The considerate society--In Oklahoma, the execution time is being changed from just after midnight to 9 p.m. Officials said it will make it easier for victims' families to attend executions.

The not-to-worry society--"An estimated 60,000 babies born each year in the United States face a serious threat of learning disabilities or other neurological damage because their mothers ate fish contaminated with mercury during their pregnancies, a national panel of scientists reported Tuesday.''--News item.

Cool as cash--A reader advises that Lancelot Limos features Arizona's longest Hummer Limousine and that it's 'cool' to be seen in one. It features a bar, stereo, TV, etc. at only $200 an hour.

The justice system--William Phillips, former chief financial officer of the American Electronics Association, a major lobbying outfit, was convicted of embezzling $820,000. The judge gave him the minimum allowed, two years in prison. His honor piously added: "If Mr. Phillips had walked into a bank and demanded this amount of money and received it, we wouldn't be talking about 24 months here, but decades."

Hey judge--Be assured we make no allegation, but we wonder if the judge in the Phillips embezzlement case (see above) was as intrigued as we were with the headline, "Bank Robber Fled Scene in Limo, Police Say."

Probably so--"NEW YORK--The Astrologers Fund looks to the stars to predict the ups and downs of the world's financial markets. In these turbulent times it seems as effective as any other method."--AP.

Nothing's perfect--Nine railroad cars jumped the track 35 miles north of Anchorage. Four of the cars tumbled down a 25-foot embankment. A tank car spilled as much as 100 gallons of gasoline. The derailment spill was the third for the Alaska Railroad since November.  
 
 
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