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:

• A study in duality.
  The Republican Convention was full of contradictions last night. The crowd cheered for President Bush and the party’s past, while also cheering John McCain and Sarah Palin for bucking tradition and challenging the party’s status quo.
  [Slate.com]

• Little did Lilly know that Firefox no longer shows up in Google searches.
  John Lilly, the CEO of Mozilla, posted a blog yesterday before the release of Google’s new web browser, Chrome, saying that the company wasn’t worried about competition from Google, since Mozilla’s primary objective has been to keep the web open.
  [Blogs.ZDNet.com]

• I’m sure this won’t end in the enslavement of all mankind.
  iRobot, a company whose name is strikingly similar to a Will Smith movie about robots attempting to destroy all mankind, announced yesterday that they have signed a new five-year, $200 million contract with the U.S. military to continue producing robots using their PackBot technology, as well as provisions for spare parts, training and maintenance services.
  [InformationWeek.com]

• Who will watch The Watchmen?
  Fans of The Watchmen can breathe a sigh of relief. A court date for Fox’s lawsuit against Warner Bros. has been set for Jan. 6 and the judge in the case has ruled that “Fox should forgo any attempt to get a preliminary injunction against Warners to stop the release of the film because the issues were far too complex to be resolved on an interim basis,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.
  [HollywoodReporter.com]

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• New Orleans can catch a break.
  Hurricane Gustav was downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane before hitting Louisiana’s Gulf Coast early yesterday and was downgraded again to a tropical storm by last night. While rural areas of southern Louisiana were most affected, the levees in New Orleans mostly held, which helped the city avoid any major flooding.
  [USAToday.com]

• Google continues its plans for world domination.
  Google Inc. is releasing its own web browser called Chrome, which will compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox. Chrome should be available for download for all PC users later today. You can download it by clicking this link.
  [AP.com]

• Way to prove you won’t make rash decisions, McCain.
  People have begun questioning John McCain’s vetting process after it was revealed that Gov. Sarah Palin is a) being investigated in Alaska for possibly abusing her power in dismissing the state’s public safety commissioner, b) was a member for two years of the Alaska Independence Party, which in the past has sought a vote on whether the state should secede and c) was arrested 22 years ago on a drunk driving charge. Also, her 17-year-old daughter unmarried daughter is pregnant.
  [NYTimes.com]

• In a world without Don LaFontaine …
  Sadly, Don LaFontaine, the King of Voiceovers, died yesterday at the age of 68. He voiced 5,000 movie trailers and almost 350,000 commercials, programs and other works. He recently appeared on screen in a Geico commercial, where he was dubbed “that announcer guy.”
  [NationalPost.com]

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• New Orleans can’t catch a break.
  Forecasters are worried Hurricane Gustav may stall over Louisiana and northeast Texas for several days, which could “exacerbate the threat of heavy rains and inland flooding.”
  [CNN.com]

• If you wanted to prove McCain makes good decisions, perhaps picking Sarah Palin for Vice President wasn’t the best move.
  The Republican convention began today in Minnesota. The GOP scaled back the opening day’s activities because of Hurricane Gustav, a move that they hope will show that John McCain can make good decisions when faced with unforeseen circumstances.
  [CBSNews.com]

• In case you had any doubts about just how evil Comcast is.
  Starting October 1, Comcast will limit subscribers to 250 gigabytes of Internet usage each month, a move which may bring an end to unlimited Internet usage.
  [ABCNews.com]

• She must have a thing for mouth breathing.
  James Gandolfini got married to former model Deborah Lin on Saturday in the Central Union Church in Honolulu, Hawaii.
  [MonstersandCritics.com]

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• Perhaps he is just a method actor.
  Californication star David Duchovny has entered rehab for sex addiction. “I have voluntarily entered a facility for the treatment of sex addiction,” Duchovny said in a statement. “I ask for respect and privacy for my wife and children as we deal with this situation as a family.”
  [MSNBC.com]

• I bet they love lasagna and hates Mondays.
  A 35 pound male cat named Shamu was found by the Camden County Animal Shelter, the same shelter that discovered the 44 pound Prince Chunk.
  [NYDailyNews.com]

• Kate Moss then sold the statue for drug money.
  Artist Marc Quinn created a large gold statue of Kate Moss. The £1.5 million statue, which was created for the British Museum, features Moss in a yoga pose.
  [Scandalist.com]

• Maybe now they can start working on that cure for cancer.
  A team of scientists, led by Michael Dickinson of the California Institute of Technology, determined that a fly processes the location of someone swatting at it, creates an escape plan and moves its legs into the best position to get out of the way within approximately 100 milliseconds of spotting an attack.
  [Newsweek.com]

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Here are today’s Hobo Headlines:

• It was just like the end of Footloose, only the dancing was somehow even more awkward and painful to watch.
  Last night, Barack Obama was officially named the Democratic party’s presidential candidate, becoming the first African American presidential nominee for a major party. Once the nomination was official, the Democrats cut loose. According to the Los Angeles Times: “Delegates whooped, embraced and danced in the aisles.”
  [LATimes.com]

• Or perhaps he could have offered Obama a cigar.
  Bill Clinton enthusiastically endorsed Obama at the Democratic National Convention last night. Slate‘s John Dickerson said, “The only way he could have endorsed Obama more enthusiastically is if he’d kissed him.”
  [Slate.com]

• Who could have seen this coming?
  Marion “Suge” Knight was arrested yesterday on assault and drug charges after allegedly beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife in Las Vegas. He was later released on bail.
  [ABC.com]

• She then told the cops that she was innocent, but “If I did it, here’s how it happened.”
  O.J. Simpson’s oldest daughter reportedly knocked him to the ground in a fight that started over his girlfriend. His daughter, Arnelle, then called 911 to report the incident because her father had suffered a minor head injury.
  [NYDailyNews.com]