gleans at 3:50 PM MT, 3/28

 

Gallup: Obama ahead of Clinton by 8 points; McCain leads both
USA Today - Sen. Barack Obama's lead over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Gallup's daily national "tracking poll" grew to 8 percentage points today -- putting it just outside the survey's margin of error.

Mukasey: Piracy Funding Terror - washingtonpost.com

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Attorney General Michael Mukasey warned Friday that the huge profits generated from piracy and counterfeiting are increasingly flowing ...

Texas' 10% admission could teach colleges a thing or two
USA Today - Ten years later, we know a little more about the law: It works. Maybe even a little too well, given that the president of the University of Texas asked the ...
Court ruling grounds passenger bill of rights Yahoo! News
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Landslide victory for 'oddest title'
Mar 28: Oddest book title of the year has been awarded to a pulls-no-punches self-help manual: If You Want Closure In Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs

Laser plane could destroy tanks

Prototype aircraft also intended for missile defense.

 

 

Headless-sheep polo in Kyrgyzstan

Teams throw the carcass around in the Presidential Cup.

 

 

BA apologises as T5 chaos worsens

One in five flights cancelled as opening day problems continue at Heathrow.

How T5 turned into a mess for BA

British big-project opening shambles

Comment: T5 won't fix Heathrow

Terminal 5: a public relations disaster

Experiencing day one at T5

Other top public relations disasters

Protest against airport expansion

Terminal 5 opens for business

Why can't we run a world-class airport?

 

 

 

Why BBC presenter got the giggles

Radio listeners have been left stunned after Charlotte Green collapsed with a fit of uncontrollable giggles in the middle of a news bulletin on Radio 4's Today programme.

Charlotte Green cracks up

Oldest human voice recording found

Listen to the historic sound clip

BBC Olympic staff to outnumber athletes

 

 

 

Feel-good factor drops to lowest ever

Growing gloom over the economy is driving voters away from Gordon Brown, an opinion poll shows, as confidence in the economy drops to its lowest level recorded.

Let battle begin for votes of 'GMTV family'

Analysis: David Cameron looks the victor

Alexander gives game away for 2010 election

Iain Dale: Electoral reform against Tories?

What can Labour do to recover its ratings?

 

 

US steps up missile strikes in Pakistan

Washington tries to wipe out al-Qa'eda before new government arrives.

US halts contract with arms dealer, 22

Brain scan lie detectors 'already in use'

 

 

 

lagniappe

 

When I was Young and Twenty-one

When I was young and twenty-one And the world was bright with morning sun I roamed the valleys wild and free From towering peak to boiling sea And strode the fields with panther grace And met all creatures face to face. But the year passed before I knew And I woke one morn and was twenty-two. Mark Laing