] Groton - Electric Boat won a $222 million contract
] Thursday to convert the first of four Trident submarines
] to fire conventional missiles, a contract that could
] eventually employ almost 1,000 people at shipyards in
] Virginia and Washington.

woot!

EB Awarded Conversion Deal Worth $222 Million

] The Connecticut Yankee nuclear power station shipped its
] largest and most vital piece of equipment down the
] Connecticut River and out to sea Thursday, clearing a
] major hurdle in the decommissioning of the state's first
] nuclear power plant.

A Journey Into Nuclear History

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What a Crappy Present - CD Gift Advice, Parents and Kids

] HOUSTON, Texas (Reuters) -- The final meals of executed
] prisoners are off the menu on the Texas prison system's
] Internet site.
]
] Texas, which far and away leads all U.S. states in
] executions since a national death penalty ban was lifted
] in 1976, has long listed details of the meals on the
] prison system's Web site, www.tdcj.state.tx.us.
]
] But Michelle Lyons, a spokeswoman for the Texas
] Department of Criminal Justice, said they were removed
] last week during a redesign of the site.
]
] "We had some complaints from people in both the U.S. and
] abroad that it might be in poor taste to distribute that
] information on the Web site," she said.

Why is it in poor taste to have the last meal requests on the web site, when last statements are still there?

Death row menus left bad taste

Thank you, Kathy... I had a wonderful weekend. You're the best little sister EVER!
;)

] BUDAPEST, Hungary (Reuters) -- Hungary moved on Thursday
] to stop users of new camera mobile phones from taking and
] sending snapshots of people without their permission.

Taking phone pics without permission illegal in Hungary

] SEATTLE, Washington (Reuters) -- Microsoft Corp. said on
] Friday that its latest version of Office software
] inadvertently contained a font featuring two swastikas,
] and said it would offer tools to remove and replace the
] offending characters from the program.

Microsoft to cut swastikas from software

] Norwich - Police evacuated hundreds of shoppers from
] the Big Y Supermarket and adjoining Wal-Mart on Route 82
] Thursday after a man robbed a bank inside the grocery
] store and left a box he said contained a bomb.

You have to read this, even if it's just for the picture.
The Norwich Bulletin had a similar photo (unfortunately it's only in the print version) of the guy NOT in the bomb suit pushing the cart, and the guy in the bomb suit walking behind him. It's hysterical. I'm going to have to scan it and post it somewhere sometime.
Anyway... this is big news around here. Like the Great White Fire.

Bank Robber's Fake Bomb Forces Evacuations

Here you can see the last statements of people executed in Texas.

Executed Offenders - Last Statements

6,320,430 decimal digits. Enjoy!!

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