Average Muscovite
-Hurricane? What hurricane?-
Google maps has replaced up-to-date satellite imagery of New Orleans with images of the city pre-Katrina. "In the images available Thursday, the cranes working to fix the breach of the 17th Street Canal are gone. Blue tarps that covered roofless homes are replaced by shingles. Homes wiped off their foundations are miraculously back in place in the Lower 9th. So, too, is the historic lighthouse on Lake Pontchartrain." Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin could not be reached for comment. (AP)
-Is it warm in Moscow or is it just me?-
Moscow is experiencing the warmest March ever recorded, with temperatures reaching 63 degrees Fahrenheit. "Sales staff at a fur coat store in an exclusive shopping mall near Red Square said they had brought their end of season sales forward by a month." Global warming hurts one more industry. (Reuters)
-See, you have to think like a criminal...-
A Marion, TX man was charged with DUI after a rollover that seriously injured him. His blood alcohol level was .299 -- the Texas limit is .08. I think .299 might be pretty damned close to dead. Who is this drunk driver? Marion Police Chief Tony Plaid. "From what I gather, there's a variety of actions we can take from doing nothing at all, I believe, even as far as termination," said Mayor Glen Hild. I say you take that last option, Glen. (Seguin Gazette-Enterprise)
