BEST OF THE WEEK

A new study says that oxygen chambers may help autistic children become better at normal social interaction. Really? It didn’t do much to help Michael Jackson.

A new poll of Iraqis says that 65% feel the situation in their country is good. And 60% think things will be even better next year. Man, maybe we should move to Iraq. Of course, in another part of the poll, 67% feel they have “good access” to cooking fuel. Again, you know, it might be better if 33% of Americans didn’t have good access to cooking fuel. We’d lose a lot of weight.

A little sad news -- the recession has taken 332 people off the list of the world’s billionaires. I know, I know, it’s hard all around. And Warren Buffet has lost his place as the world’s richest person. The new number one is the guy who owns Cash for Gold.

A new study says that vegetarians have lower rates of almost every cancer except colon cancer, which as far as I’m concerned as a male, cancels out any other benefits.

The first ever pizza restaurant has now opened in North Korea. This joins the opening of a fried chicken outlet in 2007. Next year, they hope to open a donut shop. And maybe an off-track betting parlor.

One problem with the whole Bernie Madoff scandal is that investors in Madoff’s Ponzi scheme have been putting their payments in other Ponzi schemes over the years, like Social Security, Treasury bonds…

Doctors in China now say that many Chinese athletes have been faking their age. Really?! However, they say athletes are actually older than they claim. Like the Olympic Chinese female gymnasts told authorities they were only nine, but actually they were 12.