8/7 Morning Communiqué

THESE DAYS

A Florida man stockpiled 20,000 cubic yards of horse manure on his property and was charged with running an illegal composting operation.

A man named Johnson underoges a vasectomy in exchange for getting permission from his wife to purchase an iPhone.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Shyestviolet blogs about Harry Potter 7, being a pure nerd, and the Sass of the Week at Is That All You've Got?

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TIME WASTERS

Learn about Charley, the cat with cerebellar hypoplasia

Chart of where all the 2008 presidential candidates stand on issues like abortion, wiretapping, civil unions, etc.

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"We will have to look for other stronger purgatives now."

— Kolkata detective Ajay Kumar, on forcing a thief who swallowed a $1,300 necklace to eat 40 bananas in order to hurry the digestive process. The plan is so far unsuccessful.