In spite of his tall, thin frame, there is no Gralien hiding beneath the skin of presidential candidate Barack Obama, according to US News blogger Robert Schlesinger. “In case you weren’t sure, Barack Obama is one of us,” Schlesinger tells us before launching into analysis regarding the Democratic presidential nominee’s speech Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention:

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2008/08/28/barack-obama-is-not-an-alien.html

And elsewhere… alien creatures are being given “terrestrial parking tickets” to move from an area roundabout.

http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/news/Alien-creatures-banned-from-Arundel.4436141.jp

The Littlechampton Gazette reports, “They are a hybrid of human, robot and insect, designed to survive in hostile environments, post-nuclear war or environmental change. Their human curiosity has led them to roam in time, and they are captured in the sculptures in the moment they arrive on the A27 roundabout. They are curious because they don’t know where they are.”