4/2

1. Senator Hillary Clinton is now comparing herself to Rocky Balboa, but you know, the first time Rocky tries to win the title, he loses.

2. A poll by the BBC shows that people around the world are feeling more positive about the United States these days. Before you get too excited, though, they may be just feeling sorry for us.

3. A necklace found in Peru has been declared the oldest known gold object ever made in the Americas. The second oldest is a filling in the mouth of John McCain.

4. The Bush White House is going to waive several land-management laws for the new fence being built on the border with Mexico. For example, laws about how to manage the land that piles up when people tunnel under the fence.

5. A new study shows that kids at urban schools are less likely to graduate. But Keith Urban still insists that his schools are good.

4/1

1. It has now been 15 years since the word “spam” was invented. To let people know about the occasion, anti-spam groups sent out mass e-mails.

2. An airline in Ireland paid 172 people to fly on one of its planes, in order to meet the minimum passenger requirements at an airport. The passengers also got free in-flight entertainment. I’m assuming the entertainment was making fun of people on the flight who bought tickets.

3. India is going to stop charging people to import crude edible oils. The makers of Twinkies were ecstatic.

4. For the first time, the Army is allowing married couples to live and sleep together in a war zone. But doesn’t that already describe a lot of marriages?

5. The Chinese government said that recent U.S. accusations of spying were groundless and “Cold War thinking”. The message was delivered on the body of a dead Tibetan. “See,” said China, “it’s not a ‘cold’ war.”