Memos & Memorials (4#) -

An Unknown Zone: The enduring urban legend of Teamsters Labor Union boss Jimmy Hoffa being buried under the end zone at Giants Stadium in NJ gets another look before that facility's demolition which is scheduled for this spring.

A Mile Marker Memorial: Many people, especially women, disappear every year in South Florida. Some of them end up in canals. Nelta Jacques disappeared 11 years ago. Her submerged minivan was just pulled out of a canal near Mile Marker 31 along Alligator Alley. Human bones fell out of one of its windows.

# Writer Margaret Atwood posts a chatterific entry at NYRblog announcing that she has joined the Twitterati.

"So what’s it all about, this Twitter? ... Let’s just say it’s communication, and communication is something human beings like to do."

# A quick but amusing rundown of some
of today's April Fools' Day Media pranks.

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