Part two takes us to North Dakota..... A judge ruled that DNS Zone Transfers, a common task performed by system administrators, are now illegal in North Dakota. CircleID: North Dakota Judge Gets It Wrong

First, on the local (as in Iowa) level.... Governor Culver is under fire for shortchanging schools in his budget proposal. The proposal would grant community colleges only about $177.5 million or about...fees in 2005, dropping slightly in 2006.. up from only about 25% in 1980. And yet they wonder why younger people are leaving the state. (Source: DesMoinesRegister.com , Iowa Dept of Education

The state decided to do away with the tax on pumpkins after either outrage from residents or the media coverage including CNN's Glenn Beck , ABC News , and reportedly even the front page of The Drudge Report . Who's next, Leno? Somebody even launched www.squashthepumpkintax.com Nice going..way to make us all look stupid.