You can't make this stuff up!

Willie Nelson sings his way out of stir:

Take his most recent bust. On Nov. 26, Border Patrol agents at the eastbound Interstate 10 immigration checkpoint just west of the far West Texas town of Sierra Blanca arrested Mr. Nelson inside his touring bus, Honeysuckle Rose, after drug-sniffing dogs and the agents’ own olfactory acumen gave them reason to search. Six and one-quarter ounces of high-grade, domestically grown marijuana were discovered. Mr. Nelson was arraigned on a misdemeanor charge, posted a $2,500 bond and went on his way. Afterward, he announced he was forming a new political party, the Teapot Party.

Last week, C. R. (Kit) Bramblett, the Hudspeth County attorney, announced that Mr. Nelson was going to have his day in court, telling The Big Bend Sentinel, “I’m gonna let him plead, pay a small fine and he’s gotta sing ‘Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain’ with his guitar in the courtroom.” Mr. Bramblett added, “I ain’t gonna be mean to Willie Nelson.”

More: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/03/us/03ttwillie.html

How far once mighty Britain has fallen:

She is the Navy’s former flagship, a symbol of Britain’s proud maritime history.
But after sailing the world’s seas for a quarter of a century, the HMS Ark Royal is suffering an undignified end – being put up for sale on an eBay-style auction website and possibly becoming scrap metal.
Potential buyers with several million pounds can snap up the aircraft carrier from the Ministry of Defence website


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370864/HMS-Ark-Royal-aircraft-carrier-sale-online.html#ixzz1IbjumLqM

This story really has me looking forwar do my next flight:

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration gave air traffic controllers new procedures as officials try to contain the fallout from an incident earlier this week in which two airliners landed at Reagan National Airport without assistance because the lone controller on duty was asleep.

More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42237593/ns/travel-news/