The geek and the gimp

http://deseretnews.com/article/content/mobile/0,5223,695272744,00.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/us/22raid.html?ref=us

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iIdMpRHjN4hpNKBhfYyAsR4DDo4QD904KP4G4

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/18/polygamy.custody/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/umphreys-mcgee-releases-free-sbd/

‘Harry Potter’ author calls fan’s encyclopedia ‘an act of betrayal’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24094995/

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/14/juvenile.killer/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4646965&page=1

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/12/polygamy.suspect/

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080411/D8VVTL6O1.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24082830/

Despite rescuing hundreds of children from a sect, police are still in the dark. Andrew Gumbel reports

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/zion-raid-the-ranch-has-not-yet-revealed-all-its-secrets-808370.html

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/12/artillery.cat.ap/index.html?eref=ib_topstories

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080412/ap_on_sc/earthquake_swarm

http://phantasytour.com/phish/boards_thread.cgi?threadID=1562046&page=1

http://www.mind-energy.net/archives/235-Revisiting-a-Dream-ESP-Experiment-with-The-Grateful-Dead.html

http://comics.ign.com/articles/866/866158p1.html

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hHZkhoNrwVbH01YaLg9bjMauk5vwD8VUVUEG0

http://www.miamiherald.com/864/story/488908.html

http://www.bassplayer.com/article/jacos-1962-fender/mar-08/34267

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http://comics.ign.com/articles/865/865334p1.html

As state officials prepare planes to spray the San Francisco Bay area with pesticides to fight an invasive moth, politicians are starting to worry not only about the endeavor’s potential impacts on human health, but on local commerce.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/04/10/financial/f162313D98.DTL

Study finds 20 minutes of focusing on a mantra lowers blood pressure

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24069366/

Six girls are charged with attacking the 16-year-old at a friend’s home

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24067427/

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/11/lzr.record.breaking.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/11/boudreau.campus.rage/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/04/10/heroes.vaughn/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/890259,trib041108.article

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/us/11raid.html

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/10/girl.fights/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/Germs/story?id=4633483&page=1

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_NASCAR_Starts_Drug_Testing_16267.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/10/cheney-others-okd-harsh-i_n_96158.html

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http://www.kitv.com/news/15851192/detail.html

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http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?StoryID=13472

http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/audio-listen-to-artie-attack-teddy-and-resign-from-stern-show.html

http://comics.ign.com/articles/865/865230p1.html

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_NASA_Probe_Takes_Hi_Res_Photos_of_Mars_Moon_Phobos_16226.html

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/04/10/mixed.family.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/09/beck.twelvesteps/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/briefly-weve-got-a-jammys-lineup/

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/10/closet.body.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Court documents say 16-year-old already had four children

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24014376/

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/09/texas.ranch/index.html

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?StoryID=13546

http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/bust-outs-covering-the-beatles/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24032149/

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/09/torch.protest/index.html

http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/?p=1739

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-tue_lollapaloozaapr08,1,3064618.story

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/09/malaysia.airport.ap/index.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24014376/

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Historic_Day_at_Johns_Hopkins_First_Six_Way_Kidney_Transplant_16163.html

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/04/texans-build-wo.html

http://www.wbaltv.com/news/15832101/detail.html

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/08/griffin.landing.gear/index.html

This video is graphic, please be warned.

http://break.com/index/myspace-girl-beaten-by-cheerleaders_1.html

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/08/google.refugees.ap/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/07/music.rickyskaggs.ap/index.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23984857/

“Car and Driver’s” John Phillips recently called up a bunch of state troopers to find out what they want you to do when they pull you over: “Busted! What Should I Do Now?” .

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/04/trooper-pulls-y.html

 Gov’t Mule, the Southern Rock jam band and small business if there ever was one, recently started providing health insurance to nine musicians and crew members.

http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/03/26/rock-and-roll-may-never-die-but-sometimes-it-gets-sick/?mod=WSJBlog

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23984462/

Harp magazine, which folded last month, is at least the third music magazine to cease publishing in 2008, joining alt-country title No Depression and indie rock mag Resonance in the dead pool.

http://ca.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idCAN0548260520080405

Harry’s Bar, the famed Venice watering hole where Ernest Hemingway held court over hearty food and stiff martinis, is offering a discount to “poor” Americans suffering from a weak dollar and subprime blues.

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL0744728220080407

Three protesters scaled the Golden Gate Bridge on Monday and four others were arrested at the site in what is likely a precursor to large protests planned for the arrival of the Olympic torch Wednesday in San Francisco.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/07/bridge.protest/index.html

Maestro says ailing tenor was in pain before 2006 Olympics performance

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23996723/

Convicted cult leader and murderer Charles Manson has released his album One Mind under a free content license

http://www.reuters.com/article/blogBurst/entertainment?type=entertainmentNews&w1=B7ovpm21IaDoL40ZFnNfGe&w2=B98K91vD3DOpBfHFgSYFOC7&src=blogBurst_entertainmentNews&bbPostId=BF0kTw0jp2CpCz2fURHSiThbsCzDOMs975URlRCz4goQS04fwp9&bbParentWidgetId=B98K91vD3DOpBfHFgSYFOC7

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 Five teenagers brandishing baseball bats and a machete rampaged through a school in Sydney on Monday, smashing every window they passed and slightly injuring 19 people, police said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23991444/

A podcast interview with American documentary photographer Peter Beste about his book “True Norwegian Black Metal”, his initiation into the black metal cadre, his background as a photographer and some of his most memorable experiences hanging with heroes, villains and legends of the genre is available

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=94379

Millions of people could face poverty, disease and hunger as a result of rising temperatures and changing rainfall expected to hit poor countries the hardest, the World Health Organization warned Monday.

http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/W/WHO_CLIMATE_CHANGE?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-04-07-06-56-20

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/07/diana.verdict/index.html

SAN ANGELO, Texas - Authorities planned to search Monday for more children and documents at a polygamist compound after  removing 220 women and children from the 1,700-acre West Texas ranch over the weekend.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23993440/