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MISCELLANEOUS
London: Queen Victoria's Bloomers Go on Display
Back by popular demand.
Houston to Install More See-Through Public Restrooms
Finds people spend less time in them.
 
CRIME
Police Reopen 1969 Case Surrounding Rolling Stones Guitarist's Death
Coincides nicely with 40th anniversary reissue of Let It Bleed.
 
BETWEEN THE LINES
 
Displeasure with (Hatred of) Obama (blacks) is helping conservative lawmakers (racist honkies) gain ground in those states (the former Confederacy) where skepticism about his agenda (fear of communist takeover) has fed doubts (paranoia), leading to calls for restraint (lynch mobs).
FEATURE
A settlement has been reached between Warner Bros.' New Line Cinema and the Tolkien Trust on royalties owed for the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. The films cost $285 million to produce, market and distribute, but New Line claimed there were no profits from $6 billion in gross receipts. Other "Rings" suits have been brought by:
A ) HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, publisher of Tolkien's works
B ) Producer Saul Zaentz who bought the worldwide film, stage, and merchandise rights from J.R.R. Tolkien
C ) Trilogy director Peter Jackson (who eventually settled out of court and is now executive producing “The Hobbit”)
D ) Sixteen cast members who sued over revenue from merchandise bearing their likenesses
Hint: No wrong answers here — in Mordor and Hollywood things never change.
 
RELIGION
Half Of All American Adults Have Changed Their Religion
Percentage who end up in Hell unchanged.

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