February 18, 2009

* The Pirate Bay trial prosecutor asks to drop key charge
* Steal This Film trial version supports Pirate Bay admins
* Bristol Palin: abstinence good policy, but not realistic
* Pat Robertson denounces Limbaugh's hope of Obama failure
* 30% of US TV broadcasters converted to digital yesterday

* Obama approves deployment of 17000 troops to Afghanistan
* Comments by Jane's on British/French submarine collision
* Massachusetts governor's plan to require GPS in every car
* Protesters want answer for Facebook privacy policy change
* Six exceptional web based image editors via bibliodyssey

* SEC accuses Houston's Allen Stanford of investment fraud
* $45B Bank of America bailout far exceeds value of company
* Rep. Michele Bachmann: "we're running out of rich people"
* Where will we live, work, or shop... without rich people?
* Norm Coleman getting ready to demand a whole new election

* GOP leader uses lyric about prostitute without permission
* Cory Doctorow addresses suspense around economic collapse
* Obama unveils plan to save millions from bank foreclosure
* Bank foreclosed homes in Dayton Ohio advertised for $1000
* Greenspan: recession will be longest & deepest since 1930

* Fed reports US industrial production down 1.8% in January
* Pepsi & Mountain Dew throwback brand sweetened with sugar
* Non-existent subway photo ban costs tax payers a fortune
* Honor student jailed 3 months; Her judge faces 87 months
* Atheists are banned from public service in six US states