She tidied the racks. Other nights, she untangled shopping carts in the parking lot. It took an hour and she received nothing. It was the common Wal-Mart "off-the-clock" practice. Later, she was one of the 40 employees, past and present, who gave media interviews on the swindle.

‘Route 6 in holding pattern’--Faced with a sagging auto market, Toyota is preparing a small, easy-to-fly plane that it anticipates could become as common as cars. How the skyway cops will pull over profile pilots remains to be seen.

?--According to the Times of London, an Ethiopian infant whose mother is an HIV-positive asylum seeker, was denied milk that she is entitled to.

The ruling was handed down by London’s high court. Why? We read the item three times and didn’t understand.

Capitalist education--As graduation approached, college students in England received warnings that if they had outstanding school loans, they would not receive their diplomas.

Oh well--The Queen of England has doubled the allowance of Prince Edward, boosting it to around $375,000 a year. The prince has gone from working part-time on royal duties to full-time.

On a grim note--Between 1996 and 2000, more than 160 elderly Maine residents took their own lives. This made the state the eighteenth worst on suicide rates in the country.

Golly, Con Agra terrorist?--At Louisiana State University, the school of Veterinary Medicine has set up a team to check meat lines for signs of bioterrorist contamination.

Meanwhile in Colorado, Safeway markets stopped buying beef from giant ConAgra after an outbreak of E. coli infection from ground beef. A recall was issued.

God and a ten spot--"Virginia unveiled a ‘Fight Terrorism’ license plate called ‘Remembrance.’ Its design reflects the Pentagon and World Trade Center towers. The plates cost Virginians an extra $10."--News item.

Yoicks, they’re back--"State [California] is Hit with Power Emergency--Several generating plants interrupt service amid rising temperatures.... Energy Prices soar."--Headline, Los Angeles Times.  
 
 
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