Doctors experimenting on women with dangerous prenatal drugs in effort to prevent lesbianism. And you’re just hearing about this on a “comedy” site.
Nudist apparently in charge of Congress.
Businesses refusing to hire unemployed people. Also, hospitals to only extend care to people who aren’t sick.
Venerable superhero Wonder Woman gets a change of costume. Being a reporter is important work!
Man suspected of deceit found to have possibly acted deceitfully.

Jack Clark’s Nobody’s Angel, the latest release from the Hard Case Crime imprint, is the definition of a cult novel.
Clark, a Chicago cab driver, wrote and self-published the novel. Until its publication by Hard Case Crime last month, the only way a reader could get one of the 500 copies available was to take a ride in Clark’s cab.
But beyond the novelty of its publication, Nobody’s Angel is an endlessly fascinating look inside the world of a cab driver. While technically a crime novel, with two crimes driving the …

Supreme Court rules that there is no religious exception to prosecuting child molesters. No joke, we’re just pleasantly surprised.
Tea Party no longer sullied by association with “reading.”
Virginia’s Attorney General doesn’t think that gay people are U.S. citizens, apparently.
Only reason to watch sitcom no longer to apply.

In a rare instance of Bureau Chiefs corporate synergy, today’s “This Is A Fetish…” post is brought to you by yesterday’s News Briefs entry about Marilyn Monroe’s chest x-rays.  Someone, somewhere, is focusing way too hard on the curves of the breasts in the above image. I mean, someone other than me, that is. I’m putting together this post, so I have an excuse. No, really.

The Roots have never put out a bad album. Obviously, some are better than others — 1999′s Things Fall Apart is regarded as the standard-bearer and 2004′s The Tipping Point was something of a low point — but few hip-hop acts have managed The Roots’ longevity at all, let alone their stunning consistency.
Conversely, The Roots also haven’t managed to attain the crossover appeal other much less worthy hip-hop acts have managed with relative ease. How I Got Over, the band’s ninth full-length studio album, finally holds that potential in light …

In this week’s edition of Cheers and Regards, we’re going to change the format a little and take a look at the story that seemed to dominate the news cycle of much of last week: Rolling Stone writer Michael Hastings’ profile of U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the now former commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. The piece caused so much discussion, created so much fallout (President Obama accepted the general’s resignation just two days after the RS piece went up online, a day before it was even …

Lawmakers in state with government run lottery shocked to discover that poor people gamble.
No We Can’t
Stanley Cup marches in Chicago Pride Parade. Mr. and Mrs. Cup promise to love him, no matter what.
Marilyn Monroe chest x-ray sold for $45,000. Needless to say, this is probably a fetish for someone.

Nerds in uproar over slightly less porn being available at upcoming convention.
Priest wants to destroy church artwork because angels are totally gay.
Cyborg cat first step in Professor Kittystein’s master plan for global domination.
Couple tries to sell their baby at Wal-Mart. Smart shoppers know the price-per-pound is better at Target.