News of the Weak, Midweak Update

The USA denied that Israel's missile strike on an apartment building containing a Hamas militant was anything like US strikes. Colin Powell gave his assessment: "They targeted that building and killed 14 civilians. By comparison, all of our civilian strikes are officially blunders and have killed a lot more people."

The Pope visited Canada for Youth Day, telling the grey-haired crowd that Canadian medicine really was a fountain of youth.

Godzilla started marketing a new cologne named "Meltdown" for ladies, but the brand was yanked after it was discovered it could be used to make cheap low-grade nuclear weapons.

But first: Noted author Chaim Potok died of brain cancer at age 73. Rest in peace.