statistic at me, I'm answering with, "Eight of 10 statistics are completely made up  - - and sorry, I can't remember the source on this one."
The Miss Universe pageant is gearing up in Coral Gables, Florida and one of the best parts of the preliminary competition is the National Costume Show. A writer for NPR calls it the ‘Olympics Of Gaudy Excess’.
The American dream --- the notion of equal opportunity for all, the chance to pull yourself up by your boot straps and make something of yourself --- is gone.
Nearly 350 people, including schoolteachers, doctors and actors, have been arrested in what Toronto police say was one of the biggest ever child abuse raids.
When these snaps landed on our desk, it took us ages to realize the lady pictured in them is none other than Renee Zellweger.