HOLLYWOOD, CA: UPN upped the ante in the reality programming sweepstakes today when they announced that they would be offering a 13-episode reunion of the Manson family during the 2003-04 season.

CHICAGO, IL: A small, academically-oriented quiz bowl organization has called the results of this year's NCAA division 1 men's basketball tournament into question based on the winner, Syracuse, not being a top seed in the tournament.

BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Sadaam Hussein, whose whereabouts and status have been in question since the first night of bombing in the current war between the US-led coalition and the Iraqi regime, announced today that he was alive and OK. Sort of.