] "PGP Desktop for Macintosh 8.0 includes full support for
] Mac OS X (10.2 and later); new enhanced user interface;
] plug-in for Apple Mail that supports PGP/MIME (RFC 3156);
] Microsoft Entourage integration; dock and services
] integration; expanded Unicode support for multiple
] language and country support in keys and data; PGP Disk
] format compatibility between Mac OS X and Windows;
] encrypt using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) in PGP
] Disk."

PGP

] "Actor Robert Redford (news), in an op-ed opinion piece
] published in the Los Angeles Times, accused the Bush
] administration on Monday of "lack of leadership" for
] failing to wean the United States from dependence on
] fossil fuels.
]
] The actor, a longtime solar power advocate, warned that
] the nation's wasteful use of gas and oil created
] political problems abroad and air pollution at home."

Redford Says Patriotism Means Weaning US from Oil

] "Casting doubt on a basic principle of U.S. anti-drug
] policies, an independent study concluded on Monday that
] marijuana use does not lead teenagers to experiment with
] hard drugs like heroin or cocaine.
]
] The study by the private, nonprofit RAND Drug Policy
] Research Center countered the theory that marijuana acts
] as a so-called gateway drug to more harmful narcotics, a
] key argument against legalizing pot in the United States.
]
] "

Study: Marijuana May Not Lead to Hard Drugs

] "Frequent mountain biking may reduce fertility in men,
] according to a small Austrian study that adds fodder to a
] debate over cycling and male sexual function.
]
] The research suggests frequent jolts and vibration caused
] by biking over rough terrain may cause abnormalities,
] including small scars within the scrotum and impaired
] sperm production.
]
] The abnormalities were found in professional mountain
] bikers and other "extreme" bikers who logged at least
] 3,000 miles yearly - or an average of more than two hours
] a day, six days a week. "

Better stay under that 3000 mile limit. :)

CBS News | Bad News For Male Mountain Bikers | December 2, 2002 13:15:39

] "Today, at the Justice Department, some laws are more
] equal than others.
] One 36-year-old U.S. law can be broken, it seems.
] Attorney General John D. Ashcroft, who is sworn to
] enforce all laws, has told federal employees that they
] can bend -- perhaps even break -- one law, and he will
] even defend their actions in court.
] That law is known as the Freedom of Information Act."

Ashcroft chars my feathers...

At Justice, Freedom Not to Release Information

] "LONDON, Dec. 2 %u2014 Britain released a dossier today on
] what it called the systematic rape, torture, gassing and
] executions of Iraqis by Saddam Hussein.
] The document listed what it said were Mr. Hussein's
] favored methods of torture.
] They included eye-gouging; piercing of hands with an
] electric drill; extinguishing cigarettes on victims'
] skin; mock execution; suspension from a ceiling; electric
] shock; rape and other forms of sexual abuse; beating on
] the soles of the feet, and acid baths."

I don't have much to say except that asshole should be taken out of power.

Britain Accuses Hussein of Systematic Torture and Killing

] "Steven Spielberg likes aliens and abductions and UFOs
] and mythology. He's told stories about them in the past,
] but Spielberg apparently wanted to empty his idea closet
] in such a fashion that another feature film, even a long
] one, wouldn't be enough. Instead, he's created the
] largest miniseries ever made -- 20 hours over 10 nights
] -- and left a good deal of the fate of one cable channel,
] Sci-Fi, in the balance. "

Well 'Taken' / Spielberg's spiffy, sprawling Sci-Fi Channel miniseries won't alienate anyone

] "The last time Andrew Jackson got a makeover, he ended up
] with a big head, slightly off-center. This time, he will
] get a little color. The most noticeable features of the
] last redesign of U.S. currency %u2014 the oversized,
] off-center portraits %u2014 produced all kinds of
] derisive nicknames: funny money, Monopoly money, cartoon
] money."

Color is coming to U.S. paper money

] "Windows XP has been on the market for a year now, so
] naturally everyone is clamoring for details on the next
] version of the world's most popular operating system --
] or so Microsoft Corp. hopes.
]
] Details are dribbling out, but Microsoft won't say a word
] on the record, declining to comment for this story.
] Analysts and software developers haven't been briefed,
] either.
]
] But here's what has leaked out so far."

Go Sun & Apple. :)

Next Microsoft operating system will be radical change from XP

] "Despite earlier reports to the contrary, American golfer
] John Daly has been fined 10,000 Australian dollars
] (US$5,500) over his outburst at the Australian PGA in
] which he refused to sign his scorecard and was
] disqualified.
]
] Daly, whose mother died last week of cancer, also threw
] his putter into a lake on the 18th green after a
] 6-over-par round of 78 and after he became upset with an
] official ruling on where to take a penalty drop on the
] 13th hole."

Daly fined over outburst at Australian PGA