He's Getting Too Old For This: Woot Weads The Wire

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Every week in this space, weâ??ll take a look at the news and offer our own incisive blend of commentary, analysis, and poop jokes. The news you need, from a voice you can trust, in the 90 seconds you have to spare: thatâ??s Woot Weads the Wire.

BALTIMORE (UPI) -- Actor and activist Danny Glover was arrested while protesting the business practices of Sodexo Inc. at the food giant's Maryland headquarters, police said.

Tragically, Glover had just a few more days until his retirement from protesting.

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland (UPI) -- Several Canadian flights in and out of Newfoundland were canceled early Monday due to a rare weather phenomenon sucking ash from an Icelandic volcano westward.

Pokemon trainers worldwide gathered at the volcano in tribute to their missing hero.

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Scottish actor Alan Cumming says on his Web site he is no longer set to star in the forthcoming Broadway production of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark."

Instead he will be focusing on a revival of "Terms Of Endearment" as a favor to his journalist friends, many of whom have long dreamed about writing a headline which reads "Cumming To Terms!"

NEW YORK (UPI) -- British actress Olivia Williams admits working with a master filmmaker like Roman Polanski comes at a price.

Comment-makers chose to ignore her statement, citing the joke as "too easy".

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Prostate cancer patients who have their prostates removed by robots appear to have better outcomes, U.S. researchers found.

Experts say that if the robot also has a laser, the situation becomes nine times as awesome.

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (UPI) -- A 15-year-old boy charged with severely beating a girl at a south Florida bus stop has been denied bond, officials said.

Instead of getting "Casino Royale" as he requested, the boy will be forced to watch "Catwoman".

HONOLULU (UPI) -- NASA says it has entered into a partnership with Hawaii for a variety of activities involving various space science projects.

In return, NASA will be lending a team of explorers and 40% of their data analysts in an attempt to speed up the search for Obama's birth certificate.



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