That’s What She Said

Cumming said that to consider labeling a teen a sex offender because of a sexting incident — a label that will stick for life — defies common sense.

— AFP, via Breitbart.com

Note: we initially thought this had to be a fake story, but Prof. Peter Cumming’s research page on York University’s website confirms it.

Whew.

It is easy enough to mock the breadth of his package, but it was easier still to wonder at it.

— Richard Cohen in The Washington Post

Romance aside, there is no other organ that works so hard and faithfully yet is taken so for granted … It does this work relentlessly, without a rest or meaningful pause.

— Bernadine Healy M.D. for US News & World Report

I could see it [going] slightly faster. That would be nice.

— Al Franken in Star Tribune

One of the things we’ll be happy about is if we come in close to three hours, to be very honest and not to be too artistic about it, but we are trying very hard to make that happen. The closer we get, the happier we’ll be. It hasn’t been three hours in decades.

— The Associated Press

At its greatest width, the snake would have come up to about your hips. The size is pretty amazing.

— CNN

But the existence of such a large snake may also help clarify how hot the tropics became…

— New York Times

Louisiana College shortstop Ashleigh Clement would go deep in the hole, field the ball cleanly and then — with a look of utter disgust on her face — walk the ball back to the pitcher.

— The Town Talk

The package will be combined with other elements of the proposed stimulus…

— Reuters