The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto. 

Dinner!
“Bears Have Plan for Young Daniel Mortimer”–headline, Daily Telegraph (Australia), Feb. 26

It’s Always in the Last Place You Look
“Grizzly Bears Found in Polar Bear Habitat”–headline, United Press International, Feb. 25

Breaking News From 1980
“Pac-Man Coin-Op Game to Debut This Weekend”–headline, NetworkWorld.com, Feb. 25

News You Can Use

  • “Watch How You Hold That Crayon”–headline, New York Times, Feb. 25
  • “15 Cute Animals That Could Kill You”–headline, Mother Nature Network, Feb. 26

Bottom Stories of the Day

  • “Biden: It’s Easy Being Vice President”–headline, Politico.com, Feb. 25
  • “Teachers Union Spends Big on 2009 Lobbying”–headline, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Web site, Feb. 25
  • “Pro-Life Leaders Say Pelosi Lied, Again, on Federal Abortion Funding”–headline, Washington Examiner, Feb. 25
  • “Iran, Syria Mock U.S. Policy; Ahmadinejad Speaks of Israel’s ‘Annihilation’ “–headline, Washington Post, Feb. 26
  • “World Warming Unhindered by Cold Spells: Scientists”–headline, Reuters, Feb. 25

For more “Best of the Web” click here and look for the “Best of the Web Today” link in the middle column below “Today’s Columnists.