What day is it?
Thursday is both Tax Day and Take a Wild Guess Day. Joint celebrations are discouraged.
Take a biteout of crime
New Jersey authorities say a man there tried to gnaw off his fingerprints after escaping from a police car Sunday night. Keith Simmonds Jr. was arrested on drug charges and fled while officers searched his vehicle, police say. He was recaptured Monday, bloody fingers and all.
uWait, iDon’t
Apple said Wednesday that it is postponing international shipments of the new iPad from late April to late May, citing surprisingly high U.S. demand. And we wonder why the world hates us.
The list
Other possible explanations for the reported shoving match between Bulls executive vice president John Paxson and head coach Vinny Del Negro, ostensibly over Joakim Noah’s playing time:
*Despite orders from the follically challenged Paxson, well-coiffed Del Negro refused to shave his head.
*Thought it was Conan O’Brien/Jay Leno Impersonation Night.
*Del Negro did Paxson’s taxes last year, and guess who got audited.
*Paxson sided with Jon, Del Negro with Kate.
*Paxson said, “Why don’t you get lost?” Del Negro thought he was talking about television.
The number
$12 million
“Conservative estimate,” according to ABC News, of earnings by Sarah Palin in the nine months since she resigned as Alaska’s governor, a position in which she made $125,000 per year.
— Rob Manker
