• Our View: DEA agent shoots, stay out of Florida
  Why is it most of this country’s oddest tidbits of news happen in Florida? Maybe it’s the humidity or the alligators, but a now humorous but what could have been a potentially dangerous event that happened last week only proves once again why we should stay out of the Sunshine State.
  
  
  
• 9/11 movie crucial despite Hollywood dissent
  The Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood last week showed a trailer for the film “United 93,” which tells the story of the passengers and crew aboard Flight 93 on September 11, 2001. A few people in the audience actually yelled at the screen “too soon.” Some even walked out. The theatre eventually pulled the trailer after receiving so many complaints.
  
  
  
• Bay Area student in LB sees So Cal, MySpace
  I’m not even graduating (I’m a screw up), but I have spent four years slowly understanding Cal State Long Beach, and it’s not what I expected.
  
  
  
• African AIDS epidemic solutions more difficult
  I found the Our View from April 6, “Solution to AIDS not as easy as ABC,” a bit troubling. It advertised itself as dealing with the plight of AIDS in Africa and Asia, but was it really? Asia was mentioned early on, and then never brought up again. Why these omissions?
  
  
  
  

• ‘ Winter Truth’ tour ends with high expectations
  My pace quickened as I realized I would be late, while trying to maneuver my way around large groups of families wearing Mickey Mouse ears and pushing strollers. My phone rings at exactly 5 p.m. and I tell Michael Murphy from Haste the Day I’ll be there as soon as I knock down some more tourists weighed down with gifts and useless Disney memorabilia.
  
  
  
  
• YYY’s ‘Show your bones’ album an edgy, mature punk sound
  It’s been three years since Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ 2003 sleeper-hit album “Fever to Tell” dropped into indie hipster laps worldwide. The New York trio finally delivered its highly anticipated debut follow-up “Show Your Bones” late last month.
  
  
  
  

Sports

• Mets start MLB season on top
  The arduous five-month baseball trek through highs, lows, slumps and injuries has begun and early predictions are being made and bets are being placed. In a season that lasts over 160 games, the first three weeks do not mean much, but it may indicate which teams are ready for the long haul.