Shares of United Airlines lost nearly all their value Monday morning when a false rumor swept financial markets that the struggling carrier had filed for bankruptcy protection.

United shares traded at one cent in late morning on the New York Stock Exchange, down 99.92 percent, or $12.29. Its volume was more than 29 million shares. Trading in United shares was halted at 11:08 a.m., pending news from the company. At the time, shares were still down 27.07 percent, at $8.97.

United Shares Fall on False Report of Bankruptcy - NYTimes.com

A federal agency has joined some of the nation’s biggest landlords in trying to repeal stronger safety requirements for new skyscrapers that were added to the country’s most widely used building code last year, arguing that they would be too expensive to meet.

Agency Fights Building Code Born of 9/11 - NYTimes.com

UNIQLO has never been afraid to inovate the shopping experience (think: UT Loop, grid playground and the concept t-shirt store) but this time they are adding a robot to their stores. Yep, you read right a robot named Wakamaru. Designed by Toshiyuki Kita and engineered by Mitsubishi, the robot can make eye contact with you, have simple conversations and help you shop for some Japanese animation t-shirts. But there is a catch, the robot is being described as neither human nor machine. The only thing we can think of that fits that catagory is robocop, which could end up to be a huge PR problem for UNIQLO if anyone saw Robocop 3. Look for Wakamaru to make his/her first appearnce at the Soho store in NYC sometime in the second week of September.

UNIQLO’s Wakamaru - Josh Spear, Trendspotting

Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Bob Kerrey (D-NE) have introduced legislation that would force U.S. encryption users to adopt vulnerable and costly "key recovery" systems. The bill provides only token relief from current export controls, and would create strong incentives to coerce American consumers and businesses to adopt untested and potentially insecure third-party access to sensitive encryption keys.

Ok, so I'm not completely on crack ... it was Kerrey, not Kerry.

CDT | Analysis of S. 909: McCain-Kerry Bill

Decius wrote:

Biden was chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and introduced the Comprehensive Counter-Terrorism Act in the 90s, requiring carriers of encrypted communications to turn the keys over to law enforcement, according to McCullagh.

Biden's bill spurred Philip Zimmerman to invent the PGP algorithm and publish it for free, McCullagh notes.

The Comprehensive Counter-Terrroism act was defeated, but Biden followed up with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement (ACT), which became law in 1994, says McCullagh.

In his favor, he did speak out against the Communications Decency Act.

IIRC, the key escrow bill was being co-sponsored by none other than Kerry and McCain, no?

RE: Biden supported Manditory Goverment Key Escrow and CALEA

Scientists have for the first time recorded individual brain cells in the act of summoning a spontaneous memory, revealing not only where a remembered experience is registered but how the brain is able to re-create it.

Scientists catch cells in the act of remembering - International Herald Tribune

All the energy America needs for the next 100 years lies under the sea off the coast of South Carolina. One problem: Digging it out could cause a global climate disaster.

Welcome to the final frontier in fossil fuels, the wild card in climate change theories and the dark horse in the scramble to secure access to clean energy. Meet methane hydrates, the world's most promising and perilous energy resource.

Energy's Most Dangerous Game - Forbes.com

Engineers from NASA and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne successfully completed a series of hot-fire altitude tests using liquid methane on the RS-18 engine. The tests, conducted at White Sands test facility in New Mexico, are part of the technology development for NASA's Constellation program, and gathered important data on ignition, performance measurement, and rapid start and stop.

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's Heritage Lunar Engine Fired Up Once Again - This Time With Liquid Methane | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference

ZOMG!!!

Drawing Mona Lisa in 80 milliseconds!

The SSP program in conjunction with Cx and ISS have been asked by the administrator to put together some manifest options to assess extending shuttle flights to 2015. SSP would like to have some options developed for review by senior management by the end of September. The result of the review might be a formal budget assessment of a option(s).

NASA Internal Email: Shuttle Extension Assessment | SpaceRef - Space News as it Happens