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Have you heard the one about the writers’ strike?
Jokes in short supply as talk show hosts return.
Cold(er) Case
Students to Reopen Chandra Levy Case Criminal justice students at a Georgia college are preparing to undertake their own investigation of the 2001 slaying in Washington of Chandra Levy, the Modesto resident whose death tainted a congressman’s career.
Odds against Brady and Patriots?
The quarterback with the most passing yards has never won the Super Bowl that season. (Scroll down for graph) Seriously from 1966 to now, it has never happened.
DC’s social scene shifting?
Georgetown’s fading glimmer “Marginalized socially in the Bush years, and unlikely to recover its status in the administration that will follow, what has historically been Washington’s most rarefied and influential neighborhood is now confronted with a new and awkward question: Does Georgetown matter? “The answer is: not nearly as much …
A “surge” of overused words and phrases formed a “perfect storm” of “post-9/11” cliches in 2007
Wordsmiths, avoid these words…
“Now that’s a guy that wants to go to a football game.”
Jersey-wearing boy attends Packers game
From iPhones to Anna Nicole to O.J., 2007 ends with humor
Dave Barry’s year in review, (which includes a month by month break down). Some of the highlights: “O.J. Simpson discovered that, although you might be able to avoid jail time for committing a double homicide, the justice system draws the line at attempted theft of sports memorabilia.” “Apple released the …