The market will be flooded.The Associated Press effused that he "dazzled" Olympia.You bet. Foghorn Leghorn rides tall in the saddle again, and I need my glacier goggles.Sad to say, he's been in the shadows for the past 3 years, and Oly has forgotten who he is. Now the governor is stealing his thunder on literally every issue, and all he can do is choke on the chicken bone stuck in his throat.Better go back to red meat, dinosaur. It's what's for dinner - especially for the normally-vegan dems in November. Even with a weak, clumsy governor, they'll eat you alive this time.

You know you're form Williamsburg when...

From George Watson.

• You remember that before integration, Matthew Whaley housed grades 1-12 for white students and Bruton Heights grades 1-12 for black students.

• Eastern State Hospital once occupied all of the property at the corner of Francis Street and Henry Street.

• Peninsula Hardware occupied the first floor and the telephone company the second floor in the building on Merchants Square that has been the College Shop.

• Merchants Square was the main shopping area for residents.

• There were only three motels and some tourist homes to complement Colonial Williamsburg's accomodations.

• The Methodist church was on College Corner.

• The fire station was on the current site of Season's Restaurant.

Buck & New Dawg: Would Javon Walker be a deal or a dud for the Cowboys ...

Devean George would lose money going to New Jersey. They have state taxes there. There are no state taxes in Texas. George had the hammer and used it. Fault the Mavericks for not getting the entire contract read before they made the deal.

BUCK: Lets see, Flo would be guaranteed $9 million in 2008.

Tribune News Service

There is massive pilferage from the open and covered storage yards of the FCI, besides theft on rails.

Also, foodgrains are wasted or damaged or rendered unfit in storage for lack of scientific techniques. There are foodgrain mafia and human predators, who compete with rodents and birds and inclement weather to disrupt the target public distribution system.

Take Punjab. Discrepancies to the tune of Rs 4,000 crore in food account and missing foodgrain stocks is another story. Out of five million tonnes wheat stored in Punjab every year, at least five lakh tonnes gets damaged. Despite complete details having been repeatedly submitted to New Delhi, there has been no reimbursement for this loss to the state procurement agencies.

These reports suggest the need to promote private sector involvement, given its efficiencies and investments, through FCI open market sales and market prices, modernising marketing operations and scientific handling of foodgrains, solving technical and managerial problems of FCI and, of course, revamping the public distribution system.

Ahmadinejad: Iran ready for talks with US on Iraq

The president said the big powers, being thousands of kilometers away, should avoid interfering in the internal affairs of regional countries and let them run their affairs themselves.

He said the region would be more secure and more peaceful without presence of foreigners and "We think a great service the big powers can offer to the region is their respect for the nations' votes and views."

He went on to say that regional nations have gained nothing from foreigners' presence but ruins, misery, humiliation and insult.

He added, "The big powers themselves, which have come there from thousands of kilometers away, have gained nothing too."

He noted that the only thing the big powers have got in the egion is regional people's more hatred of them.

Addressing Iraqi and foreign media in Iraq, President said he is visiting Iraq upon an invitation of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and in response to his earlier Tehran visit.

The Daily Californian

Going down under didn't keep the No. 5 Cal women's swimming team down in the rankings. Shortly after ringing in the new year, the Bears left for Melbourne, Australia, on a two-week tour-a vacation as well as a time for competition. In the Victorian State Championships, Cal competed against 73 other clubs in a 50-meter pool in the Melbourne Aquatic Centre, and the team was excited about the change of scenery. "It was really nice. The facilities in America are nice too, but swimming is like football over there," junior Lauren Rogers said. "The pool that we swam in was amazing and it was great to be in the environment where swimming is more of a spectator sport." But now the team is back at Spieker Aquatics, where Cal will host No. 4 Arizona and No. 17 Arizona State this weekend in the last two home meets of the season, and the final home meets for the three graduating seniors-Emily Silver, Rachel Ridgeway and Kelly Stravers.