Thursday, August 16, 2007

Daily Round Up


* "Dirty bomb" suspect Jose Padilla was found guilty of supporting terror and plotting to kill people overseas.

* In sad news, suicides have hit a 26 year high in the US army.


* The conservation group BirdLife has launched a program to protect 189 birds from extinction.

* So Apple may not be such a bad name. A couple from Chine have tried to names their child @. They claim that phonetically in Mandarin is means "love him".

* Who would have thought the wholesome, singing Mormons had been around this long?

* Eating right isn't always the easiest thing to do (ahem, Ben and Jerry's for breakfast) but here are a few simple tips, and recipes to boot, that make it easy.

* Here's a round up of the last day of the World University Games for swimming. The US came out with a leading 26 medals and 10 gold.

* The Daily Intelligencer has fun with Brooke Astor's will.

* They have to make up for their teeth!

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