8/8: Morning Communique

CITY PAGES BLOGS

Steve Monaco has your Monday Movie Quiz at Couch Pundit.

THESE DAYS

Peter Jennings, the Canadian-born ABC News broadcaster who delivered the news to Americans each night in five separate decades, died Sunday at age 67.

The largest sports betting site on the Internet expanded Friday into the energy arena, offering gamblers a chance to bet on soaring U.S. retail gasoline prices.

Most German traditionalists are reluctantly switching over to new German spelling rules that went into effect last week, designed to modernize and simplify the language. Ach du liebe!

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Co-contributor to New Patriot, Chris Dykstra has his own blog, and looks to be cooking up a free alternative to MeetUp.com.

TIME WASTERS

In 2006, Nicolas Cage brings yet another Marvel comic book character to life in Ghost Rider.

Obscenities Uttered by Jesus Christ

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"I'm working out with a trainer and eating healthily. I want my boobs back."

-- Lindsay Lohan, who's hired a personal trainer in an effort to restore her curves