MONDAY'S HUM (03-05-07)

420 POUND WOMAN HAS BABY -- DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS PREGNANT

• Californian April Barnum, 39, never had morning sickness and was unable to feel baby kick.
• She and her fiancee met in a karaoke bar.
• Wondering how much the baby weighed in at? Click here.

WELCH DEFENDS WALTER REED'S WEIGHTMAN
Congressman Peter Welch said, "Common sense would indicate that problems at Walter Reed predated Weightman's arrival."
WCAX and the Rutland Herald follow up.


-20 WIND CHILL EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT
Arctic blast will invade Vermont; global warming naysayers seen smirking
See the chart on AccuWeather.


NASCAR "JUST ONE BIG LEFT-HAND TURN"
St. Albans Messenger columnist tries to understand racing.
Great lines from Leon Thompson:

"NASCAR means 'Non-Athletic Sport Centered Around Rednecks.' "
"Nascar is the only sport that starts its season with the Super Bowl."
"Why do you have to go 500 miles around a track to prove you have the fastest car?"

We're just wondering. Why hasn't Al Gore slammed the Nascar folks yet? Seems like a giant, silly waste of gas, eh?