Newsbreaks for Friday

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Last night, in the first debate of the 2008 Presidential race, Senator Barack Obama said that we are one signature away from ending the war in Iraq. “Hell,” Obama said, “he can even print.”

“G…E…O…”

In an effort to restrict kids’ access to junk food, the Institute of Medicine has come up with new nutritional standards for foods available in America’s schools. The standards have won strong support from parents, nutritionists, and the owner of the 7-Eleven a block away.

Said an Institute official, “We look forward to the day when all of America’s children will have the chance to pay for Harvard by selling blackmarket Oreos.”

In a bid to raise money for the blind, a blind pilot is attempting to fly a plane around the world. Here’s the man. And here’s his plane. [flight simulator box]