] A growing number of California municipalities are
] declaring their beach areas smoke-free, citing health and
] environmental justifications
] Los Angeles is also drafting a no-smoking ordinance for
] Venice, Dockweiler, Will Rogers, and Cabrillo beaches.

More smoking bans at California beaches - (United Press International)

] That would change if the Department of Justice succeeds
] at persuading federal regulators to require new online
] communications services -- such as Internet calling -- to
] comply with wiretapping laws.
]
] Critics, including some online businesses that are
] working with authorities to make their services
] wiretap-capable, say the DOJ proposal isn't just
] unprecedented and overzealous but also dangerously
] impractical.
]
] It would chill innovation, they say, invade privacy and
] drive businesses outside the United States.

CNN.com - Government wiretap plans may chill innovation

] WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United Nations' top two weapons
] experts said Sunday that the invasion of Iraq a year ago
] was not justified by the evidence in hand at the time.
]
] "I think it's clear that in March, when the invasion took
] place, the evidence that had been brought forward was
] rapidly falling apart," Hans Blix, who oversaw the
] agency's investigation into whether Iraq had chemical and
] biological weapons, said on CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf
] Blitzer."
]
] Blix described the evidence Secretary of State Colin
] Powell presented to the U.N. Security Council in February
] 2003 as "shaky," and said he related his opinion to U.S.
] officials, including national security adviser
] Condoleezza Rice.
]
] "I think they chose to ignore us," Blix said.

CNN.com - Iraq war wasn't justified, U.N. weapons experts say

] Even then, Richard A. Clarke, the White house counterterrorism
] coordinator, they were certain that al-Qaida was to blame and
] there was no hint of Iraqi involvement.
]
] Rumsfeld was saying we needed to bomb Iraq, Clarke
] said. We all said, 'But no, no, al-Qaida is in
] Afghanistan.�
]
] Clarke, who is expected to testify Tuesday before a
] federal panel reviewing the attacks, said Rumsfeld
] complained in the meeting that “there aren’t any good
] targets in Afghanistan and there are lots of good targets
] in Iraq.�

MSNBC - Ex-Bush adviser: Rumsfeld urged Iraq war early

] SAN FRANCISCO -- Silicon Valley needs to step up and
] protect the open traditions that have helped build the
] high-technology industry or run the risk of being
] dominated by "IP extremists" whose restrictions on the
] use of intellectual property (IP) would stifle
] innovation, Stanford Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig
] told an audience of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs,
] lawyers, and venture capitalists at the Open Source
] Business Conference here Tuesday.

InfoWorld: Lessig: Be wary of 'IP extremists':

] A woman is facing a drink driving charge after she
] crashed into a car pushing it into a police booze bus at
] Pakenham, south-east of Melbourne.
]
] Police said the bus, which is used to test drivers' blood
] alcohol levels, was turning on the Princes Highway about
] 8.20pm (AEDT) last night, when a car stopped behind it.

Woman faces drink charge after crashing into booze bus

] The Pentagon is considering beefing up the already
] enhanced technology U.S. forces are using to search for
] al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden along the mountainous
] border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
]
] CNN reported last week troops will start using ground
] sensors, U-2 spy planes and unmanned Predator drones to
] monitor the area 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Why didn't they consider doing this back in 2001?

U.S. may up high-tech ante in bin Laden hunt - Mar 10, 2004

] Georgia woman who tried to use a fake $1 million bill to buy $1,675 worth of
] merchandise at Wal-Mart was arrested, and police later found two more of the
] bills in her purse.
]
] Pike then tried to use two gift cards worth only $2.32 to buy the merchandise,
] but when that did not work she again asked to cash the $1 million bill, Cotton
] said. The store then called police.

oh come on... if you are going to go out in style, don't go to your local WalMart
and try to get change from a $1 million dollar bill. Go buy lots of lottery tickets
or visit your local authorized Bentley dealer in another country. Come on
be creative, you have a $1 million dollar bill! :)

CNN.com - $1 million bill leads to arrest

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A body pulled from the East River at 3 p.m. Sunday was that of actor-writer Spalding Gray, who had been missing since January 10, the New York City medical examiner's office said Monday afternoon.

Gray, 62, was known for writing and starring in the autobiographical "Swimming to Cambodia" and appearances in films such as "The Killing Fields," "Beaches," "The Paper" and "Kate & Leopold," but was most celebrated for his autobiographical monologues, including "Cambodia," "Monster in a Box" and "It's a Slippery Slope."

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I always enjoyed his monologues. Terrible to see it end the way it did. His wife and children will be terrored by that event for the rest of thier lives. It wasn't worth it man, but Peace Out.

CNN.com - Spalding Gray found dead

] Its a sad day for Martha Stewart, her family, her company
] and her fans. We are shocked and saddened by the verdict,
] guilty on all counts. But this fight is not over. Martha
] will appeal, and we hope her fans will stand up to the
] tempest in a cuisinart which has now exploded, causing
] enormous collateral damage to her company and it's
] shareholders. Hundreds of jobs are at stake, and Martha's
] life is on the line for a crime that is rarely prosecuted
] in this manner.
]
] Martha Stewart was convicted for being Martha Stewart.
] This trial was death by a thousand papercuts as her
] entire lifestyle was put on trial with thousands of phone
] records, e-mails, expense reports and press clippings.
] While we respect the jury's verdict, we do not agree with
] the outcome. How is it that OJ Simpson was found innocent
] of murder, and Martha Stewart was found guilty of lying
] about a crime she was not even charged with?

They even have stupid Tshirts. Down with Martha.... Down with Martha....

Save Martha! For Martha Stewart fans