While You Were at the Bar 7/30

News you can use:

A 5.4 magnitude earthquake shook Los Angeles yesterday but no major damage or injuries were reported. A quake of that magnitude is considered 'moderate' with things falling from shelves and possibly windows broken, but nothing too major. Experts warn that this quake was just a reminder of what is to come in the next 30 years, as the California Earthquake Rupture Forecast predicts, when 'the Big One' hits.

A Ft. Bragg soldier has been arrested for the murder of a fellow soldier. Edgar Patino is charged in the death of Spc. Megan Touma, 23, who was 7 months pregnant at the time of her death. Touma's friends tell authorities that she and Patino had dated while they were stationed in Germany together. Touma's body was found in a hotel near Ft. Bragg on June 21st.

Republican Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska was charged with seven counts of making false statements on his Senate financial disclosure forms from 2001-2006. The accusations amount to more than $250, 000 in gifts that he received from an Alaska oil service company, including home renovations, according to the Justice Department.

News you can lose:

All you Scrabulous players (Penelope!) are SOL after Hasbro, owners of the North American rights to Scrabble, slapped a law suit on the creators of the game. Scrabulous was available as an application on Facebook but has since been pulled. How many points for COPYRIGHTINFRINGEMENT?

Word of the Day:

pusillanimous (adjective): lacking in courage and resolution; contemptibly fearful; cowardly

You should know by now that none of the Smartini girls act in pusillanimous ways, as exampled by our declarations of love and scathing letters.