Having conquered this planet, Moby is setting his sights on new territory. The techno-pop sensation took time off from his world tour for an impromptu course in astronaut training from NASA.

The bald enigma, who sported a NASA-inspired spacesuit in his new video, "We Are All Made of Stars." jumped at the chance to poke around the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, this month.

Moby, describing the trip in a Web log on his Internet site, demonstrates a natural appreciation for the paradoxically super-cool and super-geeky world of space exploration.

Moby goes to space camp

Dynegy Inc. (DYN.N), a cash-strapped power trader fighting to stay alive, said on Monday it was selling its Northern Natural Gas pipeline for $928 million to a company controlled by billionaire investor Warren Buffett.

Warren Buffett on the move again...

A woman who says she was pulled off an airplane and asked to take a sex toy out of her luggage after it started vibrating is suing Delta Air
Lines, saying she was publicly humiliated.

Renee Koutsouradis, 36, said she was with her husband awaiting takeoff from Dallas in
February when her name was called over the loudspeaker.

She said she was met by a Delta security agent who told her something was vibrating in one of
her bags. She said she explained it was an adult toy that she and her husband had just bought
on a trip to Las Vegas.

Woman sues Delta over sex toy incident

Lance Armstrong won his fourth straight Tour de France on Sunday, handily beating the world's best cyclists in a grueling three-week event
he has turned into his personal showcase.

The 30-year-old cancer survivor crossed the finish line on the Champs-Elysees in the bright yellow
leader's jersey he has worn since taking control of the race 10 days ago.

Armstrong wins fourth straight Tour de France

"Now, after talking up and praying for speedy adoption of broadband seemingly for ages and getting no response, Microsoft (MSFT) is trying a more direct approach. It's offering its MSN.com content to providers of high-speed Internet access to spice up their offerings. The Colossus of Redmond is also building out Xbox Live, an online gaming network with supercool graphics and interactivity, to lure gamers into going broadband. Finally, it's striking more deals with Internet service providers, perhaps in an attempt to help them financially -- essentially subsidizing broadband access for consumers. "

Microsoft's Booster Shots for Broadband

ucent Technologies Inc. announced a $7.91 billion loss for the fiscal third quarter and 7,000 more layoffs yesterday, adding another chapter to the seemingly unending tale of the telecommunications industry's woes.

'It's bad, and there's no cavalry coming,' - Another 7,000 Jobs to Be Cut as Lucent

July 23 — One of the great surprises of the stock market’s downturn is how fiercely investors have clung to traditional investment advice even as their portfolios have crumbled. As individual investors swarmed into the stock market during the long boom, a parade of experts began to tout some now-familiar investment dictates.

Investors stick with tradition as portfolios take beating

For right-handed golfers, a slice occurs when the ball starts left and finishes to the right of the target. It is caused by the club taking a very out-to-in swing path.

Slicing usually is the result of a weak grip. This is when both hands are positioned too far to the left on the handle of the club.

Problem shots: Slicing

The title says it all! :)

For the Golfer who really sucks!

The skeleton staff of bankrupt KPNQwest walked out Friday, leaving the network in limbo amid hopes that its trustees would soon reach a deal to sell the remnants to one of its founders, KPN.
Though the company's employees had previously warned they would start shutting down on Friday what was once Europe's largest data network, they said they would leave it running for now but would not be around if anything went awry.

What a horrible feeling they must have in their stomach....