Here now, a few of the news stories that one just never expects:
» The Washington area had a hand in nearly deposing a deity: Sajani Shayka, a 10-year-old girl who is worshipped in Nepal as a “living goddess,” nearly had that honorific stripped when she traveled to Silver Spring for the premiere of the documentary about her at the AFI Silverdocs festival. She was ultimately reinstated after undergoing a “cleansing ritual.”
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» We discovered that Sen. Ted Kennedy’s aides carry around a pillow for the senator’s tender backside — embroidered with his name and the U.S. Senate seal, no less.
» Publishing magnate David Bradley and his wife, Katherine, purchased the “Wedding Crashers” house on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
» The Hilton Washington found itself battling a mice problem in its ballroom during the National Press Foundation dinner, as the vermin played under the feet of freaked-out guests.
» And in December, the conservative Heritage Foundation found itself the subject of a spam assault — 6 million junk e-mails to its system in one day./>
