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Cartoon Network Chief Steps Down, Jim Samples' Resignation Comes After Marketing Stunt Caused Boston Bomb Scare - CBS News: "The head of the Cartoon Network resigned Friday following a marketing stunt that caused a terrorism scare in Boston and led police to shut down bridges and send in the bomb squad. "

Based upon the defendants' apologies and acceptance of responsibility for their actions in January and the attendant consequences, as well as the positive and substantial efforts at restorative justice made by both men through their community service, we believe that this was the most appropriate resolution to this case," Attorney General Martha Coakley said in a statement. Read about it
here.

See how these guys were behaving the day of the incident, earlier in this blog.

And here's another perspective on the latest Middle East escalation. Israel Bombs Syria, Neocons Cheer : Another Day in the Empire

Syria is saying that Israel dropped their bombs accidentally after being encountered by Syria jets. Hmmm...very interesting spin. Read it here.

This happened over 20 days ago, and is only now filtering to the media. This is a big deal, folks. Some say its a dry run for a hit on Iran's nuclear facilities. Click here to read the entire story, and decide for yourself.

Well if you didn't get to see this web site before it was taken down, I have a cached version of it here.

You think you know how complicated things are in Iraq? Find out if you do, by checking out this story by Al-Jazeera.

Internet security experts have been tracking Chinese cyber warfare for several years. In 2005, US officials revealed that sweeps of US intelligence, including flight software and aircraft plans, had been going on since 2003. The hackers, codenamed Titan Rain by US investigators, were believed to be in Guangdong, a province of China with a heavy concentration of PLA which was also identified by Der Spiegel as the origin of the invasion of German government networks.

Read all about it here.

Click here to see why cornflake makers and socialists alike are pointing to green fuel for high food prices. Are they right?

Click here to learn how a Berkeley physicist has found a way to help keep Darfurians alive, by building a better kitchen stove.

Craig Venter is the rude boy of molecular biology, which is, of course, why I like him! He made himself famous by decoding the human genome faster and cheaper than anyone expected. Here he contemplates the problems and potential of synthetic biology.