Although short, Molly's life was writ large. She was as eloquent a speaker and teacher as she was a writer, and her quips will last at least as long as Will Rogers'. She dubbed George W. Bush "Shrub" and Texas Governor Rick Perry "Good Hair."
Molly always said in her official résumé that the two honors she valued the most were (1) when the Minneapolis Police Department named their mascot pig after her (She was covering the police beat at the time.) and (2) when she was banned from
911 dispatchers are supposed to take phone calls reporting crimes, not become a victim themselves. From Albany:A 911 dispatcher checking her gun's safety switch accidentally shot herself in the leg while at a Taco Bell drive-through at 11:10 a.m. Thursday, police reports stated.
Although injured, Jeanita Fulmore, 28, drove herself to Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Albany Police spokeswoman Phyllis Banks said.
Police responded to the shooting and met Fulmore at the hospital.
"She reached int
