ENTERTAINMENT |
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Hitler Comedy
No. 1 at German Box
Office
But panned abroad as
tedious documentary. |
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POLITICS |
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Obama Forms Presidential
Exploratory Committee
Committee members explore what positions
they want in an Obama administration
should he run and win. |
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BUSINESS |
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Porn Industry Driving Conversion
To HDTV
Old black-and-white stag films look
even better, says one recent
convert. |
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Report: Google Contributes
Thousands to Conservative Candidates
Drops Do No Evil motto. |
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World's
Tallest Building Rises in
Dubai
When completed it will
have 150 floors, with
lower 30 devoted to camel
parking. |
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SCIENCE |
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Study: Industry-Funded
Studies Biased in Favor of Industry Doing
Funding
Critics point out study funded by
study-funding industry. |
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Physicists Lower Predicted
Mass of Higgs Boson to 153
Giga-Electronvolts
If you had 153 in your office pool, yabba
dabba doo! |
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Researchers
Successfully Convert Trash
to Ethanol
Process will now
be tested in garbage trucks
that collect, process their own
fuel. |
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HEALTH / MEDICINE |
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Doughnuts Under Attack by
Anti-Trans Fat Activists
Coming to their defense: National
Association of Police Officers. |
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CORRECTION |
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We reported
that Laurita Alexis Jonas, the
Bush-appointed chief of the
General Services Administration,
had uncovered a plot to give a
no-bid contract to a friend. In fact, it
was the chief of the General
Services Administration who
who had given her friend the
no-bid contract. We apologize for
any confusion caused by our
mistake. |
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