Bob Dylan's offended neighbors have installed five industrial-sized fans in their yard to blow the porta-potty smell right back onto the singer's property.

Since it was installed six months ago, apparently to cater for security staff who patrol Dylan's grounds at night, Mr Emminger claims the lavatory has made portions of his family home uninhabitable. He is unable to sleep on some nights, he alleges, and his eight-year-old son, David junior, has fallen ill from the fumes.

"It started in September. I'd go into the front yard and get nauseous," Mr Emminger's wife, Cindy, told the Los Angeles Times. "I couldn't figure out at first where the smell was coming from, until I finally noticed that they had moved the porta-potty directly in front of my front door. We both have allergies and are sensitive to chemicals. It's worse when it's misty outside at night. We turn on the five fans, but it still gets inside our house. We're not even using the upstairs now. We sleep downstairs."

Read the rest of this London Independent article here.

The Tar Heels, who else?

With his final selections, the president had Louisville beating old rival Memphis in one semifinal and North Carolina outlasting Pitt in the other. The overall winner?

The most powerful person in the world is like many of you: He predicts the Tar Heels will be cutting down the nets in Detroit.

"I'm going with experience, and I think that Lawson is going to be healthy. I think having an experienced point guard who can control the game and make free throws at the end, that's going to be the difference," Obama said.

The commander in chief then turned to an ESPN camera, offering this pep talk for coach Roy Williams' crew:

"Now, for the Tar Heels who are watching, I picked you all last year -- you let me down. This year, don't embarrass me in front of the nation, all right? I'm counting on you. I still got those sneakers you guys gave me."

Read the rest of this ESPN article here.

Review President Obama's bracket here.

Or, well, he supports Gay Rights at least — and he plans to let the world know.

The Obama administration will endorse a U.N. declaration calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality that then President George W. Bush had refused to sign, The Associated Press has learned.

The official added that the United States was concerned about "violence and human rights abuses against gay, lesbian, transsexual and bisexual individuals" and was also "troubled by the criminalization of sexual orientation in many countries."

"In the words of the United States Supreme Court, the right to be free from criminalization on the basis of sexual orientation 'has been accepted as an integral part of human freedom'," the official said.

Read the rest of this Associated Press article here.

After what seemed like a minor incident during a ski lesson on a beginner slope, Natasha Richardson is rushed to a New York hospital from a resort in Montreal where her family has gathered to be by her side.

Members of Natasha Richardson's family gathered at a New York hospital where the Tony-winning actress was reportedly taken with a serious head injury after falling on a Canadian ski slope.

Richardson, 45, part of the Redgrave dynasty of British actors and the wife of Liam Neeson, was flown from Montreal to New York on Tuesday after the accident, a person close to the family, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter, told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Richardson's condition was very serious and her family was highly distressed, The New York Times reported Wednesday, citing two people close to her family who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters.

Read the rest of this Charlotte Observer article here.

I'm good with Japanese style. You? But, before we get hasty, let's make sure their wills direct their estate to empty itself into the public coffer.

Sen. Charles Grassley wants AIG executives to apologize for the collapse of the insurance giant - but said Tuesday that "obviously" he didn't really mean that they should kill themselves.

The Iowa Republican raised eyebrows with his comments Monday that the executives - under fire for passing out big bonuses even as they were taking a taxpayer bailout - perhaps should "resign or go commit suicide."

But he backtracked Tuesday morning in a conference call with reporters. He said he would like executives of failed businesses to make a more formal public apology, as business leaders have done in Japan.

"What I'm expressing here obviously is not that I want people to commit suicide. That's not my notion," Grassley said Tuesday. "But I do feel very strongly that we have not had statements of apology, statements of remorse, statements of contrition on the part of CEOs of manufacturing companies or banks or financial services or insurance companies that are asking for bailouts."

Read the rest of this Charlotte Observer article here.

Even if the odds are against you, remember there's zero chance you'll win if you don't play.

In this economy, a chance to win anything is a welcome sight. That’s why a Charlotte business man is calling his latest promotion your very own “economic stimulus plan.”

“The whole college basketball scene is huge here,” says Terry Dell who runs Dell Sports and the website, wwwpickmanager.com. This year, for the NCAA Tournament, the company decided to up the ante.

“It is a hundred million dollar perfect bracket contest. We’re hoping to give it out to somebody,” he says.

Even if you’re not an avid sports fan, you probably already know getting 63 correct team selections is more than difficult. It’s pretty much impossible. One newspaper taking part in Dell’s contest says the 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 1.

Read the rest of this WCNC.com article here.