Longtime Mississippi Sen. Thad
Cochran
prevailed over his more conservative Tea Party
challenger, state Sen. Chris McDaniel, in a closely watched
Republican primary contest on Tuesday. Assuming that he wins the
general election in November, Cochran will return to Congress to
serve a seventh term that he
barely wanted. Thanks, democracy.- Remember that story about the heartless KFC employees who
kicked a little girl out of the restaurant because her ugly face
was allegedly disturbing customers? Well,
it’s not true. The family of three-year-old Victoria
Wilcher initially maintained that a Jackson, Mississippi, branch of
the popular food chain had treated the girl—who was recovering from
a pitbull attack in which she had lost an eye—cruelly. But
investigators found no evidence that the incident ever occurred.
KFC has decided to contribute $30,000 to the girl’s medical bills,
anyway. Those evil corporations, at it again. - In the wake of recent developments in the IRS scandal,
Jon Stewart
assailed the agency as “totally incompetent” and
bordering on “criminal idiocy” on his latest show. - Queen Elizabeth visited the set of HBO’s “Game of
Thrones” and
somehow resisted the malevolent call of the Iron Throne.
She shook hands with cast members and producers but declined to sit
in the ultimate seat of royal power. Long may she reign, in any
case. - Robert Morris University-Illinois has
added League of Legends as a varsity sport.
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