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5/5/2008 Must Reads: Mitchell's Youth Leader "Problem," A Crude Poll, Baba Wawa Gets Jiggy, and the Impossible Crossword Puzzle

Finally, a nice day weather-wise here in Dakota but it is, so far, a crappy Monday for me. The Boomtown Rats are right: I Don't Like Mondays (at least this one).

Onward to today's Must Reads.

SOUTH DAKOTA MUST READS:

Troubling news about youth leaders
05/05/08 07:11 from Republic Insider
There's been a lot of troubling news about people with authority over children in the Mitchell community lately. There's the ongoing civil lawsuit against former teacher and coach Andy Tate and the school district for his alleged harassment...
  • Once again, please don't make me go off on a rant about how much more we love our children here in South Dakota/KELOLAND than people in other parts of the country or world. Geez.
Refinery & Pipeline Poll
05/05/08 07:57 from KSFY - News - Local & Regional
A new poll finds support for a proposed pipeline and proposed oil refinery...
  • I couldn't have been more surprised by the results if I had woke up with my head nailed to the carpet.
OUT OF STATE MUST READS:

Walters Had Affair With Senator
04/05/08 23:00 from The Onion
In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Walters admitted that she had an affair with former U.S. Sen. Edward Brooke. What do you think?
  • Baba Wawa and the Senator? Ewwww.
The time has come for higher education to rescue newspapers
05/05/08 06:36 from Romenesko
Chronicle of Higher Education That's what retired Fortune writer Lee Smith says. "The plan I have in mind would call upon the richest institutions to set aside 3 percent of their endowments to buy The New York Times...
  • Imagine how even more difficult the crossword puzzle would be if Harvard ran the New York Times? Yikes!
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