Zimbabweans are spreading the laughter through technology, sending e-mails and short text messages once a day in order to relieve their minds from their everyday struggles. In a country that suffers from a crippling economy, and long lines to buy such basics as food and fuel, young Zimbabweans are drowning their sorrows through cell phone humor.

Two St. Louis hip-hop deejays are suspended after holding an on-air discussion on the best ways to fight police officers, including how to disarm them and take their radios, preventing them from calling for help. The comments came just days after the fatal shooting of police officer William McEntee in suburban St. Louis. DJ Kaos and DJ Sylli Asz, as well as officials at KATZ F-M, have since apologized.

Residents of Dork Street feel unpopular. "I had a resume kicked back because someone thought I was kidding," said Dork Street homeowner, Mario Saucedo. He has lived on the suburban street about a dozen miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles for eight years. Ester Avetisian, who moved there 18 years ago, said she might have thought twice if there had been a sign in those days marking the road tucked into what is still a semi-rural section of town where people keep goats and chickens in their back yards. "I didn't know the name until my husband and I were signing mortgage papers. I was pretty shocked when I found out. " Still, most residents have learned how to deal with the jokes. "It's pretty funny," said Clyde Parra, who has lived on Dork Street for eight years. "When I go to cash a check at the store, people ask me if I'm a dork. " Officials say there is no record at City Hall explaining how the street got its odd name, but residents believe it was named after someone called Dork. It first appeared on a Los Angeles County tract map in 1936. "It's obviously historic, and it seems like streets named for last names are the norm in that area," city spokesman Bob Spencer said.