] I'm confused. I thought the argument about sexual
] tolerance had been won. In all decent, right-thinking
] circles, "homophobe" is now a bigger insult than
] "homosexual", while even the most reactionary old coves
] like to boast that some of their best friends are gay. So
] why the big fuss about a couple of girls kissing?

I think this is a really good article that touches on why it doesn't matter if the duo in TATU are really gay or not.

Argument

] Russian duo Tatu caused controversy with their raunchy
] video for number one hit All The Things She Said, which
] showed the pair kissing one another while dressed in
] school uniform, leading to accusations of "paedophilic
] pop". But does their music outshine the headlines?

The Smiths cover they do is actually pretty good. Does anyone actually know how old these girls are? I've read several sources that indicate they are over 18, but now I'm reading stories today that claim they are 16 and 17!! It makes me feel dirty!!

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Reviews | More to Tatu than shock tactics

] US researchers have tapped into mouse brains while they
] sniff their partners' subtle perfume.
] We mainly use our eyes to recognize our mates, but many
] mammals rely on a cocktail of chemicals called
] pheromones. These are detected by a special organ behind
] the nose; it signals to the brain's pheromone processing
] region.

Animal attraction seen in action

The Swiss excel at making clocks and also... henges?

A skeleton was found near Stonehenge hypothesized to be a regional bronze age king of Stonehenge who may have played an important role in the construction of Stonehenge and surprisingly, may be Swiss.

Possible King of Stonehenge Discovered

] A Japanese scientist has developed a coat which appears
] to make the wearer invisible

Oh My God, this is sooo cool. Watch out Harry Potter!

Ananova - Japanese scientist invents 'invisibility cloak'

] Benjamin Curtis, better known as "Steven," the Dell
] Computer pitchman, was arrested Sunday night for
] marijuana possession, a misdemeanor, according to New
] York City police.

Dell Dude Busted for Pot

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On Jan. 26, a bomb exploded on the road between Jerusalem and the West Bank settlement of Gush Etzion.

As terror attacks go, this one was minor. Most of us didn't hear about it because, with the exception of one bus passenger treated for shock, no one was injured.

Thank G-d.

Palestinian terrorists delivered the bomb to its destination by donkey. They strapped explosives and a remote device to the animal and detonated the bomb by cell phone as an Israeli bus passed by.

The donkey, of course, was killed.

You know where this is going, don't you?

That's right. PETA, the group that never before expressed concern about the carnage in Israel, is suddenly outraged.

Arafat gets ass-inine plea from PETA on intifada

] A bacterial infection that overpowers most antibiotics
] has escaped the confines of hospitals and is showing up
] in alarming numbers among the general public in
] California, according to health officials.

Ugh. Apparently, there's a huge outbreak in the Castro. Great.

The super-bugs have arrived!

] CIA Director George Tenet has warned of the threat of
] terrorist attacks against targets on U.S. soil or on the
] Arabian peninsula as early as this week.
] Testifying Tuesday to the U.S. Senate Intelligence
] Committee, Mr. Tenet said the United States has
] intelligence information on suspected al-Qaida plots that
] could include the use of radiological dispersion devices,
] known as "dirty bombs," as well as poisons and chemicals.
] The plots are timed to occur as early as the end of the
] Hajj Muslim pilgrimage late this week.

Great...

VOANews.com

] WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Federal Reserve Chairman
] Alan Greenspan cautioned Tuesday before the Senate
] Banking Committee that the threat of war in the Middle
] East continues to dampen economic growth.
] "The intensification of geopolitical risk, makes
] discerning the economic path ahead especially difficult,"
] he told the committee.
] He said: "If these uncertainties diminish considerably in
] the near term, we should be able to tell far better
] whether we are dealing with a business sector and an
] economy poised to grow more rapidly -- our more probable
] expectation-- or one that is still laboring under
] persisting strains and imbalances that have been
] misidentified as transitory."

"War dampens economy.. diaper sales are rising!"

United Press International: Greenspan: War threat dampens economy