Russia is to launch the construction of the world's first floating nuclear power plants, a unique project which should supply much-needed energy to its remotest regions... The idea instead is to tow floating nuclear "micro-power plants" off their coasts where they will operate, providing power and heating via cables linking them to the mainland for a planned duration of 40 years.

Russia to Build Floating Nuclear Plants

A letter from Hilary Benn, the Minister responsible for the supervision of sex offenders in the community, reveals the Home Office's electronic monitoring team is already developing technology to track paedophiles constantly. The team is now investigating the 'implant tag' after it was alerted to its capabilities by a campaign group for victims of paedophiles.

Britain Considering Implants for Pedophiles

Applied Digital Solutions Inc. says its glass capsule the size of a grain of rice, injected into forearms and other fleshy body parts, could help authorities find missing persons and speed up medical diagnosis treatment. The VeriChip, a scannable device worn under the skin and encrypted with personal information like medical records and emergency contacts, was unveiled last year in Florida.

Florida Firm Seeks to Microchip Americans

During closed door negotiations before the debate began, the House Republican leadership inserted the 16-page Cyber Security Enhancement Act (CSEA) into the Homeland Security bill. CSEA expands the ability of police to conduct Internet or telephone eavesdropping without first obtaining a court order, and offers Internet providers more latitude to disclose information to police.

Bill Could Jail Hackers for Life

"Imagine an Internet with no e-mail. As ludicrous as it sounds, it could happen. And it won't take some new virus or worm to render the Internet useless. All it will take is unsolicited commercial e-mail, otherwise known as spam." This article is a bit too much on the panic & hysteria side.

ZDnet Claims Spam Will Eat Internet

The Army demonstrated equipment for detecting and identifying chemical and biological weapons Tuesday, and offered an unintended lesson when a soldier wearing a stifling protective suit collapsed in the heat of the television lights... Tuesday’s news conference was meant to publicize the Army’s Tactical Escort Unit, which provides experts to identify and try to defuse possible chemical or biological weapons.

Biosuit Technology Still Fucked

A Silverthorne, Colo., family is praying their dead 2 year old will rise from the dead. Zion Jungck died Sunday when a filing cabinet fell on him in the family living room. Valerie and Paul Jungck said they are praying for a miracle and have turned his fate over to God. "It's legal," said Dave Joslin, the Summit County coroner. "But it doesn't happen every day."

Family Keeps Son's Body, Prays Resurrection

Mexico's legal system recognizes that all people have a fundamental desire to be free. And it does not punish them for pursuing it, as some inmates recently did by disguising themselves as female visitors and tunneling to freedom using a sardine can as a shovel... "The person who tries to escape is seeking liberty, and that is deeply respected in the law," Juventino Victor Castro y Castro, a Supreme Court justice, said in an interview. "The basic desire for freedom is implicit inside every man, so trying to escape cannot be considered a crime.

Escaping Prison is LEGAL in Mexico

During a recent church renovation in southern Austria, preservationists discovered what appears to be a long-lost relative of Mickey Mouse. Depicted in a mural dating to around 1300 AD is a bipedal figure bearing an eerie resemblance to the 1928 cartoon character, complete with big round ears, pointy nose, and two-toned coloring scheme. No word yet from Lawrence Lessig as to how this might affect the Walt Disney Company's copyright (which was recently extended through an act of Congress). With "separated at birth?"-style photos.

Mickey Mouse at Least 700 Years Old

Domain disputes are a dime a dozen, but legal experts say Visa's recent win over a one-man website is the first time a corporate trademark has prevailed over a word in the dictionary.

Visa Suit: Dictionary Discredited