Aug 8, 2000: [•] Ex-Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption and sodomy. Many people feel that Anwar is being singled out by the current government and has been unfairly tried. [•] Police have determined that Thomas Jones did not fire the shot that injured a police officer in Philadelphia and has led to Jones’ defense claim that he didn’t have a gun when police shot him. [•] Iraqi President Saddam Hussein praised those who fought in the Iraq-Iran War and cursed those who foiled his evil schemes in the Gulf War (Oh, you darn kids!). [•] Ocean temperatures are rising destroying coral reefs, contributing to global warming, and increasing the chance of hurricanes. [•] The majority of web sites are not screen reader compliant. [•] A car bomb in Spain killed an important business leader. [•] Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is touring his fellow OPEC nations and is making a controversial stop in Iraq. [•] The Confederate H.L. Hunley Submarine has been raised out of the water 136 years after it was sunk. [•] Alabama is worried about their drought. [•] New York City police commissioner Howard Safir has decided to step down next month. [•] 2 Cuban doctors have defected to the US. [•] The World Health Organization is trying to stop people from buying tobacco products. Good luck. [•] Ah, this is my kind of summer camp. [•] Yahoo! and E-bay have stopped an auction of a mailing list citing privacy concerns. [•] Time Warner -EMI have won a cybersquatting dispute. [•] Icebox.com is receiving complaints that its Mr. Wong is depicted in a stereotypical manner (duh). [•] A baby is more likely to die of SIDS in a day care center than at home. [•] The recent wildfires have taken both physical and mental affects on health. [•] A ocean protection panel has been created. [•] China is using dogs to nurse baby pandas. [•] Sea otters are on the rise again, but fisherman are losing out. [•] New Zealand law enforcement have taken to the Net to fight a local mob. [•] A new hole in Netscape Communicator 4.5-4.74 allows hackers access using Java to your hard drive. It is even launchable through e-mail. Very bad stuff. [•] Can BBSs manipulate the stock market? [•] Norfolk Men’s Clinic has been charged by FDA of selling illegal prescription drugs to people without a prescription. [•] A judge threw out the Model E vs. Ford case citing that Michigan isn’t the proper venue for the case. [•] Mr. Francois has been sentenced to 8 terms of 25 to life for first degree murder. Good job (asswipe). [•] Who threw a puppy from a third story window? [•] The Brotherhood Winery Music Festival ended 45 minutes early when 2 people passed out (1 was overdosed), but prior to that police made 14 drug arrests. Party! [•] The Times-Herald Record Briefs: Caught stealing plates, buying beer illegally, not caught stealing, a drive-by shooting, and corrections officers wanted. [•] See what bitches be going to the MTV Video Music Awards. [•] Iron Maiden, Halford, and Queensrÿche have launched a tour. [•] A fan injured themselves at a No Doubt concert (and that is odd how?). [•] You can remix Foetus at S-MTV. That rules. [•] REM is finishing up their new album in Ireland. [•] The Rolling Rock Fest rocked. [•] VH1 lets you create your own music awards. [•] De La Soul is back. [•] Luke Virbert spun some Aphex Twin for a museum concert. [•] The Offspring will have a web cam in their studio so you watch them record their next album. [•] Ultra ATA hard drives just keep getting bigger. [•] How not to clean a hard drive. [•] Customize Unreal Tournament. [•] What’s the difference between the Create Labs Sound Blaster Live! MP3+ and X-Gamer? [•] Another look at the very nice 2000 Nissan Sentra. [•] Road & Track News Briefs: Gas prices are down, tire deaths are up, Daimler-Chrysler is pausing production of the Neon to fix inventory, Toyota is adding a sequential manual transmission to the MR-2 Spider (very cool), and Ford has recalled the Escape, as well as, the Mazda Tribute due to steering defects. [•] The Audi TT Roadster, BMW M Roadster, Honda S2000 and Porsche Boxster S fight it out. [•] The new Corvette and Viper are here. [•] How to use a guitar effects chain. [•] I love you Azazel! [•] Daemon Immortalis talks about life and consequences. [•] Red Raven is back, but the reason why the page was removed is still there in a cryptic form– someone is scared of the truth. (BTW it isn’t me so keep going down the list LOL). [•] Mermaid is addicted to vinyl. [•] Do you own a Ford Focus like I? Do you want to read about how to snap-on some parts to make it fly? Focaljet is your new best friend. [•] Well, everyone has been worried about censorship lately. I guess the right to free speech comes with a price and that price is persecution. That’s life. Welcome to adulthood. It sucks doesn’t it 🙂