BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

HootersAir - We loves us some flying, and it be showing like a mofo

] Tokyo--Toshiba Corporation today announced the
] world%u2019s first prototype of a small form factor
] direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) for portable PCs, a
] clean energy breakthrough with the potential to end
] reliance on rechargeable batteries. The new fuel cell
] currently realizes average output of 12W and maximum
] output of 20W, and can achieve approximately five hours
] of operation with a single cartridge of fuel. It provides
] instant power supply, and achieves significant advances
] in operating times with replaceable methanol cartridges.

Toshiba : Press Releases 5 March, 2003

] - A looming war in Iraq is bad news for most automakers
] -- unless the car you are trying to sell can withstand
] armor-piercing bullets, grenade blasts and gas attacks.
]
] In a sealed room at the back of BMW's stand at the Geneva
] auto show, potential buyers are shown around what looks
] like a standard 7-series executive saloon,
] distinguishable only to the trained eye by its toughened
] glass and wider tires.
]
] The car is the latest offering in the exclusive but
] growing high security market, whose customers are mostly
] government officials, high-ranking industrialists and pop
] stars.
]
] German security officials have rated the car "B6/B7,"
] meaning the vehicle can withstand fire from weapons as
] powerful as an M16 or Kalashnikov AK47 rifle.

Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage

] Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, A Bioterrorist's Worst
] Enemy

Sci-Fi Today || Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, A Bioterrorist's Worst Enemy

] VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Believers of different religions
] around the world put their differences aside on Wednesday
] to heed Pope John Paul's call for a day of prayer and
] fasting against war in Iraq.
]
] From Rome to Rwanda, from Buenos Aires to Berlin,
] faithful of all colors adhered to the pope's invitation
] to make this Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, a day
] of peace

Pope Urges World to Avoid Conflict in Iraq (washingtonpost.com)

] A teenager's in trouble after writing her entire English
] essay in text messages.
]
] The 13-year-old's teacher said she couldn't understand a
] word of what the girl had written.
]
] Her essay started:
]
] "My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we used 2go2 NY 2C my bro, his
] GF & thr 3 :- kids FTF. ILNY, it's a gr8 plc."

CBBC Newsround | WORLD | Girl writes essay in text message talk

] WASHINGTON - The interrogation of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed,
] the alleged architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, is
] likely to stop just short of torture, U.S. intelligence
] experts said Monday.
]
] The man who boasted about dispatching suicide bombers and
] hijackers on missions of mass murder might cave in
] without much pressure, they added.

I wonder if this guy really did everything he claims?

Kansas City Star | 03/04/2003 | Experts think al-Qaida official will break without being tortured

] As reported today in The Scientist, recent Congressional
] testimony by USDA Inspector General Phyllis K. Fong
] revealed that a virulent mutant strain of bacteria deadly
] to swine that was reported stolen in fact never existed.

Sci-Fi Today || Pigs Safe : Theft of Mutant Bacteria Hoax, Not Bioterrorism

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This is a really heartwarming story about two twins who were separated at birth and found each other on _accident_ at the same college. Amazing.

Twins Reunite After 20 Years

] Being overweight is not only bad for men's hearts - it
] also makes them less intelligent. A study of the
] intelligence of the obese has found that being seriously
] overweight reduces intelligence in males, possibly
] through its effect on blood circulation in the brain.

I'm just a cyantist not a scientist, but I don't know if I buy this. I know plenty of obese men who are crazy smart. Maybe they'd just be even smarter? Whoa.

Obese men eat up their IQ points - theage.com.au