You can’t put a dollar amount on what a mother is worth, but those fine folks at Salary.com are doing it anyway. They say a full-time stay-at-home mom would earn $134,121 a year if paid for all her work, which is a lousy $2,650 raise over last year. Their web site has a calculator that will personalize this figure for actual hours spent, whether Mom has a job or not, and location. Remember, this is only an estimate, actual worth may vary. Taxes, fees, transportation costs, room and board not included. Offer void during any family discussions about relative worth.

A poll conducted for National Geographic found that one-third of Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 can’t find Louisiana on a map, seven in ten were unable to locate Israel, and 60% can’t locate Iraq without enlisting, yet 94% have no trouble finding their way home after a night of drinking.

The Ho Chi Minh City Supreme Court has agreed to hear glam rocker Gary Glitter’s appeal of a three-year jail sentence he received for molesting two young girls in Vietnam. The news was reported by the appropriately named newspaper, Thanh Nien, which translates as “Young People.”