News to reuse: Obama-rama in Bucks, resigning is the new black and Name The Emu
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-03-12 14:16.
“Thousands of seagulls hover over the Waste Management landfill in Tullytown Wednesday morning, as they look for some tasty morsels to begin their day.” Photo: Chuck Thomas / Courier Times
[ ] Campaign Wrap: Barack in Bucks. (Courier Times); Hillary at Temple (Inky); Chelsea at Wilkes University (Times Leader)
- A tease in the first link about Hillary possibly coming to Tennent High School Bucks County before April 22.
- And this, from Monday, which we mentioned yesterday:
- Philly do’s and don’t’s. (Inky)
- Somehow, it took a few days to note that the Gamesa plant that Obama visited yesterday in Fairless Hills just laid off 70 people. (Courier Times)
[ ] Terror near and far: A bomb threat closed Delco Community College. (Inky); A plane violated air space over the Capitol. (AP- pBurbs)
[ ] Army Sgt. Shawn Suzch, 35, a 1994 graduate of Pennridge High School in Upper Bucks, was killed in Iraq Monday. He became the 16th Bucks soldier to die in the Iraq War. (Courier Times)
[ ] New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned today. (AP via pBurbs); State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo announced he would not continue to seek re-election for his seat. (Inky)
Philly EDGE has confirmed that the men are not having a homosexual affair or becoming a WWE tag team.
[ ] NJ Transit said to expect delays when it begins track work this spring. (6ABC)
[ ] Details on the capture of the (nameless) emu who ran loose in Bucks yesterday reveal that the birds can dunk and would be great assets for a Bob Evans.
(Intelligencer and Inky)
From the Intell:
Emu fun facts…6. Can jump 7 feet straight up
From the Inky:
The emu, which does not have a proper name, is one of about 50 belonging to Leigh Hopkins, a retired pharmacist who raises the birds for their oil.
Betty Hopkins said her husband uses the oil to create skin care products that are reputedly good for joint pain and carpal tunnel syndrome.
The birds are also farmed for restaurants that feature emu steaks, Hopkins said. Her husband often uses their eggs to make quiche.
"They're huge pretty jade green eggs," she said. "You can also scramble them. One emu egg is equivalent to 10 chicken eggs."
Philly EDGE is soliciting names for that emu. Feel free to comment below.
