bits and pieces: A brutal killing in California; a 13 year old pony league player killed another player with a baseball bat after being teased for pitching a bad inning. Gone are the days when one could just taunt someone else without worrying about consequences; am I the only one who is sick of hearing about Britney Spears's pregnancy? Her and her husband are both repulsive and I feel sorry for her unborn child; Oscar nominated Alfre Woodard set to join Desperate Housewives and as for creator Marc Cherry and the gay kiss on Arrested Development, I'll have to wait for the DVD to catch it. Speaking of Housewives, whatever's going on with the tension between the actresses, I wish they'd get over it quick. And leave Teri Hatcher alone. It's not her fault she's the only one to win a screen actors guild and golden globe award; two more missing girls in California. How does this keep happening? How do these kids just keep disappearing? And finally for pure evil look no further than Eric Rudolph, convicted bomber.

Ridiculous item of the day: Don't bend over for the soap, do bend over for chapstick. A man in Brooklyn, NY, is still standing today thanks to his chapstick. A physician's assistant was at work when two men outside started arguing. One man pulled out a bb gun and the second pulled out a real gun and fired. The first shot hit the second man, the second shot went through a window and would have hit the P.A. inside the building had he not been bent over picking up his chapstick. He did, however, suffer a cut near the eye because of flying glass. As a result of the situation, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, the makers of ChapStick, called the PA and have offered him a lifetime supply of ChapStick.