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Westboro Baptist Church Will Picket Betty Ford's Funeral

Amory Gritta — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:52:34 +0000

The Westboro Baptist Church is at it again.

The fundamentalist and anti-gay group has announced it will picket the funeral of former first lady Betty Ford, who died last week, because she got divorced before marrying the man who would later become President Gerald Ford. This, the group says, made her an adulterer who "loved to sit with tawdry reporters and blather about sex."

Woman Attacked by Secret Pet Python, Saved by Police

Amory Gritta — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:30:17 +0000

There seems to be a trend among people who house dangerous, exotic and/or illegal pets in their home: they end up attacked by their very own beloved creature.

Such is the case for a Kansas woman who, after harboring a secret pet python, wound up with its jaws around her neck until a police officer intervened.

Barack Obama Picks Kansas to Win The National Championship

Amory Gritta — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:00:22 +0000

Barack Obama didn’t take a whole lot of risks when filling out his NCAA Tournament brackets. The President has all four number one seeds — Duke, Pittsburgh, Ohio State and Kansas — advancing to the Final Four, with Kansas winning it all. This is the second straight year Obama predicted the Jayhawks to take the [...]