BREAKING NEWS ... except if it's a holiday and our Web guy is off until Tuesday

I subscribe to several "Breaking News" e-alert services from Major News Organizations, including the one for which I work. None, not one, bothered to pass along the news yesterday that James Brown, the 'Godfather of Soul,' had died. (Notice the photo caption saying simply that Brown "died of complications," which provokes the reaction that with as many complications as he had, it's a wonder he lived this long.)

These are the same e-alert services, mind you, that have bothered to tell me in recent weeks such world-halting bulletins as ...

Princess Diana Not Murdered, Official Report Says
'Raymond' Actor Peter Boyle Dies
Iraq Study Group Releases Iraq War Report
NYC To Ban Artificial Trans Fats At Restaurants

Sad.