Cable News Prayers Answered

Ah, the cable news gods are smiling on their minions.

Now that there's a cease-fire in Lebanon, the cable news channels are desperate for something to capture the imagination...

Jon Benet!

It's summer, so it's about time for another Missing White Girl story, and when you don't have a runaway bride calling from the Circle K in Albuquerque or numerous teenage boys in handcuffs in Aruba, there always another rehash of the world's most famous cold case. Except that this time they have a suspect who has allegedly confessed to killing the six-year-old beauty queen in Boulder. Break out the special music and dust off the old videos.

Hezbollah and Iraq are so last week's news.