massivegrab.com: Sopranos Blows and Cat Toes?

So, the big story on all the websites today was the ending of Sopranos. When did the ending of a scripted TV show elicit such a response? Especially a TV show that you had to pay to see. Lots of people watched the ending of Mash, plenty was written about the ending of Seinfeld, people are already speculating about the ending of the Simpsons.

Shows like American Idol and other live events, pay per view or otherwise, are regularly reported on. Those were and are all mostly free to watch (the highlights at least for pay per view), and this is clearly as sign of our continuing expansion of media, and admittedly I’m contributing to it. But still everybody knows what the Sopranos is and was. Which is impressive.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/11/arts/television/11sopr.html?em&ex=1181707200&en=9287db0ab3bcb87e&ei=5087%0A

For some news of the more everyday variety.

Recently a high school student in Oregon discovered that the drinking fountains in his high school contained more bacteria than the toilets. So clearly the janitorial staff is to blame for neglecting the water fountains and spending too much time in the loo.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,280474,00.html

In political news Colin Powell recently state that the Guantanamo Bay prison facility that the US Government operates within Cuban borders be closed. He thinks the people held there would be better situated within US borders in our own prison systems. Other US officials state that the Cuban facility offers better accommodations than many US locations where the prisoners would other wise be held. Is that a criticism of our prison systems or political posturing?

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6B193663-79CB-4516-B9C6-989844209187.htm

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,280457,00.html

And if you don’t think any of this is news worthy than how about a cat with 26 toes. It’s not a world record but it could be a record in the UK. The US record is 32 feline toes. Just one more thing we do better than Europe; mutations in our pets.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/6741167.stm