"If she can't have me, then she can't have the fish."

Oct 14, 2009 - Portland man gets probation after stabbing ex-girlfriend's pet fish By Aimee Green, The Oregonian October 13, 2009, 1:18PM   A 27-year-old Southeast Portland man who beat his ex-girlfriend and then stabbed her pet fish and left it impaled in her apartment has been sentenced to two years of probation and a psychological evaluation. An attorney for Donald Earl Fite III said he didn’t want to talk about the details of the assault, but that stabbing the fish was “a very low point” in his client’s life."He is absolutely mortified and ashamed about what he did to the fish," said attorney Tom MacNair today in Multnomah County Circuit Court. Fite had no criminal history and declined to comment, saying only that his attorney had said it all. According to an affidavit filed with the court, Sarah Harris had broken up with Fite, but returned to her East Burnside Street apartment in Portland last July 25 to find Fite lying on her bed. Fite wanted to get back together, but Harris didn't. When she told him she had plans that evening, Harris refused to let her leave the room she was in, the bathroom, according to the affidavit. - 12 Comments

What if GM goes broke?

Dec 17, 2008 - Neither a bailout nor bankruptcy may save General Motors or the other Detroit automakers. So imagine the cost of losing GM, starting with millions of jobs. By Michael Brush The downfall of Wall Street icons like Bear Stearns and Lehman Bros. - 1 Comment

Obama Unfairly Tainted by Crimes He Didn't Commit

Dec 11, 2008 - By Bob Cesca We've seen this show before: specious attempts to connect Barack Obama with corrupt or controversial figures in Chicago, followed, then, by a Republican and establishment media outcry for the president-elect to denounce and reject them. A friend wrote earlier today: I'm pretty sure you can tie Obama to the first Daley administration and its attendant corruption. Also, wasn't Obama somehow connected to Chicago crime boss Al Capone? - 10 Comments