I'm melting! I'm melting!!
- If congress further tramples your right to privacy, but it's over the weekend and no one is paying attention, does it still count? Be careful of your answer; the FBI is listening.
- The richest man in the world is a guy named Slim.
- By the numbers, a tally of items the Pentagon has lost in Iraq: 190,000 AK-47s "and pistols", 135,000 pieces of body armor, 115,000 helmets, all credibility.
- A Dateline NBC reporter tries to go undercover and crash a hacker convention; the hackers fight back.
- Leading the way in shaming police: Thailand. Officers there will be disciplined by being made to wear Hello Kitty arm bands.
- It must be the heat: Cable TV's ratings are through the roof.
- Film buffs take note: Classic Siskel & Ebert goes online.
- We're all in favor of protest, but this is just stupid.
This article appears in Aug 1-7, 2007.