With Moammar Gadhafi no longer in power, North Korean's Kim Jong Il now assumes leadership of the perpetual bad-hair-day dictator society.
As rebel soldiers prepared to storm Gadhafi's compound this week, his son told reporters Dad was still in Tripoli and still in control of the government. Apparently, Baghdad Bob is on a short list to be the regime's new spokesman.
An expanded eBay facility is coming to Draper, which is expected to generate 2,200 new jobs over the next 20 years. The state lured the expansion with a $38.2 million tax subsidy. No word on whether that was the winning bid or the "buy it now" price.
Here's more proof that drugs make you stupid: Police this week discovered a large marijuana crop growing just off I-15 in Sandy. They simply waited for someone to come along with a watering can, then arrested him. "Marijuana? But officer, I thought I was just growing oregano for those Sunday spaghetti dinners I like to cook."
Last week's 5.9 earthquake in Washington was the first real movement on Capitol Hill since the last election.
You can judge the severity of an earthquake by the number of Tweets it produces. The more Tweets, the less severe the rumbling. With that in mind, Twitter was all ... well ... atwitter from Washington D.C. this week. Here's my favorite: "@d44pan: If you don't go back to shopping then the earthquakes have already won."
Here's my second favorite: "@villagevoice: How are people going to tweet earthquake jokes if their cell phones aren't working?"
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