Is it just me, or is this set of headlines from CNN tonight a particularly dire stew of sex, death, and violence? Good gravy, it's bad. [Look closely - click on the image for a larger version]

But - not a mention of, say, gas prices, health care, illegal immigration, global warming, the avian "superflu," midterm elections (unless you count the Dennis Hastert "apology" as an election story), Middle East violence - or the war in Iraq. Or any of those other niggling little problems that have kept us awake at night for years.

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