“North & South”

http://news.yahoo.com/51st-state-small-step-forward-long-shot-south-233234624.html;3.

A Riverside politician has proposed 13 California counties secede from California to form their own state to be called "South California."  Those missing counties would then be replaced by Mexico.

The plan is generally considered impractical, however, since it would be too hard to design an American flag with 51 stars.

“Race with the Cops”

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-07-13-rodney-king-dui-arrest_n.htm

Rodney King was arrested on drunk driving charges in Riverside, CA Tuesday.  King had publicly struggled with alcoholism, and despite the help of nightstick-wielding white police officers, has yet to really beat it.

Hoping to avoid arrest on a DUI after he was pulled over for traffic violations, King said, “Can’t we all just get a ticket?”

King’s arrest and booking took place without any incidence of violence.  To celebrate their restraint, the police later went out clubbing.

The last time King had an incident involving being pulled over by Los Angeles police in 1991, it wasn’t funny.  It was a riot.