] Swell ride: Brazilian surfer Picuruta Salazar rides the
] "Pororoca," a 12-foot wave that flows upstream once a
] year on the Amazon. The wave occurs when the ocean whips
] back on the heavily drained river, creating a giant curl
] that flows for hundreds of miles. Salazar rode this
] year's Pororoca through the rainforest for 37 minutes --
] a surfing record.

SF Gate: Day In Pictures - Swell ride

] With a blast of X-rays compressing a capsule of hydrogen
] to conditions approaching those at the center of the Sun,
] scientists from Sandia National Laboratories reported
] today that they had achieved thermonuclear fusion, in
] essence detonating a tiny hydrogen bomb.
]
] Such controlled explosions would not be large enough to
] be dangerous and might offer an alternative way of
] generating electricity by harnessing fusion, the process
] that powers the Sun. Fusion combines hydrogen atoms into
] helium, producing bountiful energy as a byproduct.

Yay. Alternative sources of power are a good thing.

New Fusion Method Offers Hope of New Energy Source

] A protestor, who refused to give her name, bears the
] wounds after she says was hit by Oakland police weapon
] during a anti-war protest in Oakland, Calif., Monday,
] Aug. 7, 2003 outside the port area. (AP Photo/Paul
] Sakuma)

What you look like if you get blasted with a rubber bullet

] US Marines found cyanide and mustard agents in high
] concentrations in the Euphrates River near Nassiriya in
] Iraq, television network MSNBC has reported.
]
] The network said a briefing from Marine officials was its
] source for the information.

EUPHRATES 'POISONED'

] Cape Town - A young hockey player and part-time waitress
] used her hockey stick on a would-be burglar and nearly
] beat him to a pulp on Thursday morning.
]
] Shortly after the attempted robbery, Leigh Fourie, 18,
] said she was terrified when she pounced on the would-be
] burglar. She threatened him, called him names and hit him
] with the hockey stick.
]
] Fourie said she woke up in her parents' home in Strand
] about 09:15. Her mother, Evelyn Fourie, had already gone
] to work in Stellenbosch.
]
] "I was drinking a milkshake in the lounge when I heard
] glass breaking. Someone was trying to break into my
] mother's bedroom next door. I crept to my bedroom, closed
] the door and 'phoned my mother, who told me to go outside
] and call the neighbours."
]
] Fourie said she decided to use her hockey stick instead
] because shouting wasn't going to help. Nobody would have
] heard her above the wind. "I ran down the corridor
] shouting, rushing towards the man who had in the meantime
] entered the lounge. "I waved my hockey stick in the air
] and started hitting him on his head, neck, arms -
] wherever I could land a shot. He tried to get away and
] pulled a knife from his pocket, but I told him he should
] put it away, because the police were outside."
]
] Fourie said the

Girl beats up burglar

] A tasteless powder of antibodies could be sprinkled on
] suspect food to destroy any dangerous bacteria, according
] to the researcher who has produced the powder. An
] alternative use would be as a spray for meat carcasses,
] to ensure hygiene in abattoirs.
]
] Contaminated food kills 5000 people a year in the US
] alone. Although antibodies are already fed to livestock
] to prevent diarrhoea, the powdered "anti-bacterial spice"
] announced at the American Chemical Society conference in
] New Orleans is the first antibody compound developed for
] human food.

New Scientist

] Authorities are investigating whether to press charges
] after a 15-year-old patient at University of Michigan
] C.S. Mott Children's Hospital sought out an escort
] service for sex during his hospital stay this week,
] according to the Ann Arbor News.

Click On Detroit - Teen Hires Prostitute From Hospital Bed

This is the exact reason why people shouldn't share this sort of information on the Internet.

How do I sniff panties??? Work safe.

] An enzyme-catalysed battery has been created that could
] one day run cell phones and laptop computers on shots of
] vodka

Whoa....cheers to that:)

New Scientist - Bio-battery runs on shots of vodka

Yes, there is a "Rate My Gasmask" site..

Rate My Gasmask