] LONDON (Reuters) - London's police fears that allowing
] pubs and clubs to open 24 hours a day could lead to a
] rise in violent crime, disorder and nuisance, the Daily
] Telegraph newspaper said on Saturday.
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] A leaked report from the Metropolitan Police says
] officers are concerned that all-day drinking will lead to
] a rise in violent crime, more drink-driving and public
] disturbances.

Police Fear 24-Hour Drinking to Fuel Crime in London

] 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

] A shadow government of 75 to 150 government officials is
] ready to take control if there's a devastating attack on
] the capital.
]
] Under plans established by President Bush, the officials
] would be drawn from every Cabinet department and some
] independent agencies. They would work out of two
] fortified locations away from Washington, would rotate in
] and out and would be forbidden to say where they are and
] why.

The Bush Way: A Shadow Government

] Cooking With Beer
] Beer Brined Chicken with Giblet Gravy; English Fish and
] Chips; Beer Braised Cabbage and Celery Root; Guinness Ice
] Cream with Dark Chocolate Honey Sauce.

Shows all the recipes

Emeril Live: Cooking with beer

] The operator of the CNet and ZDNet technology news and
] information Web sites said Friday that it acquired
] EDVenture Holdings, the business founded by longtime
] industry commentator Esther Dyson.
]
] The move -- the latest of several acquisitions announced
] by CNet in recent months -- appears to be an effort to
] combine the mass reach of CNet's current businesses with
] the classy audience reached by Dyson.
]
] While the company will be marketing EDventure Holdings
] products to a broader audience, Ashe indicated the company
] wouldn't necessarily be repricing those products on a mass-market
] basis. Dyson will likely be contributing to CNet's News.com
] site on occasion, Ashe said.

CNet buys EDVenture Holdings

] Brian Maxwell, founder of the multimillion-dollar
] PowerBar empire and a former world-class marathon runner,
] has died of a heart attack, friends said. He was 51.

hmm.. He must been eating too much of his own product.

CNN.com - PowerBar founder Maxwell dies of a heart attack - Mar 20, 2004

Q&A article on Symbiot counterstrike capabilities.

ONLamp.com: Symbiot on the Rules of Engagement

] 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