While You Were at the Bar 7/2

News you can use:

If you rely on a Starbucks to get your daily caffeine fix, you might have to drive a little farther to get it. The company announced today that they are closing 600 of their least profitable, company operated stores in the United States.

Former South African president Nelson Mandela will be removed from U.S. terrorism watch list after President Bush signed a bill stating such yesterday. Mandela, and other memebers of the African National Congress, had been on the list since their opposition to South Africa's apartheid.

It's the beginning of the end for the case of Madeleine McCann, who went missing in Portugal in May of 2007. The country's investigative unit do not feel that they have enough evidence to charge someone with the kidnapping.

News you can lose:

The 'Queen of Mean' Leona Helmsley may have shown her soft side when she designated billions of dollars from her estate to the care and welfare of dogs. Helmsley's own dog, Trouble, was left 12 million dollars in her will, a decision that was altered to just 2 million by a New York judge.

Word of the Day:

interpolate (transitive verb): (means several different things, but mainly) to insert between other elements or parts

Hows about all that fancy interpolating we did with the new black bar between posts?