Thursday, March 20, 2008

Daily Briefs: TV News Jedi, KU vs. Vikings, Man Bites Mortar

Posted by Eric Barton on Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 11:00 AM

By ERIC BARTON

Ash-har, I am your father. It's a sad day for the city's "investigative" TV news

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reporters, who won't have retiring Independence Police Chief Fred Mills to kick around anymore. And it's a sad day for Daily Briefs, which won't be able to make fun of the "blockbuster" investigations that TV news reporters often turned in from Independence.

But don't shed a tear for Channel 5's Ash-har Quraishi. He's got the TV news equivalent of a safety school lined up: a lucrative career selling light sabers!

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The force is not strong in this one. KU begins the tournament against the top-ranked Portland State Vikings. No, wait. I had the bracket upside down. I am so going to lose the office pool.

The dark side is a path to getting yourself blown up at a scrap yard. The Fort Riley bomb squad was called out to a Kansas City scrap yard yesterday to remove an 8-inch mortar round.

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Even a Sith lord wouldn't do this. A guy from Wichita will serve sixth months for having a sex with a dog, making him immediately the least-popular guy in prison. Joshua Coman was already on probation for a similar crime in Reno. This story could be helpful for the Fort Riley bomb squad, which is probably wondering what it can do with an 8-inch mortar shell.

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Damn, Eric you found me out. I used to make lightsabers!!! Actually, I have one on my desk right now. I'm a Star Wars geek - I admit it. It works better than a taser.

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Posted by Ash-har Quraishi on March 31, 2008 at 5:14 PM

Those light sabers would make good microphones for the local tv news guys. They need it to put a little more "Action" into their Actionless news.

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Posted by johnnyjohn on March 21, 2008 at 12:38 PM

Now I understand why tv news often looks like a bad fight scene from a low-budget movie. Maybe they should use light sabers instead of microphones!

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Posted by johnnyjohn on March 21, 2008 at 10:51 AM

I'm still trying to get over the dog story. Ewww!

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Posted by Sam on March 21, 2008 at 10:44 AM

Ash-har Quraishi makes light sabers? For real? I will never look at him the same.

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Posted by News fan on March 21, 2008 at 7:26 AM

puppy pumper mitther Coman may be, but that's no reason no make fun of his liptth...

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Posted by Sally Head on March 20, 2008 at 12:24 PM
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