1. Found on the front page of the New York Daily News: Smoking hot Sports Illustrated supermodel nearly killed in Asia tsunami. Meanwhile, Oprah's frequent guest has his own harrowing story from the disaster. Oh, and more than 44,000 people may also be dead. Nothing like the U.S. media desperately searching for that "white person" angle. Matt Drudge, meanwhile, likes to take a subtler, more Biblical approach: declaring that "the apocalypse is nigh." Be on the lookout for "locust swarm" stories, coming soon.

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2. Fresno State pulled off a thrilling 37-34 overtime win against No. 18 Virginia Monday night in the "Eh, At Least It's Better Than the Silicon Valley" Bowl, (aka the MPC Computers Bowl). The Bee declares the win bigger than the 1992 Freedom Bowl win against USC, but it sounds to us like they're just polishing a turd. Until FSU stops choking, goes undefeated and gets to a real big-time bowl, beating ranked teams in fringe-dwelling postseason matchups will no longer get us excited. Our standards are higher than they were 12 years ago.

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