Cost
Americans received a raise this week as the federal minimum wage was raised 70 cents, which goes from $5.85 to $6.55. The problem is that the cost of everything else is rising faster.

Many economists are saying - what we all ready know - that the American economy is in the tank. That is the gas tank.

Hope
Radioactive particles escaped from a pipe at a French nuclear reactor on Wednesday, according to a spokeswoman for the national electric company who says 100 employees were "slightly contaminated." So much for nuclear energy being our next cheap, clean, and safe energy source.

Wisdom
Brooke Hogan says that politics are not for her. In speaking about Hillary Clinton's recent run for the presidency, the VH-1 reality TV star questioned a woman's ability to handle being president. Hogan explained, "Like, I'm so moody all the time, I know I couldn't be able to run a country, 'cause I'd be crying one day and yelling at people the next day." Married men are all too familiar with this but have the wisdom not to say it.

Saved
Sherri Shepherd of ABC's "The View" has clarified some statements that she made to a black Christian women's magazine called "Precious Times." In the article, she was quoted as saying that televangelists Juanita Bynum and Joyce Meyer would be good on "The View." She said, "they could lay hands on Barbara Walters and get her saved." In my opinion a lot of people on TV need to saved.

Stealing
A Colorado man accused of checking out hundreds of books and DVDs from libraries around the Denver area and then trying to sell them is going to jail. Thomas Pilaar has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $53,549 in restitution. I would hate to have his overdue library fees.

Eighteen-year-old "transit freak" James Harris is in trouble after showing up at the Miami-Dade bus depot recently dressed in a driver's uniform and stealing a bus. He apparently didn't keep any of the fares he collected, nor did passengers complain about his driving. Why not give him a job? What kind of strict requirements are there for driving a bus?

A 20-year-old wrestling fan hit a World Wrestling Entertainment worker over the head with a bottle, then bit him on the back after being caught trying to steal chairs from the arena after a pro wrestling show this week at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, New York. I wonder where he learned this stuff from?

Heaven is like...
Sleeping soundly even though your money is in IndyMac Bank.
Having oil under $50 a barrel.
Eating at your favorite restaurant every night and never gaining weight.
Spending your whole day at "Ben & Jerry's."

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