# Generic News of the Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 21, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-news-of-the-day/309168 "2005-06-21T05:45:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-news-of-the-day/309168/1 "2005-06-21T05:45:56Z")
Headlines: Woman Missing Gov’t Official: ME Victory Not Overnight, Making Progress CEO Indicted Cruise/Jolie/Holmes/Pitt ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-news-of-the-day/309168/2 "2005-06-21T05:50:26Z")
More Cruise/Jolie/Holmes/Pitt and more… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-news-of-the-day/309168/3 "2005-06-21T06:18:23Z")
A Serious Crime Was Committed A Celebrity Made a Public Appearance Several Sports Teams Competed Weather Will Occur ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-news-of-the-day/309168/4 "2005-06-21T06:22:35Z")
No rain in Sydney - again ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-news-of-the-day/309168/5 "2005-06-21T08:04:09Z")
Conflict in Middle East. Officials say blaze sparked by fireworks. Old Pope, Franco, still dead. Old white guy gains prominent political office. Political activists call current administration stupid/incompetent/evil. Ambitious NASA program cancelled. Parents groups protest new video game. Airliner manufacturer unveils new, improved, trash hauler. Breathtaking, amazing new anime released. New for fall TV lineup: show about a single white girl in the city working for a magazine. [OK, I ripped that one off.] Evidence of grotesque, unimaginable crimes discovered. “Trial of the Century” to begin soon. Researchers say nuclear fusion could be available in 40 years. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-news-of-the-day/309168/6 "2005-06-21T08:17:04Z")
It’s been done, to perfection, [here](http://www.modernhumorist.com/mh/0205/vague/). Still makes me laugh two years later. ---
**Author:** ![Sarah\_Woodruff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sarah\_Woodruff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarah_Woodruff)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-news-of-the-day/309168/7 "2005-06-21T08:28:51Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > No rain in Sydney - again No trains in Sydney - again Celebrity shills new movie LONDON: Jordan gets drunk, falls down, flashes paparazzi LOS ANGELES: Anna-Nicole gets drunk, falls down, flashes paparazzi ---
**Author:** ![Ragiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ragiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ragiel)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-news-of-the-day/309168/8 "2005-06-21T20:38:33Z")
Diet, Exercise Control Weight Shocking New Health Risks Common Vitamin Linked to Cancer Stress: A Silent Killer Americans Fat. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-news-of-the-day/309168/9 "2005-06-21T20:48:16Z")
Intoxicated Teenager Injures Self