Let's see - the US has become a nation of torturers in the Middle East, where we're at war over false pretenses; the President has yet to present one of his policies with anything close to a normal definition of "honesty", the entire US House and a third of the Senate are up for election in six months, gasoline prices are setting record highs just a month after Bob Woodward said oil prices would be high until just before the election...

So what is the AP reporting today?

Pet Raccoon Weighing 75 Pounds Dies (AP)

AP - A junk-food crazed critter billed as the world's weightiest raccoon has died, ending a 10-year life marked by more than a few midnight snacks. [Yahoo! News - Oddly Enough]

Yeah, I know it's on the Odd wire, but think of how many stories the newswires never run because they're "just not important enough..."