The NSS Awards #31

From the New York Times: "Sheen is Surrounded by a Coterie of Enablers"

The NSS Awards #30

From the AP: "Audit: KY airport execs racked up lavish expenses"

The NSS Awards #29

From the AP: "Survey: College increasingly important but pricey"

The NSS Awards #28

From the AP: "Ore. teens largely ignoring cell phone driving ban"

The NSS Awards #27

From the New York Times: "Drug Maker Said to Pay Ghostwriters for Journal Articles"

The NSS Awards #26

From the AP: "Poll: Calif. gay marriage ban driven by religion"

The NSS Awards #25

From the AP: "Sheriff to ban deputies from mixing drinking, guns"

The NSS Awards #24

From NPR: "Multitasking Teens May Be Muddling Their Brains"

The NSS Awards #23

From the AP: "Parents pick prayer over docs; girl dies"

The NSS Awards #22

From the Los Angeles Times: "Cellphone law may not make roads safer"

The NSS Awards #21

From the Washington Post: "White Male Vote Especially Critical"

The NSS Awards #20

From the AP: "Katrina victims complain about red tape"

The NSS Awards #19

From the AP, of course: "Wolves to be removed from species list."

They're no longer a species. Got that?

But here's a headline that just cracks me up: "'Best of the Booker' pits Rushdie against 40 pretenders". There's Rushdie, and then there's the rest of you sniveling mortals. Leave it to the Nanny State.

The NSS Awards #18

• From the AP: Ron Vample reports on the "Wacky Warning Label Contest."

Contest organizer Bob Dorigo Jones says the silly labels reflect how broken America's civil justice system is.

"Predatory lawyers know they can file ridiculous lawsuits against innocent product makers and blackmail them into a cash settlement — even in cases in which a user has ignored common sense," Dorigo Jones said in a statement Wednesday.

Honorable mention went to Cyndi LaMonde of Traverse City for a label on a letter opener that says: "Caution: Safety goggles recommended."

Ann Marie Young of Fillmore, N.Y., took the second honorable mention for a warning she found which cautions users: "The Vanishing Fabric Marker should not be used as a writing instrument for signing checks or any legal documents."

The NSS Awards #17

From the AP: "Police accused of protecting their own"

The NSS Awards #16

From the New York Times: "As Violence Ebbs, Sarkozy Calls Riots Unacceptable"

Reminds me of an old Bill Hicks bit from the Rodney King era: "You know what Snooker needs? Riots."

The NSS Awards #15

From the AP: "Government study: Americans reading less"

Your tax dollars at work, folks.

The NSS Awards #14

From The Economist: "Chasing females can take years off life"

The NSS Awards #13

From the Washington Post: "Pakistan Seen Losing Fight Against Taliban And Al-Qaeda"

The NSS Awards #12

From the AP: "Wounded vets also suffer financial woes"