Well I had to drive to work today due to meetings in Mesquite later today.
And I have to say, despite the annoyance that sometimes comes with having to wait on a DART bus or sitting next to someone who’s a heavy smoker — I’d rather do that any day than have to drive and sit in traffic day in and day out.
However driving to work does give me a better opportunity to catch up on the day’s news with NPR.
Some interesting stuff today that you may or may not know…
- If you have an accident in the City of Dallas and are not a city resident, you’ll be charged $600 if you request police or fire assistance.
- 12 people were killed in Sherman, Texas this morning when their bus (carrying them to a mission project) likely blew a tire and ran off an overpass.
- Folks in Fort Worth aren’t happy and are protesting the continued drilling of gas wells within their city.
- Texas Gov.
McDreamy Perry requested that the EPA waive their requirements to add ethanol to gasoline within the state. The EPA told Perry to dream on.
- Despite a jury saying a former driver for bin Laden would only have to serve out 5 more months at Guantanamo – the Pentagon tells everyone, “So what? We’re the US Government, we can hold him as long as we like.”
- Ammon Shea likes reading — a lot. So he decided to read the nearly 22,000 pages in the Oxford English Dictionary. Among some of his favorite words :: bedinner; bemissionary; gymnologize; twi-thought; and vocabularian.
- The US Government says they have found “without a doubt” the Anthrax killer from 2001. Apparently for the US Government, “without a doubt” can be based primarily on “circumstantial evidence.” Sadly, their suspect committed suicide last week – meaning there will never be a trial to prove or disprove the government’s statements given at a press conference last week.
- Oh and the Olympics have started in China.
So there you have it, all the news that matters to you/me.
related ::
KERA main newsroom
NPR’s morning edition
SSL :: why i ride dart
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