Atlanta ROFTERS: Anna Nicole Smith, NASCAR headlines

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Anna Nicole Smith, NASCAR headlines

This juxtaposition of unrelated headlines on Google's news page just seems...weird, as well as on purpose, somehow.

Embalming of Anna Nicole Smith's body begins
CNN International - all 2,292 news articles »

Cup teams looking for consistency as penalties stiffen
CBS News - all 1,641 news articles »

Talk about your pre-verbal connections...

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

This Day in History

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Kills 146 (1911)

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was a clothing manufacturer that occupied the top three floors of a 10-story building in New York. In 1911, a small fire flared up in a dustbin on the 8th floor and quickly spread. Tragically, a number of doors had been locked by management to prevent theft, and fire truck ladders only reached the 6th floor. Dozens of workers jumped to their deaths to escape the conflagration, while others burned alive. What sweeping safety reforms were prompted by the disaster? More... Discuss

This Day in History provided by The Free Dictionary