Dowbrigade

In a race between a Ferrari and a fighter jet, score one out of three for
Michael Schumacher.

Formula One champion’s Ferrari F2003-GA was a nose faster than pilot Maurizio
Cheli’s Eurofighter Typhoon in the first race of 600 meters. The plane
then easily won at 1,200 and 900 meters in the drag race at a military
airport.

Cheli’s jet and the Ferrari lined up on parallel runways and went full
throttle when the green signal came, mixing the deep sound of a jet turbine
with a high-pitched Formula One engine. After covering the required distance,
the jet went airborne and then landed following each race.

Schumacher won the first race in 9.4 seconds, with the jet 0.2 seconds
behind. The jet won at 1,200 meters in 14.2 seconds, with the Ferrari
2.5 seconds back. In the final race of 900 meters, the jet finished in
13.0 seconds, with the Ferrari 0.2 seconds behind.

The Eurofighter’s top speed when airborne is listed at 1,521 mph; the
Ferrari’s limit is 229 mph.

from AP

The
case sparked by the scandalous 3-day orgy in Southern China by a band
of Japanese businessmen and tourists who hired upwards of 500
local prostitutes has gone to a closed-door trial. Dowbrigade covered
the orgy here and
here.
This is the kind of story that begs for a first-hand bloggers report.

BEIJING, China (Reuters) — A group of 14 Chinese have gone on trial
behind closed doors in southern China, accused of organizing an orgy
involving hundreds of Japanese tourists and local prostitutes, court
officials and media said.

The scandal has sparked outrage in China, particularly on the Internet,
and embarrassed Beijing and Tokyo, close trading partners that have shown
signs of growing diplomatic solidarity in the face of the North Korean
nuclear crisis.

from Reuters