An Assteroid Kicking
Florida residents can breath a sigh of relief as Asteroid Allison has safely missed Earth.

In a related matter, Vice President Dick Cheney warns that if John Kerry is elected, mankind will be obliterated by a comet.

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One Wet Chick
Well, Jeanne certainly proved to be a wet one. The former hurricane and now tropical depression came through DC yesterday and dumped one hell of a lot of water on us. The "official" total recorded at Reagan National Airport was 2.6 inches, but areas to the west of the city were far in excess of that. For example, good ol' nearby Remington, which got hit by a tornado when Ivan's remnants rolled through the area 12 days ago, ended up with 5.6 inches yesterday. And while Jeanne was guilty of causing far more flooding than Ivan, at least she didn't drop any tornados on us.

---------------Dana Summers, Orlando Sentinel

Ivan, as you may recall, made landfall along the Alabama/Florida border, traveled up the east coast, and went back out to sea. But it wasn't quite done yet, as the stubborn storm went south again, crossed Florida, restrengthened in the Gulf of Mexico, and hit Texas as a tropical storm this past weekend. Ivan has since rained itself out and dissipated.

And Ivan has an additional claim to fame: It's 22 day lifespan ties it with 2002's Kyle for third place on the list of longest-lived hurricanes.

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Maybe He Thought the Bottle Was the Baseball
Los Angeles center fielder Milton Bradley lost his cool last night when a fan threw a bottle at him. He left his position, picked up the bottle, and threw it back into the stands. The umpire, however, wasn't too thrilled with this new game strategy and ejected Bradley from the game.

This whole incident is unfortunate for everyone involved. But if Bradley can't control his temper, he should just get out of baseball and go back to making board games.