Funny diagram of military hand signals.

Military Hand Signals

] Heads up, sharers of music, video and software files: If
] a prominent Michigan lawmaker has his way on Capitol
] Hill, you will soon be a felon.
]
] U.S. Rep. John Conyers, a Detroit Democrat, is the
] sponsor of the Author, Consumer, and Computer Owner
] Protection and Security (ACCOPS) Act of 2003, which
] declares sharing a single copyrighted file online to be a
] felony.
]
] Because the bill doesn't specifically name the type of
] file, you could theoretically become a felon by copying
] and posting this very column on your Web site. (We frown
] on that sort of thing anyway, but webmasters, be warned.)
]
] Giving fake information to the folks who register domain
] names, the basic Internet Web addresses (such as
] freep.com), would be punishable by up to five years in
] prison and a fine. Using a camcorder to record a movie in
] a theater -- whether you share it or not -- would be a
] federal criminal offense.

HEATHER NEWMAN: 60 million file sharers could face prison, fine

] Scientists in China have, for the first time, used
] cloning techniques to create hybrid embryos that contain
] a mix of DNA from both humans and rabbits, according to a
] report in a scientific journal that has reignited the
] smoldering ethics debate over cloning research.

Even though they claim most of the rabbit DNA was removed prior to the fusing, how valid of a test cell would these actually be? Without having 100% of the qualities of a normal cell how could we actually use these and get reliable results?

Cloning Yields Human-Rabbit Hybrid Embryo (washingtonpost.com)

"A man has been jailed for 50 days for dissecting his daughter's guinea pig believing it was a government spy."
""It's not often you have someone this paranoid from using drugs that they think a guinea pig is spying on them for the government," Deputy District Attorney Tom Connors said. The paranoia was apparently a byproduct of Zavala's methamphetamine use, not mental illness."

Its the government I tell you... They're in it with the hamsters and the mice!!!

Man jailed for killing guinea pig he thought was a spy

] WACKY newlyweds Simon and Paula Hand amazed friends and
] family when they held their wedding reception at
] McDonalds.
]
] The crazy couple ditched tradition in favour of the fast
] food restaurant - and celebrated with Big Macs on their
] big day.

Stockport Express - News | A Happy Meal for the happy couple

] But their families aren't the only people college
] freshmen miss. Many female students, especially, suffer
] from "friendsickness," according to a new study.
]
] These students can cope with their changing high school
] friendships by making new friends while remaining loyal
] to the old, said researchers from Pennsylvania State
] University.
]
] "Because a student's peer group is the single most
] powerful influence on personal growth during the
] undergraduate years, colleges and universities have a
] responsibility to help first-year students adjust to
] their new social environment," said Jennifer Crissman
] Ishler, assistant professor of counselor education. "This
] is especially true at large universities where many
] first-year student classes contain hundreds of students."

local6.com - Family - College Freshmen Suffer From 'Friendsickness'

] For all they share economically and culturally, Canada
] and the United States are increasingly at odds on basic
] social policies -- to the point that at least a few
] discontented Americans are planning to move north and try
] their neighbors' way of life.

A few interesting points, but I don't think I will be making the move.

CNN.com - Dismayed Americans contemplate Canada - Jul. 19, 2003

Elonka wrote:
] crankymessiah wrote:
] ] ] LONDON, England (Reuters) -- An armada of small, faded
] ] ] yellow toy ducks is expected to make landfall in Britain
] ] ] within weeks at the end of an epic 11-year voyage from
] ] ] the Pacific Ocean.
] ] ]
] ] ] They are the survivors of a consignment of 29,000 bath
] ] ] toys washed overboard from a container ship in 1992 that
] ] ] have since floated across the ocean, round the United
] ] ] States, through the Arctic and past Greenland.
]
] My first reaction when I saw this was, "hoax?" But I dug into
] it, and it seems to be real. There's a webpage here with
] links to the various stories about the ducks:
] http://www.seabean.com/duckies/
]
] And a "beachcomber" site that even has an executable which
] tracks the locations of the ducks over time (it ran in
] full-screen mode on XP, though your mileage may vary on other
] OSes):
]
] http://www.beachcombers.org/images/images.htm
] (click on North Pacific Toy Spill)
]
] And here's a pic of one of the washed ashore ducks:
] http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/31/eveningnews/ma
] in566138.shtml
]
] In my mind's eye, I was picturing a flotilla of rubber ducks
] dotting the waves as far as the eye could see, but it's
] actually probably more like an asteroid field, where you could
] go days without seeing one, even if you're right in the center
] of "duck-density". ;)
]
] Fun story!

The CNN link is now dead but the other info is great! Thanks Elonka

RE: CNN.com - England braces for rubber duck invasion - Jul. 26, 2003

] After more than a year of complaints by some US anti-war
] activists that they were being unfairly targeted by
] airport security, Washington has admitted the existence
] of a list, possibly hundreds or even thousands of names
] long, of people it deems worthy of special scrutiny at
] airports.

Washington cops to political no-fly-list.

] Gwinnett's midsummer crime wave continued Tuesday with an
] apparently successful bank robbery in Lawrenceville.
]
] About 8:30 a.m., two robbers clad in ninja garb ambushed
] two female employees as they arrived at Atlantic State
] Bank at McKendree Church Road and Duluth Highway, police
] said.

Ninjas on the loose in GA.

ajc.com | Gwinnett | 'Ninjas' rob bank in Lawrenceville