3/7: Morning Communique

CITY PAGES BLOGS

Kirby Puckett RIP

THESE DAYS

Merrill Keiser Jr., a trucker, is running for the U.S. Senate in Ohio on a platform of creating a death penalty for homosexuals.

Waxy.org gets a cease and desist from Bill Cosby for hosting the House of Cosby videos.

High school student David Thumler is a convicted nipple pincher who's going to have to spend four days in juvenile detention for refusing to write a letter explaining himself after giving a purple nurple to another boy while they were standing on line at a deli.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Follow the start of the 2006 Minnesota Twins season and read a remembrance of Kirby Puckett at For The Love Of The Game.

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TIME WASTERS

Photo quiz: Papist or Rapist? [Warning: super-cheesy version of "Yakety Sax" playing, so turn down the sound]

From Letterman: Top 10 Things Peter Griffin Wants to Tell America

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"I lost more than a teammate and a friend. I lost Kirby."

-- Minnesota Twins centerfielder Torii Hunter