ProPublica wins in first-ever Pulitzer for online-paper collaboration.
Homeland Security Seeks Bio-Agent Sniffing Cell Phones Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate want to use cell phones to detect threats that might be coordinated using wireless chit-chat. Their new program, called 'Cell-All,' would embed inexpensive, chemical-sniffing microchips into cellular telephones. If a dangerous level of air-based toxin is detected, the phone would issue a warning ring (or vibration) to alert the owner -- while also sending a message to a centralized military monitoring station.
Dow ends above 11,000 for first time in 18 months The Dow Jones industrial average has closed above 11,000 for the first time in a year and a half on investors' rising hopes about the economy. The Dow edged up about 9 points Monday to almost 11,006. The Standard & Poor's 500 index came within a point of hitting its own milestone of 1,200 during trading but closed just short of that mark.
Florida ordinance targets people who give to beggars and peddlers (Oakland Park, FL) Citing traffic safety concerns, officials in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of 42,000 tentatively approved an ordinance targeting not only panhandlers and peddlers, but the people who give to them or buy something from them. Under the ordinance initially passed last month, anyone who responds to a beggar with money or any "article of value" or buys flowers or a newspaper from someone on the street would face a fine of $50 to $100 and as many as 90 days in jail.
Last week's poll had asked:
Sex addiction clinics have reported a big rise in people seeking therapy. Is sex addiction a real illness? Readers answered yes. This week's poll is now up.
1 comment:
"Homeland Security Seeks Bio-Agent Sniffing Cell Phones"
OMG. That just sounds so funny, like something out of "Get Smart."
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