Disturbing article about a provision of the No Child Left Behind Act, which forces public secondary schools to give military recruiters the names and addresses of attending students or get their federal aid cut. An act that lives up to its title.

Military Demanding Names of Children

Kinda scary that Norway hasn't fixed "Y2K" problems yet: "A 105 year old woman was offered a place in a Norwegian kindergarten after a millennium bug knocked a century off her age. "When our list showed she was born in '94' we just assumed it was 1994 rather than 1894," Olga Moerk, in charge of a project offering free day-care to five-year-olds in central Oslo, said on Friday." A social worker visited the old people's home where the woman lives after getting no reply to the free playschool offer.

Y2K Bug Bites 105 Year Old

Another Champion Procrastinator: "Moroccan surgeons have relieved a 75 year old woman of what she thought was a long-standing tumour but turned out to be the remains of a 46-year-old fetus."

Moroccan Surgeons Deliver 46 Year Old Fetus

I might just move there: "When it comes to hallucinogenic mushrooms, a Dutch high court has just ruled that fresh is fine but dried is not, in a decision that again upholds the country's reputation for tolerance towards drug use. The ruling affects produce on sale in the Netherland's "smart shops", dozens of boutiques that sell magic mushrooms for customers looking for a legal high. "The United Nations has ruled that animals and plants cannot be classified as psychotropic drugs," said solicitor Ellen van der Plas." Someone tell the DEA.

Upmarket Greengrocer Stocks Magic Mushrooms

Two-year-old Kelsi was attacked as she took a morning stroll with her mother. She stopped to admire the squirrel before it pounced on her face and sank its teeth into her forehead." Her grandfather shot it. Also we note, squirrels spin when you shoot them.

Squirrel's Reign of Terror Ends

A University of Manitoba researcher knows where there's a magnet so strong it could suck the coins from your pocket from as far away as the moon or rearrange the molecules in your body. But have no fear, SGR 1806-20 is a rare form of neutron star located 40,000 light years away from the earth and the bursts of energy it emits that reach this far cannot penetrate our atmosphere.

Giant Magnetic Star Sucks Spare Change

The newest drug to hit California's underground club scene is sweet, colourful - and deadly. The drug, a form of methamphetamine called ya ba, a Thai name meaning "crazy drug," has made its way into raves and is said to be significantly more powerful and dangerous than the current club drug of choice, ecstasy.

Thai Drug Hits California Rave Scene

The Internet’s promise as a new medium -- where text, audio, video and data can be freely exchanged -- is under attack by the corporations that control the public’s access to the 'Net, as they see opportunities to monitor and charge for the content people seek and send. The industry’s vision is the online equivalent of seizing the taxpayer-owned airways, as radio and television conglomerates did over the course of the 20th century.

The Death of the Internet

Times are rough in Romania, rough enough to require a massively parallel circle jerk to seed the factory's recovery: "Our feasibility study shows that if 1,000 workers donate their sperm for several months, we can get enough funds to pay part of the plant's debts."

Workers Jerkoff to Save the Factory

Ecstasy could help people with Parkinson's disease, a study suggests. Researchers in the UK have found the drug can help to reduce the uncontrollable arm and leg movements associated with the condition.

Ecstasy Could Aid Parkinson's Patients