Runners-up: multiple tragedies, including Kim Jong Il (again)
Runners-up for top story of the month:
North Korea's Kim Jong Il, inflating his ego by snubbing his nose at a far more powerful adversary, shooting off a Taepodong-2 along with several lesser missiles on the 4th of July and within minutes of the launch of the Space Shuttle. For more on Kim, see our occasional new feature below entitled, "Co-Dependents of the Month."
Pit bull owner Pam McKee, 52, arrested in San Bernardino, Ca. on suspicion of being under the influence of methamphetamine, after 27-year-old Shaun McCafferty, of Anaheim, Ca. was mauled to death by a pack of her pit bulls. It's not clear why McCafferty was staying at the desert compound, which was littered with 50 junked cars and other ...
