- The US Supreme Court has blocked the execution of a Texas death row inmate because his conviction involved psychological testimony that blacks were more likely to commit crimes.
- Norwegian Nobel laureate physicist Ivar Giaever has resigned from the American Physical Society over his disagreement with the group's stance that global climate change is occurring.
- Kansas and Oklahoma Republicans want the millions in federal funding those states rejected over health care reform be directed to balance the state's budgets instead.
- Private equity giant Silver Lake looks to be in the market for purchasing internet tech firm Yahoo.
- The cost of extending European copyright laws from 50 to 70 years may cost as much as a billion Euros, most of which will go to record companies.
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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