• According to the Bush administration, the next president will inherit a record budget deficit of $482 billion dollars, not including the estimated $80 billion in war costs. Of course they blame it on the recession.

• The Russian government is in the process of making emo and goth music illegal. The bill claims that “emo culture” puts teenagers at risk for depression and social withdrawal.

• Scientists found hairs that may have belonged to the Abominable Snowman. The hairs are evidence that such a creature may have really existed.

• According to a new British study, women love self-deprecating humor. Scientists used Hugh Grant films for their research and discovered that women find that type of humor sexy, while they find clever jokes as a sign of arrogance.

• When it comes to volunteering, Miami has secured the bottom spot. Minneapolis-St. Paul ranked highest.