Further evidence the apocalypse has already happened

On the night before 11-year-old Madeline Kara Neumann died of complications from untreated diabetes, her parents didn't call a doctor; instead, Dale and Leilani Neumann prayed over the telephone with the founder of a religious Web site called AmericasLastDays.com.

*gklx*

From the you're-doing-it-wrong files

Officials are trying to decide whether to file charges against a Missouri man who fatally shot his wife while trying to install a satellite TV system in the bedroom of their home.

Moar: A schoolgirl wasted away and died after developing such a fear of dentists that she would not even open her mouth to eat. Her, at least, I can empathize with.

Truth, justice and the American way

Oh, wow. This will resonate with most of my f-list -- some...more than others:

After seventy years, Jerome Siegel’s heirs regain what he granted so long ago – the copyright in the Superman material that was published in Action Comics Vol. 1. What remains is an apportionment of profits, guided in some measure by the rulings contained in this Order, and a trial on whether to include the profits generated by DC Comics’ corporate sibling’s exploitation of the Superman copyright.

This is just the beginning -- there's plenty more to be litigated -- but it's a hell of a start. And that it does emerge the same week of Grant Morrison's simply breathtaking All Star Superman #10 (which you can see bits of here), it's just...fantastic.