From YahooNews.COM:
I was just hunting UFOs, says Pentagon’s UK hacker
By Michael Holden
LONDON (Reuters) - To the United States, he is a seriously dangerous man who put the nation’s security at risk by committing “the biggest military computer hack of all time.”
But Briton Gary McKinnon says he is just an ordinary computer nerd who wanted to […]

 
From YahooNews.COM:
Indonesian Volcano Could Erupt Any Day
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia’s rumbling Mount Merapi is spewing volcanic ash, magma has fully covered its crater, and a powerful eruption could come any day, a scientist said Thursday. Authorities said, however, they were not ready to raise the alert to the highest level, which requires immediate evacuation of […]

From CNNSI.COM: 
Owner fires indoor football team
Montgomery Maulers all cut over wage demands
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Montgomery Maulers owner Jamie LaMunyon had an emphatic response to her players’ demand for back wages: You’re fired.
LaMunyon said she will field a replacement team for the National Indoor Football League game at Osceola, Fla., on Friday, and next week […]

     
    Pit bull                       Grenade
From The Orlando Sentinel:
Pit bull digs up trouble in west Orlando backyard
Fifty the dog unearthed what may be an unexploded World War II-era grenade.
By Willoughby Mariano
Fifty the dog likes digging. Digging for bugs, digging for trash, digging for the pure joy of digging.
On Wednesday, the pit bull’s favorite pastime […]

(Rumsfeld and his pal Saddam in the 80’s)
From CNN.COM:
Leaders visit; front-line troops say, ‘Yeah, so?’
BALAD, Iraq (CNN) — As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made their surprise visits to Baghdad on Wednesday, many of the troops stationed north of Baghdad, in Balad and Dujail, say either they didn’t know […]

 
This is unbelievable.  As I said in a post a few days ago, Our “leadership” in the white house and congress is pretty much following the script that Howard Kunstler predicted in his book “The Long Emergency” i.e. Denial that we’ve hit peak oil, that a new age is dawning, and instead of responsible, corrective […]

 
From Reuters.COM:
Cape Cod debates first US offshore wind farm
By Jason Szep
YARMOUTH, Massachusetts (Reuters) - A plan to build the world largest offshore wind-power farm off Massachusetts is dividing residents of the Cape Cod resort region, in a debate involving million-dollar ocean views, migrating birds and soaring energy bills.
Opponents seeking to block the $900 million project […]

 
I’ve never played Second Life, but I’ve seen my roommate play, and apparently his girlfriend is really into this online game.  Second Life has been famous in the past for its virtual real-estate sales of virtual islands and other property for thousands of real dollars, now apparently people are creating games for cash as well.   […]

From WISTV.COM:
Officials: Sumter man attempts to steal copper from electrical pole
(Sumter) April 25, 2006 - A Sumter man was found in critical condition after officials say he tried to steal something from an electrical pole.
Barely conscious and trapped between transformers is where Sumter police found Wayne Odom.
His stepfather says a bad crack habit led to […]

From CNN.COM:
Spanked employee seeks $1.2 million
Alarm company says it was part of a team-building exercise
FRESNO, California (AP) — Lawyers for a woman spanked in front of co-workers as part of what her employer said was a team-building exercise asked a jury Wednesday for at least $1.2 million for the humiliation she says she suffered.
Janet Orlando, […]

 
From NEWSDAY.COM:
Woman Pleads Guilty in ‘Stolen House’ Case
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — A would-be home buyer with less than a dollar in her bank account pleaded guilty to fraud in what prosecutors said was an attempt to steal an entire house.
Wendy Jean-Francois, 44, of Morrisville, pleaded guilty Monday in Bucks County Court to multiple counts of fraud, […]

 
Ok… I don’t mean to make light of this,  its tragic what this guy did,  but, uh…  how Friggin STUPID are these woman that allowed some old perv knocking on their door to exam their Boobies?   The fact that he did this two times in a row, and was working on the third house when […]

From Local6.COM:
Alligator Bites Golf Ball Diver In Florida
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. - — A diver hired by the city to retrieve golf balls from a lake was attacked by a 9-foot alligator that bit the man’s arm, authorities said.
Stephen Martinez, 43, of Coral Springs, was treated at a hospital for injuries similar to a dog bite, […]

Came across this today.  It’s desgined for Wheelchair users to have more mobility “offroad”  But wow how cool would this be for Burning Man?  
Some cool videos of this in action here.
The guy apparently custom makes them, I’m sure they cost quite a few bucks, but still, can you imagine this on the playa?