- Preparations from the Carolina coast to New England are underway as the East Coast battens down the hatches for Hurricane Irene this weekend.
- Astronomers have observed a planet with a high content of crystalline carbon, effectively a "diamond planet" 4,000 light years away.
- The firebombing of a casino in Monterrey, Mexico has left 40 dead and the terrorists unknown as Mexican police continue to investigate.
- Pro-Qaddafi forces counter-attacked the Tripoli airport this morning in order to try to recapture it as four planes were destroyed.
- Linux turns 20 this week as aficionados and coders alike celebrate Linus Torvald's operating system.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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