Quoted: After a barrage of consumer complaints, the government is banning phone calls of prerecorded sales messages unless consumers agree to receive the calls. 32 Vote(s)

Quoted: Robert Brunette, accused of abusing dogs, is out of jail. After five court appearances in front of four different judges, Brunette finally found a conditional release agreement he could stomach. 32 Vote(s)

Quoted: A 56-year-old woman who was sitting in her car in a parking lot Wednesday morning was the victim of a vicious, random attack, according to San Jose police. 36 Vote(s)

Quoted: Only at the Olympics could one expect to find four cultures - Mexican, American, Polish and Italian - blended into one athlete. 22 Vote(s)

Quoted: Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor won their second consecutive gold medal in beach volleyball Thursday, beating Wang Jie and Tian Jia of China. 48 Vote(s)

Quoted: At the first BMX cycling competition in Olympic history, neatly groomed dirt mounds and rap music. 38 Vote(s)

Quoted: In the beginning, the Internet was fast enough for most. Checking e-mail and reading a Web site didn't require scads of bandwidth. Any broadband connection was more than enough for anyone other than power users. 10 Vote(s)

Quoted: One person aboard a single-engine aircraft was killed Wednesday night when it crashed into a California Highway Patrol truck scale building on Highway 101 in Gilroy, according to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman. 38 Vote(s)

Quoted: FLINT, Michigan -- The teacher accused of having sex with a 12-year-old student previously married a man who had been a student at Beecher High School when she substitute taught for the district. Allanah Benton-Wells married 11 Vote(s)