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NCR Corp. has unveiled a do-it-yourself grocery checkout. It lets hoppers scan and bag their goods without a cashier. Says Jerry Perisho, "To help you feel comfortable, the company installed a speaker that one every seventh item shouts, 'Price check on 4.'"

Bob Dornan claims he is the victim of massive voter fraud. "Nobody has the guts to tell him that women have the vote." (Cutler Daily Scooop)

A Cincinnati grandmother was convicted for feeding other people's parking meters. "How can we stop these criminals?" Argus Hamilton asks. "When grandmas are outlawed, only outlaws will have grandmas."

The NAACP is protesting the portrayal of African Americans as "buffoonish" in TV sitcoms, especially on Fox, WB and UPN. The Daily Scoop has two words: "Al Bundy."