Notes to self

Pluto demotion draws protest POSTED: 9:09 a.m. EDT, September 2, 2006 LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (AP) -- Size doesn't matter. That was the message as friends and colleagues of the late Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who discovered Pluto, gathered on the New Mexico State University campus to protest the International Astronomical Union's recent decision to strip Pluto of … [Read more...] about Pluto Protest

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Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson dies at 78 Perhaps best known for cover of 'Rocky' theme VENTURA, California (AP) -- Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, known for his soaring high notes and for his recording of "Gonna Fly Now," a hit version of the theme from the "Rocky" movies, has died. He was 78. Ferguson, who lived in nearby Ojai, died Wednesday night at Community … [Read more...] about Maynard Ferguson

Oh, to be a fly on the wall.... Sex-aid excuse bombs with airport security Man traveling with mother says pump is a grenade CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Cook County prosecutors say a 29-year-old man traveling with his mother desperately didn't want her to know he'd packed a sexual aid for their trip to Turkey. So he told security it was a bomb, officials … [Read more...] about Sex-aid excuse

Farmers: Cows mooo with a twang LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Cows have regional accents, a group of British farmers claims, and phonetics experts say the idea is not as far-fetched as it sounds. Lloyd Green, from southwest England, was one of a group of farmers who first noticed the phenomenon. "I spend a lot of time with my Friesians and they definitely 'moo' … [Read more...] about Cows have an accent!