I subscribe to a CNN.com service for Breaking News reports. I get an email when CNN considers a breaking story significant enough to email an alert.
As you no doubt are aware, there was a major derailment of a commuter train in Chicago this morning, with one fatality and several injuries. I did NOT get a Breaking News bulletin.
A week or two ago when Bob Denver (“Gilligan”) died, guess what! Breaking News!
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I hope you do not pay a lot of money for the subscription.
Einstein was right.
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I suppose they figure more Americans have heard of Gilligan than have been on commuter trains in Chicago. Either that or Chicago’s trains are particularly bad?
If it makes you feel any better, I don’t think either story made it on the news here. But yesterday’s Metro (free paper on subway train) had brief paragraphs about two american criminals and their misdeeds.
You were overcharged.
You mean Dale you didn’t get the one of Britney having her baby! And, And, And Renee Zwilldigger getting an annullment! What a service 
MarkB
…well, Dale, you are obviously out of step with the American public’s priorities.
Thousands of people die every day. Millions go to bed every night sick and malnourished. Tens of thousands more are victims of some form of violence. Countless others have no hope for any kind of future if they live past tomorrow. I could continue, but I’ve forgotten what your point was. 
Will O’Ban
Brittany had her baby? Why wasn’t I informed!!!
What’s that? No one cares? Ah. That explains it, thanks.
CNN have been breaking quality news for many years.
And they will keep on breaking it until it is completely broked.
Mukade
That was the Rock Island Line. I used to take that train to & from work every day while I was working in the city. My wife still takes it every day, and probably knows the conductors. As of right now . . . 2 dead. 60+ critically injured. Sounds like it happened near White Sox park. (Can’t think of the new name of the ballpark).
Metra has a number of commuter trains that run into the city from the 'burbs. This is in additon to the el (elevated trains & subway) that run from the 'burbs throughout the city.
I’m not quite sure why this story would mean more than any of the other stuff I mentioned in my earlier post. Unless, of course, you know the people in the tragedy. They are all just nameless, faceless shadows to most, if not all, of the people reading this.
[Edited to delete a lengthy rant at Trent Lott’s response to the recent hurricane and the news flash that many in his state have needed help l-o-o-o-o-ng before Katrina. There was actually a connection between what I posted and deleted, but its not worth the fuss.]
Partly right, anyway. His theory about the conservation of energy and the resulting loss of still has some quarks that need a bit of tweaking.
Awww Will…ya had to bring up quark tweaking, didn’t ya!
CNN. Nyuk.
Quarks??? That makes no sense what so ever. I thought I typed “sharks.” 
Ah! That makes so much more sense…
So, Will what is your preferred technique for shark tweaking?
My preferred technique for shark tweaking is to let Denny do it.
Will O’Ban
I prefer the mountains to the shore…
Nice kitty…my, but you are large!
Actually, tracks from one of those “kitties” have been seen for the past couple of years all over cornfields in Northeastern Missouri – a lot of rolling hills, but not too many mountains. Folks think it might have escaped from an exotic animal “farm” where people go to shoot them for “sport.”
Will O’Ban