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California Candidates list hits 259! With the addition
of Arnold "Terminator" Schwartznegger, the list of registered candidates
61 days before the recall elections to possibly replace governor
Gray Davis has reached 259. The only requirement [...]

Bird May Have Mistaken Dog For Rat
New York’s Bryant Park had a bird problem. Hundreds
of pigeons and their guano were making the park a slippery mess. So
naturalists came up with a brilliant solution: import a [...]

I have noticed that when driving I get a particular thrill from being the last driver through a yellow light, especially in heavy traffic. This is because I believe it frustrates anyone trying to follow me.
It completely ignores the fact that as far as I am aware every single time in my life someone [...]

Supporters of open-source technology are planning a new trade group to
act as a lobbying organization for open-source tools and encourage their
broader adoption. Although some organizers of the Open Source
And Industry Alliance (OSAIA) have been vocal critics of Microsoft,
officials insist the new group is “a pro-open source and pro-Linux
effort” and “not designed to be anti-Microsoft.” sure….
from [...]

Many of us Stateside, regardless of how we feel about
the war, have been reading with great interest the dispatches from Chief
Wiggles, a man of many talents: Utah National Guard officer interrogating
Iraqi [...]

How gay-friendly is your religion? How about an additional category
for closeted clergy?
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from the Boston Globe

The Steamship Authority ferry Islander plies the waters between Cape Cod and Martha’s Vinyard daily, and periodically the Coast Guard requires they do surprize rescue drills. Yesterday, during one such drill, the lifeboat flipped over as it was launched, trapping a crew member underneath, his leg entangled in a rope.
On the deck, while horrified passengers [...]

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — A security flaw at a website
operated by the purveyors of penis-enlargement pills has provided the
world with a depressing answer to the question: Who in their right mind
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The flash-mob rage continues to spread around the planet, with recent events reported from across the United States and over to Europe, Australia and Singapore.
The first European mob took place in Rome on July 24, when 300 people entered a music and bookshop asking for non-existent titles. The latest flash mob incident occurred at [...]

It lacks the warm bedside manner of Marcus Welby or Dr. Kildare,
but a high-tech robot being tested at The Johns Hopkins Hospital could
be used to link patients with their physicians in a whole new way.
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