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

 Bottom Stories of the Day

  • “Baby Hippo Won’t Be Fed to Tigers, Zoo Says”–headline, MSNBC.com, March 13
  • “Second Sea Lion Euthanized After Capture at Bonneville Dam”–headline, KGW-TV Web site (Portland, Ore.), March 13
  • “Cheney: Don’t Blame Bush Team for Economic Woes”–headline, Associated Press, March 15
  • “Maldives President Vows Carbon Neutral Nation”–headline, Associated Press, March 15
  • “New bin Laden Tape Calls for Jihad”–headline, ABCNews.com, March 14

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.