Jeffrey Hage/AP Photo/The Daily Journal

A donkey sits trapped in an abandoned well before being rescued Thursday at the Bryan Nelson residence about 10 miles northeast of Underwood, Minn. Firefighters dismantled the well to free the donkey which had some bruises and lost some fur where it rubbed against the concrete walls of the well, but was otherwise fine. You write the cutline.

Top Cutlines

1. People for the Ethical Treatment of Donkeys In Wells complained yesterday that their favored animals are not getting enough media attention, suggesting a conspiracy was afoot among media outlets favoring pictures of horses on racetracks. "It's horseism!" complained a PEDIW spokesman -- Brent Andrews.

2. This Democrat has dug itself into a hole so deep that it can't celebrate ANY progress in Iraq for fear Bush might get some credit -- Whippersnapper.

3. Rescuers had feared they would find the other missing donkeys in holes one through eight, but only found an assinine -- John Austin.

HM: Daug Gone