] Even the detective working on the case says he has never
] seen anything like this before. Taylor Police say the
] 27-year-old man has been posing as a 13-year-old girl for
] several months. He has many aliases but is known to call
] himself "Lalani."
]
] He is 6-feet-1-inch tall, about 180 pounds, and yet he
] still manages to fool a lot of people.

Scarey.

Detroit Now/ WXYZ-TV : News

] Westerly - Bats infested a Bowling Lane duplex in
] the Bradford section of town, forcing the family living
] there to evacuate and to undergo treatment for rabies.

Ughhh....

Westerly Family Moves Out Of Home After Bats Move In

] A special investigation by the BBC has revealed that
] British Airways was used without its knowledge to host a
] website advertising Russian mail order brides.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Spam peddlers hijack computers

] DES MOINES, Iowa - A woman bought a bag of potato chips
] at a convenience store but discovered more than munchies
] in the bag.
]
] Lois Campbell, 42, of Des Moines, opened the small sack
] of Uncle Ray's garlic-flavored chips Saturday and found
] another bag inside.
]
] "We were eating a few of the chips, and I was about to
] give some to a 3-year-old child," Campbell said. "I
] thought it was a little bag of seasoning inside. When I
] saw what it was, I called the police."
]
] A police report said the contents of the heat-sealed bag
] smelled like marijuana.

At least she had the munchies covered.

Yahoo! News - Bag of Chips Contains More Than Munchies

] First Computer
]
] The abacus is invented in ancient Babylon, becoming the
] first primitive computing device. Eventually, people grow
] tired of sliding a bunch of stupid beads back and forth
] on a stick and resume beating each other senseless with
] sharp rocks and laughing at flatulent animals.

Right about 1990 this just turns absolutely hysterical. Invention of the cam whores.

TechTV | 'Unscrewed' Unofficial History of the Internet

] Police are sticking phosphorescent safety strips on the
] camels of the Negev desert to make them more visible to
] drivers, after a growing number of nighttime crashes in
] which people and camels have died.

WTOPNEWS.com | Reflective Strips Used to Protect Camels

] Even an overweight, out-of-shape body could bring
] millions when broken down to its valuable fluids, tissues
] and germ-fighting antibodies.

] But it does lay to rest the old concept that the human
] body, when broken down to its basic elements, is only
] worth pocket change.

Woohoo big guys count too!

Reuters | Your Body May Be Worth More Than $45 Million

] SAN FRANCISCO - In this national mecca of homosexual
] activism and everyday in-your-face politics, the annual
] Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade
] yesterday took on a decidedly militant bent following
] last week's Supreme Court decision striking down states'
] anti-sodomy laws.
]
] Not content with merely enjoying the same rights in the
] bedroom as heterosexual couples, parade organizers said a
] theme to the parade was achieving the rights to marry -
] foreshadowing what some believe will be the next big
] showdown over gay rights.
]
] Among the throngs that lined Market Street in the city's
] financial district were posters declaring ''Hooray For
] Sodomy'' and ''We All Deserve the Freedom to Marry,''
] while participants chanted ''Gay Power!"

Gays celebrate antisodomy ruling

] Microsoft Word documents are notorious for containing
] private information in file headers which people would
] sometimes rather not share. The British government of
] Tony Blair just learned this lesson the hard way.

Microsoft Word bytes Tony Blair in the butt

] One of the greatest fears computer owners face is the
] risk of someone breaking into their home and stealing
] their investment. The effects of data loss, alone, can be
] devastating! This page will cover a very effective method
] of protecting your personal computer.
]
] Most criminals will not steal what they are unable to
] carry. If you make your computer so heavy that it is
] extremely difficult to lift, the risk of it being stolen
] is greatly reduced! This is accomplished by following
] these simple instructions...

The solution? Fill the computer case with concrete! ;)

(Humor) An unconventional way of preventing computer theft