Leading Off (8/26/09): Done With an iPhone While Walking Briskly on a Treadmill Edition

1. Dallas Fed president Richard Fisher says the recession has ended. Isn’t that a little reckless? I mean, let’s not taunt the recession like that, eh, buddy?
http://m.dallasnews.com/tdmn/db_22036/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=J2RKspAh&src=cat

2. The battle over illegal aliens continues. Biologists are trying to figure out if the dreaded and feared zebra mussel has found its way into Lake Lavon. Look for Farmers Branch to pass an ordinance aimed at keeping them out of that city’s apartments.
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3. A woman returning to DFW Airport from her grandmother’s funeral says that a portrait of the selfsame grandmother was stolen at the airport. She thought her husband packed the painting; he thought she did. Just doesn’t make sense to me that someone would steal it. Sounds very “Home Alone.” I bet the painting is right now rigging a series of booby traps to defend the airport against Islamic jihadists.
http://m.dallasnews.com/tdmn/db_22036/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=yBjkWPC3&src=cat