While You Were at the Bar 4/17

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News you can use:

Barack Obama released his tax return for 2007 Wednesday night, just two hours before the scheduled debate with Hillary Clinton. The Obama's reported $4.2 million as household income with $3.9 million coming from the sale of his two books, "The Audacity of Hope" and "Dreams From My Father." Over $240,000 was given to various charities, including Trinity United Church of Christ, the United Negro College Fund and CARE. Cha-ching!

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the death penalty Wednesday, determining that it is not unconstitutional. There had been a nationwide moratorium on lethal injection since September 25th, awaiting the decision of the court on a case from Kentucky. States that allow lethal injection will now begin scheduling executions for the inmates on death row who were slated to be put to death during the past 7 months.

J.K. Rowling was in a New York court for the third day in a row Wednesday, testifying in a copyright infringement case about a proposed Harry Potter reference book. Rowling pleaded with the judge to block publication of "The Harry Potter Lexicon" compiled by avid fan Steven Vander Ark. At one point the judge in the case admitted that in his limited reading of the first book in the series, he found it to be "complex" and "hard to follow." Somebody tell Jo Jo to get crackin' on that encyclopedia she hinted at if she doesn't want this thing printed. The fans are thirsty for more!

News you can lose:

The California Milk Processor Board has released their hilarious new milk ads, featuring White Gold, a sexy milk guitar hero. This is good stuff (the video and the milk)!

Word of the Day:

objurgate

Don't know the definition? Don't worry! Use objurgate in a sentence anyway!

Yesterday's word, toper, means a hard drinker or chronic drunkard. I bet you'll remember the definition of this word, won't you, you bunch of topers?!

Congratulations to Penelope for her sentence "I can't decide whether that Toper Grace kid is cute."