Hobo Headlines

We scan the top newspapers and websites to bring you all of the important news of the day. Then we convert the newspapers into hobo blankets or funny hats.

Here are today’s Hobo Headlines:

• I’m still waiting to hear Edie McClurg‘s opinion before casting my ballot.
  Ferris Bueller’s Day Off actor Ben Stein went on Larry King Live to support John McCain and to analyze the first day of the Democratic National Convention. [CNN.com]

• No seriously, I’d rather listen to Edie McClurg’s political opinions.
  Madonna kicked off her “Sticky and Sweet Tour” this past Saturday by showing a video montage that featured images of destruction, followed by images of Hitler, Robert Mugabe and John McCain. Later, she showed a video montage that included Barack Obama, Gandhi, John Lennon and Al Gore.
  [NYTimes.com]

• “Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”
  The Amethyst Initiative, a coalition of more than 100 college and university presidents, is seeking to have the legal drinking age lowered because the current drinking age has created a “culture of dangerous, clandestine binge-drinking.”
  [Slate.com]

• I can’t wait to see the talent competition.
  Next month, an Italian priest will hold the Miss Sister 2008 competition, an online beauty pageant for nuns between the ages of 18 and 40.
  [USAToday.com]