Lionfish

During Hurricane Andrew back in 1992, a half a dozen lionfish managed to escape from a Florida aquarium. Now numbering in their thousands, these hardy little invaders are now wrecking havoc on the local marine life.

So far so bad, but what is interesting is this sentence relegated to the very end of the alarming Times article:

Lionfish are very edible. In fact, they are quite delicious.

So what is the hand-wringing for? Tuck in and problem solved.

Death With Indignity

The Telegraph reports on a terrorist web site based in Britain where 45 Muslim doctors threatened to blow up naval bases and "clubs for naked women" in the vicinity of Jacksonville, Florida.

I guess that's what happens when you start treating the Hippocratic Oath as "guidelines."

Interplanetary Business Department

From the Sun-Sentinel:

Company that makes Nasa telescope parts moving to Jupiter

Come to Jupiter: Lower taxes, investment incentives, stellar live theatre & five-star restaurants, excellent traffic infrastructure, a booming real estate market and handy for Saturn on the weekends.

Shame about the gravity, though.

Super Duck

Dear Lord, it's a duck with powers far beyond those of mortal poultry!

Some Duck

A duck in Florida survived being shot by a hunter and spending two days in the fridge.

Now if it had then pulled an automatic and dramatically fought its way to freedom while quacking cool one-liners, you'd have a story there.