The News Sieve

- 81: the number of journalists killed worldwide in 2006, the highest toll since 1994. 

 - The era of the professional politician: Of the 224 members of Congress who served at least 30 years in the House and Senate, about 215 of them did it during the 20th century. (Hang in there, Robert Byrd! You’ve got only three years to go to set a new record.)

- Maybe having the government take your house by eminent domain isn’t such a bad idea. After all, they’ll appraise your property 17% higher than what it would fetch on the open market, according to a study of 60 properties in Clark County, Nevada.

- Say a prayer for Saint Angelina, the patron saint of Wal-Mart shoppers. “Blessed Art Thou.”

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