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May 17, 2009 - 9:00 pm
 

Here are a few things in news, sports, entertainment and popular culture that we've been talking about lately.

• Chicago Cubs fans can spend eternity in a blue-and-white urn interred in a replica of Wrigley Field's center field wall. Harry Caray leading the celestial choirs in "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" included at no extra cost.

• Bristol Palin goes on a speaking tour to encourage sexual abstinence among teens. That's like sending Bernie Madoff on a speaking tour to encourage financial responsibility among bankers.

• A 3-year-old boy battles hypothermia, ticks, bears, snakes and mountain lions while wandering the Missouri woods for two days. Who knew the Navy Seals had a pre-K program?

• First-class postage jumps to 44 cents. How sad is it that "Forever" stamps have become the safest investments out there?

• Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez is suspended after traces of a woman's fertility drug are found in his urine. "Throws like a girl" will never have the same sting.

JOHN PRZYBYS (jprzybys@reviewjournal.com)

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