As American contractors prepare to leave, a U.S. Inspector General reports that the reconstruction of Iraq has been riddled with waste, fraud and abuse.

On a positive note, with only eight hours of electricity daily, many Baghdad residents won't receive the news.

A Brazilian couple were charged with the unauthorized practice of medicine after a woman who had liposuction in a blood-stained basement died.

The couple's lawyer defended his clients saying, "These immigrants are doing the illegal basement cosmetic surgeries that American fake doctors won't do."

Due to rising health costs and the lack of affordable insurance, more Americans are travelling overseas for medical procedures. That's annoying when you come home from a trip to Mexico with dysentery and have to travel back to Mexico to get treatment.

In the wake of a $10.36 billion quarterly profit report by Exxon-Mobil, industry analysts said that over the long run, oil is actually "less profitable than several other sectors." Technically, that's only true when George W. Bush is running the company.

The National Resources Defense Council reports that 12 national parks are in danger of drought, wildfire and diminished wildlife due to global warming—in lieu of reducing greenhouse gases, the Government will simply rename the parks Death Valleys 1-12.

A recent shot of "Glacier" National Park:

In a speech to cheering Australian schoolchildren, Nobel Peace laureate Betty Williams said she'd "love to kill George Bush."  Bush said, "Sounds like somebody needs one of my special backrubs."

Experts say late-summer player fatigue may be a problem due to baseball's decision this season to ban amphetamines. Great. Something to make baseball slower.

Baseball's about a cup of coffee from golf—let's bring back the greenies!

In a speech to the NAACP today, President Bush said it was a tragedy that African-Americans no longer connected with the party of Abraham Lincoln. In a move critics characterized as pandering, Bush announced an exception to his policy and called for full Federal funding of the cloning of Lincoln.