5/25: Morning Communique

THESE DAYS

Americans spent more than four billion dollars last year on Internet gambling, despite a de facto prohibition on such wagering in the United States.

As Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie await the birth of their first child, they have apparently given Namibian Governor Samuel Nuuyoma the honor of picking its name.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Could someone encourage Mark Wheat or Jill Riley to update Current Cue, the blog from Minnesota Public Radio's sister station?

[Minnesota-based blog directory]

TIME WASTERS

An illustrated variation on The Caine Mutiny

Scooby Doo and crew meet their match when they run into Jason at Camp Crystal Lake in an episode of Robot Chicken

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"I feel a bit silly in that outfit but, believe me, my wife, really, really likes it."

-- X-Men 3 star Hugh Jackman, on his wife's preference for Wolverine in the bedroom