Every week in this space, we’ll take a look at the news and offer our own incisive blend of commentary, analysis, and poop jokes. The news you need, from a voice you can trust, in the 90 seconds you have to spare: that’s Woot Weads the Wire.
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- President Obama will pay more in taxes to the U.S. government if his tax plans take effect, a spokesman said Friday as the Obamas released their returns.
Faced with a decision between agreeing with the President or helping the President get richer, Congressional Republicans began exploding en masse.
LONDON (UPI) -- A hacking group using the name Team Poison says it recorded a telephone conversation between two British intelligence officials and posted it on YouTube.
Preliminary reports are that the conversation took place at the drive-in, in the old man's Ford.
PARIS (UPI) -- Visitors to France's Louvre museum will soon be able to navigate the structure's labyrinthine halls using a Nintendo game console, officials said.
Tragically, at the end of each floor, the Mona Lisa will turn out to be in another gallery.
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- A U.S. appeals court tossed a ban on political ads on public airwaves, clearing the way for campaign ads, Cookie Monster and classical music to share space.
Sources say it was the only way politicians would willingly give money to public broadcasting.
SANFORD, Fla. (UPI) -- The judge in the case of a neighborhood watchman who killed unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin said Friday her husband will be a CNN analyst for the case.
And in a related story, there are only six people left in the world so nobody else can possibly be asked to do either of these jobs.
Explosion from Frostnova and Direction to the Mona Lisa from Roger Wo are used under a Creative Commons License
