Toyota's Marketing Department putting a positive spin on it's recalled cars calling it their "Kamikaze Line" 

Phil Mickelson is bending the rules of golf,by playing with an old wedge that no other player is currently using.Some are going so far as to call Mickelson a cheater.A book is even being written about the controversy: How Phil Got His Illegal Groove Back

A visitor to the MMoA in NYC slipped and fell onto a 100 year old Picasso; cutting a six-inch slit through the canvas. This is the second painting by the Spanish master in the last 3 yrs to be damaged or destroyed. Art historians now refer to these works as Picasso's "Black and Blue" period....

Recently there's been a lot of controversy in the PGA tour over the newly mandated "V" grooves, which are said to reduce backspin.

 When asked to explain his recent behavior, Tiger said that he was merely trying to get used to the new grooves.  In fact, he said, he'd been playing around with the new grooves all last summer.

Executives at ABC television say there will be no spinoffs or sequels to their hit show “Lost”, which ends in May.  However, NBC already beat them to the punch with Conan O' Brien.

Charlie Sheen has a new spin off show where he lives alone, it's called TWO AND A HALF PERSONALITIES.

Folks in the Lakewood, Ohio area just love the locally famous grilled cheese sandwiches served up at the Melt Bar & Grilled Restaurant. The question is how much? The restaurant has teamed up with Voodoo Monkey Tattoo and are offering any patron with a tattoo of their classic sandwich a 25% discount. John Forgus of Voodoo Monkey says he's been getting creative like giving one person a tattoo of Popeye holding a grilled cheese sandwich instead of a spinach can. ***MARLAR: For a grilled cheese sandwich?  Really? I mean, I would understand if you were getting 25% off your Starbucks... but a stupid grilled cheese?

During the sweltering summer in Tokyo, Japan's Ice Cream Association was trying to get publicity by introducing a number of non-traditional flavors. They included soybean, kelp, strawberry and spinach, garlic, potato and lettuce, cactus, seaweed, and perhaps oddest of all, horse meat-flavored ice cream.  ***MARLAR: That Atkins diet has just destroyed all joy in life, hasn’t it?

White House insiders now claim Barack Obama is distrustful of his wife Michelle. Apparently, he heard somebody call her a Fox!

(He may not take her for a spin, if he thinks she's in the No-Spin Zone...)

Putting a good spin on bad news : April 15, 1912 , White Star Liner officials announce, : Titanic sinks, but the good news is 705 people were rescued . Unfortunately 1517 died but they were mostly lower class steerage passengers  .  ****** Election Day November 7, 1972 : President Nixon beats George McGovern in a lopsided landslide victory. The McGovern campaign manager declared, " We may have lost 49 out of 50 states including George's home state of South Dakota, but we won Massachusetts ! "  ********  November 16, 2009  General Motors announces a loss of Only $1.2 Billion Dollars for the third quarter. President Obama was so pleased with the good news G.M. didn't lose another $6 billion of taxpayer money as had been expected.  He said on Chinese National TV, " I think it's time we pop open the champaigne bottles and celebrate ! "   .