] Energy drink maker Red Bull has completed the purchase of
] the Jaguar Racing team from automaker Ford. The new team
] will be branded Red Bull Racing and will be powered by
] engines supplied by Cosworth.
] ...
] The sale brings to an end Ford's disastrous four year run
] in Formula One. Jaguar entered F1 after buying out the
] Stewart Ford team but has been unable to compete with the
] likes of Ferrari, McLaren, Williams, Renault and BAR-Honda.

Ferrari, McLaren... Red Bull. Sounds like the same league, right?

(Yes, it is only a money and individual-talent game, not a matter of owner-corporate-competence in the racing sector)

TSN.ca - Auto Racing - Canada's Sports Leader

] BOSTON (AP) -- A 21-year-old college student died
] Thursday of a head injury after a clash between police
] and a crowd of Red Sox fans who poured into the streets
] outside Fenway Park to celebrate their team's victory
] over the New York Yankees.
]
] Victoria Snelgrove, a journalism major at Emerson College
] in Boston, was shot in the eye by a projectile fired by
] an officer on crowd-control duty. The nature of the
] projectile was not immediately identified but officers
] were armed with weapons meant to be non-lethal.

SI.com - MLB - Student dies celebrating Red Sox's ALCS victory - Thursday October 21, 2004 4:35PM

] The company had planned to wrap up development this week
] on Windows XP Service Pack 2, but a Microsoft
] representative said late Wednesday that the software
] giant had decided that more work was needed on the update
] before if could be released to manufacturing.

We just received internal mail saying it was released.

Best slashdot comment:
"In other news Microsoft has announced that WinXP SP2 has
been internally renamed "Longhorn" to more closely coincide
with their projected release schedules"

Windows XP update delayed again | CNET News.com

] Dear Roger Clemens,
]
] Let me offer my hearty congratulations on starting the
] All-Star Game. Wow, that is really terrific. I'd like to
] note, however, that I hate you.

I understand this column a bit too well.

Roger and Me - Why I hate the greatest pitcher of all time. By Seth Stevenson

] The difference between God and Larry Ellison is that on
] Monday afternoon and again last night, Ellison caught
] Barry Bonds' historic 660th and his 661st home run.

Right. Because Larry Ellison needed giveaways from the Giants.

Amusing, though, that he got them by camping in the cove in a kayak. He's pretty intense, whatever you think of him.

Rugged Elegance: San Francisco: Giant Barry Bonds Tells 660 Home Run Catcher, Larry Ellison

]How bizarre. When you first take possession of your Mini you
]have to sign a piece of paper promising not to use the hyperdrive
]in Earth's atmosphere. I bet that Belgian's going to get into
]trouble with the Mini Owner's Association...

Neil Gaiman drives a mini. But not at Mach 3, apparently.

Neil Gaiman