06/07/10

A killer whale at SeaWorld Orlando died Sunday while giving birth to a stillborn calf. Given the track record of killer whales at the theme park and, also due to the animal's name, the incident is being investigated as a murder/suicide.

Also in Florida, as oil drifted onto beaches as far east as the Florida Panhandle, a BP official said Saturday that the company was pleased with its operation to funnel the crude. Excited by this development, a local BP supporter said, "Now, if we can just get it from the panhandle into the pan, along with all them fish that have been marinatin' out there, we could fry up some good eatin'."

Beachcomber Ray Midgett, who hunts the Corolla beaches on the Outer Banks of North Carolina almost every day, recently stumbled upon a historical shipwreck. Describing the find, Midgett said, "A discovery like this makes me feel so small in the scope of things. I mean, I don't even really cover a whole lot of ground, what with these little sausage legs of mine and all..."

All right, we have a great show tonight: Tim Robbins and Peter Sarsgaard are here!