Yes, yes, y’all, it’s the Town Crier, y’all, keeping it fresh y’all! Bringing you the freshest, the dopest, the downest, the coolest, the hottest, and everything in between. The Town Crier is where I share with you some of the things that, for one reason or another, caught my eye this past week. Just because I link something here doesn’t mean I agree with or fully endorse the content linked to (I may or may not), it just means that it caused me to think, and ideally, to think biblically in one way or another. You may initially see why or you may not; either way, please feel free to comment. Otherwise, enjoy:

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Read about the Mayor of Atlantic City who has gone missing.

Read about the “Religious conservatives” who hope to run their own candidate, not with an eye to win, but weaken the Republican candidate if he (or she?) is Pro-Abortion.

Read about Bill Clinton saying that he envisions a diplomatic role for himself if Hillary wins.

Read about the swarm of insects that interrupted an MLB playoff game between the Yankees and the Indians.

Read the American Thinker article which ponders when “Hypocrisy is a Good Thing” in light of Senator Craig and Ted Haggard.

Read about Rudy Guliani criticizing the GOP on spending issues.

Read as Time tries to understand fathers and gender roles without the Bible.

Visit this site which is attempting to keep track of what price buyers volunteered for the new album from Radiohead .

Read as the Chicago Tribune examines Radiohead’s strategy, which gives fans the option to do what other industry people are suing over; download music for free.

Read about the priest’s missing kidney stone that could help speed the process of Mother Teresa becoming canonized as a saint.

Read about the couple who tied the knot in Wal-Mart’s lawn and garden section.

Watch this ABC “News” piece about a two-headed turtle with six legs.

Read about the new prototype cell phone that not only keeps track of your calls but your health.

Visit the website and watch the trailer for Ben Stein’s new movie Expelled, which examines how “Big Science” is actually suppressing learning in public schools.

Read this post which explains how Anathallo paid for their upcoming album: by licensing 30 seconds of their song “Yuki, Yuki, Yuki” to be used in a commercial by Vicks.

Watch a video of “Noni’s Field,” which will apparently be track #5 on the upcoming Anathallo record.

Read about the Japanese officials who have been reprimanded for editing Wikipedia entries about cartoon robots instead of doing their actual work.

Browse the week in photos from Yahoo.

Read about the people who punched a hole in a valuable Monet painting.

Read Christianity Today’s interview with Mitt Romney in which he says: “There are doctrines that differ from church to church. I don’t believe doctrines should figure into the policy of someone leading in a secular position. The fundamental values of all faiths I know well are very consistent, and they have a public purpose.”

Read as the Seattle Times examines the restrictions placed on Amazon’s mp3 downloads, which appears, for example: “to enable record companies to pursue a breach of contract if, for instance, you loaned your mother an iPod containing MP3s bought from Amazon.”

Listen as Mark Dever interviews Peter Williams and Simon Gathercole on the “New Perspectives on Paul.”

Read as Obama tells a congregation that “faith plays every role” in his life. Interesting in light of Romney saying that his faith should “figure into the policy of someone leading in a secular position (see above).

Read about the scandal brewing at Oral Roberts University.

Read as Barna examines what teenagers “look for” in church.

Read about the French woman who is being prosecuted for vandalizing a valuable painting by Cy Twomby with a kiss.

Read about the thousands of men who participated in “Stand in the Gap 2007,” a play off of the historic Promise Keepers gathering 10 years ago.

Read about McDonalds‘ restaurants in the UK offering free wi-fi internet.

Read about the confirmed sequel to Goonies!

Read about the recent study that tries to pinpoint what happens in the brain during momentous spiritual experiences.

Browse Wikipedia’s chart comparing the online mp3 download sites.

Read as Denny Burk explains why he won’t vote for Rudy Guliani.

Read about Republican students at Colorado State University launch their own student publication after the school newspaper launches an expletive at George W. Bush.

Read about the television ad campaign aimed at “normalizing” same-sex unions, running the tagline: “What if you couldn’t marry the person you love?”

Read about Bob Dylan’s first-ever art exhibit, to be held “in Chemnitz, Germany, on October 28th.”

Read as Business Week profiles “The Big Record Labels’ Not-So-Big Future.”

Browse as Hypebot profiles the top 5 DRM-free download sites.

Read as Crawdaddy! profiles Jim O’Rourke.

Read as Christianity Today catches up with Steven Curtis Chapman.

Read as Justin Taylor hosts some excellent thoughts from Tim Keller about the current dangers facing Evangelicals.

Read as Taylor tries to work through the possibility of what to do if it comes down to having to choose between a Pro-Choice Republican and a Pro-Choice Democrat for President.

Read (here and here) the two-part post from Mark Dever on the question “What is Orthodoxy?”

Read as Al Mohler examines “Books, Libraries and the Ideal of Christian Scholarship.”

Visit Free Albums Galore for just that! Free and legal albums from a variety of artists and genres.

Read about reactions to the new Radiohead album In Rainbows (did you get yours? what do you think?) and comments from Radiohead guitarist about the optional pricing scheme: “It’s fun to make people stop for a few seconds and think about what music is worth, and that’s just an interesting question to ask people.”

Read as the reviews of In Rainbows start to come in: Philly.com gives the album 4 stars, the NY Daily News says that you could pay full-price and get your money’s worth, while the Chicago Tribune says that it’s the most “song-oriented” Radiohead album in years.

Read about Fred Thompson’s first debate.

Read about the newest installation at the Tate Museum in London: a giant crack in the floor.

Read about the three visitors who actually fell into the crack.

Read about the Columbia University professor who recently found a noose tacked to hear office door.

Read Christianity Today’s report on the recent Amnesty International policy which argues that abortion should be legalized.

Watch this video by Doug and a friend on some approaches to avoid when sharing the Gospel.

Read Christianity Today’s piece about mainline Lutherans urging bishops not to discipline openly gay ministers.

Read about the U.N. Secretary General addressing a group of Evangelical leaders.

Read about Doris Lessing winning the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Read about Lessing’s reaction, saying that she “couldn’t care less.”

Read about Madonna’s reported$120 million deal, not just a record deal, but she is apparently licensing her name.

Read about the discovery of the world’s oldest wall painting in Syria.

Read about the newly unveiled Zune media player.

Read about California banning smoking in cars with minors.

Read about UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture vacating his title and position as fight commentator.

Read about the homeless man who is a chess expert.

Read as Justin Taylor posts an excerpt from a recent piece about Hillary and abortion: “If you’re a pro-lifer, and if no issue is more important to you than the right of an unborn child to have life, then nothing could be more calamitous than a President Hillary Clinton.”

Read about the Nobel Prize for the men who helped make the iPod possible.

Read about the dog who saved a family from a fire started by a cat.

Read about the growing ideological rift in the Republican party.

Read about Al Gore sharing the Nobel Peace Prize with the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Read about the Dutch banning hallucinatory mushrooms, going against their permissive drug policy.

See/hear what Timmy Brister asked Mark Driscoll: “Do you believe that Scripture regulates not only your theology but also your methodology? In other words, do you believe in the regulative principle? If so, to what degree? If not, why not?”