Radon from granite counter tops?

Homeowners seeking just the right granite for their countertops have something new to ponder, besides which color complements their cabinets. Some are wondering about the radiation and radon gas that might be emanating from those showy slabs.

- Star Tribune (link here)

Largely unfounded is right.

New Mexico goes liberal

The New Mexico Legislature has voted to repeal the death penalty and replace it with a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

- AP/Las Vegas Review-Journal (link here)

Future Democrats

According to the Center for Immigration Studies, illegal aliens will take 300,000 of the 2 million construction jobs to be created by the stimulus bill. The CIS figure is based on Census Bureau estimates that 15 percent of all construction workers are illegal aliens or immigrants who are not authorized to work in the United States.

- Pat Buchanan, Human Events (link here)

Yes, and the Pelosi/Reid Axis of Evil hopes that every one of those illegal aliens will someday be a registered member of The Democratic Party.

Million dollar Xbox

A Yale University student from Ohio has filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million from US Airways for a video game console he says was taken from his luggage.

- AP/azcentral (link here)

I had no idea that an Xbox was so valuable.

A new nation

A man accused of driving drunk said Pennsylvania courts have no jurisdiction over him because he's his own country.

- AP/azcentral (link here)

Is he going to join the United Nations?

Wauwatosa murder

Boldt, 38, was shot shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday at the northeast corner of N. 68th St. and W. Wisconsin Ave.

- jsonline (link here)

We drove by there a few minutes after it happened (on our way to the Humane Society).

Very disconcerting.

Living in Hales Corners, I am not accustomed to seeing murdered people lying about on the sidewalk.

DOA

But the Iowa House has approved a bill changing the name of the Department of Elder Affairs. If the legislation is signed by Gov. Chet Culver, the agency will be known as the Department of Aging - or DOA.

- AP/azcentral (link here)

Excellent.