March 24th News Roundup: Other Stuff You Don't Want To Miss
 Monday, March 24th, 2008

Detroit Democratic Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick swore under oath that he had no affair with his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty - he was charged with perjury and other offenses today over lying about it; and given a "stern lecture" about the importance of telling the truth.

Pundits weigh in:  Why doesn't America care that 4000 soldiers have died in Iraq?  "Four thousand troops have died so far in Iraq," Jossip posts, "and yet most Americans wouldn't know we've reached an arbitrary threshold of THIS HAS GONE ON LONG ENOUGH.  How come?  Blame the media, blame our attention span, blame Ashton Kutcher's new TV show and the premiere of The Hills."

The FBI said today that it has identified and recovered the remains of two kidnapped U.S. security contractors in Iraq, who have been missing for over a year.  Ronald Withrow of Roaring Springs, Texas was kidnapped Jan. 5th of '07, and John Roy Young of Kansas City, Missouri was kidnapped Nov. 16th, 2006.

Kelly Rowland, formerly of Destiny's Child, has released a solo Digital-Only Album called "Ms. Kelly: Diva Deluxe."  "The tracks on Diva Deluxe are too hot to hold onto," Rowland said.  "So I decided to release them digitally so my fans could get into them as soon as possible.  I hope everyone enjoys the new songs as much as I did recording them."

Paris Hilton thinks South Africa and West Africa are "both great countries," and Amy Winehouse has no idea what the United Nations is.  A sentence that starts with "Paris Hilton thinks"...didn't see that one coming, didjya?  Meanwhile, Rwanda still wonders if she'll show.

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