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

] Maybe he wanted to be a NASCAR driver. But first, he
] needed a set of wheels.
]
] Police say Feliphe Ramos, 18, stole a 2004 Infiniti G35
] with the keys left in the ignition Wednesday, drove it to
] Homestead-Miami Speedway, barreled past security guards
] who tried to flag him down, ripped through the closed
] gates and took to the track.
]
] Then he put the car through its paces. Round and round,
] the would-be racer tore through the turns, testing the
] gray, four-door car at speeds exceeding 100 mph before
] finally stopping, sometime around the fourth lap.

Joy ride driver pulls a fast one

] 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

] U.S. forces searching for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden
] along the mountainous border between Pakistan and
] Afghanistan will soon implement high-tech surveillance
] tactics in the region, enabling them to monitor the area
] 24 hours a day, seven days a week, CNN has learned.

And why was this not done two years ago? Do you not think
that he would do whatever possible to avoid anything electronic
or heat. He lives under a rock in a mountain. He sleeps with
earth worms. Maybe one day he will sleep with fishes or be eaten
by earth worms!

High-tech snooping for bin Laden

(AP) Mianne Bagger made sports history at the Women's Australian Open as the first transsexual to play in a pro golf tournament.

"It's my dream to play top-level golf," she said before shooting a 12-over-par 84 in the first round Thursday — a score that left her near the back of the field.

CBS News | Transexual Tees Off At Pro Event

STAINED GLASS MONEY presents FORGOT ABOUT JIBS -- Quicktime

Chronicles of Rust - 16 Functions for the Coders in My Hood, 17 Strings So I Make it Understood

] Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide told CNN Monday
] he was forced to leave Haiti in a "coup d'etat" by the
] United States. "I was told that to avoid bloodshed I'd
] better leave," he said in an interview on CNN. The Bush
] administration vigorously denied earlier reports that
] Aristide was kidnapped by U.S. troops.

So all those Haitian rebels are on the CIA bankroll? Right.........
Haitie is such a strategic country for the US to take over, you know.
Im sure that North Korea is shaking in there boots right now at
the coup d'etat that Bush pulled off in Haitie.

Aristide says U.S. deposed him in 'coup d'etat'

] Collage searches the Internet for images relating to the
] artist, track, and album that are playing. Collage then
] displays a never ending collage of these images on your
] screen. The images are different for every song. You may
] see album covers, photos of performances, photos of band
] members, or just about anything.
]
] Keep in mind that due to the nature of this software, it
] is very unpredictable. For some songs it may not find any
] images or perhaps only one image. Some of the images that
] are found may be obviously related to the song that is
] playing and some may seem to be completely unrelated
] (Collage seems to work best with popular songs).

Cool to have going if you have iTunes JUST playing.

Collage - An iTunes Visual Plugin

] In terms of the former, two important developments have
] recently emerged. Last Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of India
] stated that it was "exploring the option of replacing a
] part of the central bank's investment in short-term U.S.
] securities with European gilts." For those who don't
] know, the Reserve Bank of India has a growing cash hoard
] of around $107 billion these days, making it roughly the
] sixth-largest holder of foreign currency reserves.

The sliding dollar is already costing you

] After more or less zipping along between March 2003 and
] early January 2004, the market of late has been limping.
] By the second half of the year, it's bound to regain its
] stride, analysts say, but short term, the prognosis is
] not so good.
]
]
] To put it in perspective, "It's like a person who has
] been gorging from Thanksgiving through Christmas and now
] they're stuffed and hung over," said Barry Ritholtz, a
] market strategist at Maxim Group.

Markets look to keep treading water in March - Feb. 29, 2004