News in briefs

Apparently the Washington Post considers last week's news as "This Just In.." Looks like Pick's Post 11-4-05 = WaPo 11-9-05. This little situation reminds me of one of the most hilarious bumper stickers of all time which read "Windows 95 = Macintosh 89" (sorry, I'm so Silicon Valley it hurts).

50 Cent's new movie, "Get Rich or Die Tryin" opens today. According to the Motion Picture Association of America, the movie promises: simulated sex, full frontal male nudity, topless female nudity, strong language and graphic violence. You would think that after surviving 9 bullets and getting his own grape-flavored Vitamin Water that 50 Cent could swing more than an on-screen dry hump (that's what simulated sex means, right?)

In a 6-4 vote, the Kansas Board of Education ruled that students will be expected to look at both sides of the evolution debate. A promoter of intelligent design was elated and stated that this was a "huge step forward" for science. On a sidenote, the same man said that another scientific victory was Kansas' use of bloodletting as a treatment for HIV.

Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Chalabi, who lied to the US about Saddam's WMDs and is now under investigation for leaking sensitive information to Iran, will be sharing tea with Condoleeza Rice today. Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill., called the visit "something curious," but I couldn't tell you his reasoning because I can't take anyone seriously with such a silly first name.