Election-year déjà vu all over again
. Florida and Ohio, whose electoral votes decided the presidential race in 2000 and 2004, respectively, are provoking anxiety again this time around. Here in the Sunshine State, Palm Beach County (home of the "butterfly ballot" in 2000), 3,478 optical-scan votes disappeared between primary-night counting on Aug. Full Story
Stranger things have happened
Microbiologists writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences report that the Malaysian pen-tailed tree shrew subsists on a diet of fermented palm nectar that is roughly the equivalent of 100 percent beer. Full Story
Leading economic indicators
. Some dermatologists have created significant divides between their "medical" patients (acne, cancer) and their beauty-treatment patients (plastic surgery, Botox), with the latter offered luxurious waiting rooms, frequent telephone contacts and more personalized treatment. Full Story
It's good to be a British prisoner
. Ian Brady, now age 70 and perhaps the most famous British murderer of the 20th century, complained recently that the psychiatric inmates housed with him in Ashworth Hospital still qualify for government allowances up to the equivalent of about $200 per week, whereas prison transfers like him receive "only" one-fourth that amount. Full Story
Straight from the headlines
. "Elephant beats heroin habit with detox" (Reuters, 9-4-08) — Chinese poachers had spiked his bananas with heroin to control him. . "Police: Chihuahuas provoke baton attack on nude beach" (KGW-TV website, 7-28-08) — A naked beachcomber, 74, near Portland, Ore., might have overreacted to two Chihuahuas advancing on him. Full Story
Drivers recently hit by their own cars
. A woman parking her car in Athens, Ga., opened the door to tell another driver that she was not leaving her space when she fell out and was run over. . Full Story
It takes a thief
. An unidentified man smashed a 6-foot hole in the wall of the Name Brand Clothing Store in Tulsa, Okla., and labored through the night to bust open the safe. But according to the surveillance video, he finally gave up six hours later, after making only a small hole in the safe. Full Story
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