THE TENSION: The Decline and Fall of Western Civ. for 24 Aug

For three generations, schoolchildren struggling to remember the planets of the solar system have used a mnemonic, with the first letter of each word in a sentence reminding them of the order from Mercury, the closest rock to the Sun, to Pluto, the farthest. Pluto is no longer on that list.

Farewell, pizzas and pickles: New solar system mnemonic needed reports AFP.

Will Fox change MySpace? It's a question that has CNNMoney wondering.

U.S. authorities have arrested a New York man for broadcasting Hizbollah television station al-Manar, which has been designated a terrorist entity by the U.S. Treasury Department, according to Reuters.

The Daily Mail reports animal rights activists taunt parents of Britain's first known human victim of "rabbit flu", with telephone callers telling them his death was a "rabbit's revenge."
AP and Reuters report that the owner of a restaurant named after Adolf Hitler said Thursday he will change its name because it angered so many people.

Customers relax in the 'Hitler's Cross' restaurant.

A security personnel stands guard outside a new restaurant, named after Adolf Hitler and decorated with posters showing the German leader and Nazi swastikas.

Nine black children attending a Louisiana elementary school were directed last week to the back of the school bus by a white bus driver who designated the front seats for white children reports the News Star.

According to AP, Milwaukee is listed as 'America’s Drunkest City.' Is the Brew City getting a bad rap? Nah. Tell us something we didn't already know.

With a smooth transition into the next headline, New York's oldest bartender still mixing martinis at 90 reports Reuters.
And now for some local color, a Maryland man whose hip was crushed in an auto accident on the Woodrow Wilson bridge will get to trigger the explosives to destroy it Monday reports the Washington Post.