Thumbs up to Spc. Noe Santos-Dilone of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Spc. Sergio Lopez of Bowlingbrook, Ill.; and Pfc. Eduardo Leal-Cardenas of Los Angeles, for enlisting in the U.S. armed forces and becoming American citizens. The three were wounded in Iraq and took the oath of citizenship in the presence of President George W. Bush.
Thumbs up to Frederick County State's Attorney Scott Rolle, for dropping charges against a Thurmont town commissioner, who had been charged with assault and child abuse after allegedly striking his 13-year-old son after the boy charged with smashing mailboxes with a baseball bat. Rolle said his investigation found that the boy was slapped, not punched.
Thumsb down to groups criticizing Pennsylvania's Safe Haven law, which allows parents to drop off their baby at a hospital at any time before the infant is 28 days old. Their complaint is that since the law was passed in 2003, only two babies have been dropped off. Those are two children who didn't end up in a trash can, or freezing to death on a doorstep.