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WEDNESDAY, September 5, 2012

TABLE DOWN AT MORRIES -- In one of the worst scandals ever to echo down the historic, hallowed halls of Harvard University, 125 undergraduates face expulsion for exchanging answers on a written exam.  Shock and disbelief spread among Crimson alumni, students and faculty alike -- not one of the accused students is a Kennedy. 


 


CLAPPER-ON-A-ROPE -- The Allen, Texas High School has opened a new $60 million, double-deck, 18,000-seat football stadium.  The team's locker room boasts all the latest amenities such as self-regulating Jacuzzis, solar-powered towel warmers, and Jerry Sandusky security alarms on all the shower heads.


NO LUGGAGE? -- Does it seem like you're being nickle-and-dimed every time you check out of a major hostelry?  You are.  The U.S. hospitality industry is heading for
a record $2 billion year in room surcharges.  Times have sure changed.  Wi-fi... mini-bar... pay-cable...  Used to be the only thing a guest had to pay extra for was the hooker.






SQUIRMIN' ERMINE -- Once considered unthinkable, the tabloid press told Buckingham Palace to soak their scepters in the moat when a royal request to quash photos of Prince Harry prancing in the buff at a Las Vegas hotel arrived by diplomatic courier.  Such insolence shall not stand. The Queen is reported to be so mad, she's threatening to order Piers Morgan home.


GOD NOT WILLING -- Amid the palpable disappointment of thousands of would-be conventioneers, the National Atheist Party was forced to cancel their planned annual convention when expenses suddenly eclipsed cash-on-hand.  No surprise here that financial problems did the group in.  Unfortunately for atheists, there's no legal U.S. currency that says "In God We Don't Trust."



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