THE STUPENDOUS, SAD, and just stupid - Best of the Week

Few news items could beat the story which tops 2006 as the "BEST" but 2007 has already offered some strong contenders... In case you missed it, 2006's top story was:

Plane Lands after Matches used to Hide Odor
- A Dallas-bound flight was diverted to Nashville in late December 2006 when several passengers reported "smelling burning sulfer" - - The cause? Matches of course... But it's the reason for lighting those matches that makes this story the BEST OF 2006...
A woman on board "admitted that she struck the matches in an effort to conceal a 'body odor,'" saying that she had an "unspecified medical condition" the woman was removed from the flight in Nashville and not allowed to reboard onto Dallas.
The lesson? Next time your "medical condition" is causing you and others discomfort, don't do what she did, especially (as politely reported in the New York Times) "to disguise the scent of flatulence."

The first week of 2007 has offered multiple heroes and more silence from President Bush about his next, even bolder, plans for Iraq. Still, news from The Hill makes our list:

#3 Best: Republicans complain of being locked-out of Dem-controlled Congress - Hypocrisy is oh too funny... Obviously, Speaker Pelosi's first 100 hours echoes the GOP's past 12 years...

#2 Best: (note - if not for the abundance of coverage, this story would have won...) Wesley Autrey's jumping onto the tracks to save a student having a seizure - Damn, man, you just made us all look weak - raising the question: Would Rudy G. have done the same?

AND, drumroll please...

#1 Best News Item of the Week:
2001 Accident Survivor Dies - Anthony Castillo, who in 2001 miraculously survived a car crash that killed his entire immediate family, died in a car crash on New Year's Day. The irony, ouch...