3.1.04
God Hates Shrimp—For all you Bible literalists out there
ABCnews.com—Mel Gibson's controversial Passion hauls in over $100 million in its first week of release
Salon.com—A recent poll has a Kerry-Edwards ticket beating Bush-Cheney
New Scientist—Philips to unveil flat screen television that also doubles as a mirror; a waterproof version is planned for bathrooms
Fox News—Drunk SUV driver goes 8 1/2 miles before realizing that a man he had hit was caught in his front end suspension
USA Today—Woman gives birth six times in one minute

3.2.04
BBC News—British student puts her university up for auction on eBay to protest rising tuition costs
USA Today—Latest version of MyDoom deletes files off of hard drives
New York Times—Many of the crosswalk buttons in NYC intersections have been disabled by the city
CNN.com—Georgia theater's tickets for The Passion have a computer-generated 666 code printed on them
Daily Telegraph—Giant pacific crabs leave destruction in their wake as they advance down the coast of northern europe
Wired News—Woman gives birth six times in one minute

3.3.04
Democracy Now—Ousted Haitian president Aristide says he was forced to go to Africa by US agents
Wired News—E-voting glitches in California and Maryland on Super Tuesday
Fox News—Federal investigation into BALCO says that Barry Bonds, Gary Sheffield, and Jason Giambi all received steroids from the company
CNN.com—Based on findings from the recent rover missions, NASA scientists conclude that Mars once had liquid water
Salon.com—New nickels commemorating Louisiana Purchase, the first in a series of new nickel designs, are released by the mint
ABCnews.com—McDonald's to phase out supersize menu

3.4.04
Salon.com—New Bush ads feature images from 9.11, despite promises from the administration not to use the tragedy for political purposes
CNN.com—Troops in Iraq use non-lethal focused beams of sound to disperse potentially hostile crowds
USA Today—Georgia may start selling lottery tickets online
ABCnews.com—After proof of water was found on Mars, bookies stopped taking bets on whether there was once life on the red planet
Fox News—Oregon county starts issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples
MSNBC—Rival virus writers may be exchanging insults in the code of the variants they release

3.5.04
Avi Rubin—A Hopkins professor who authored a well-known report critical of security in Diebold's e-voting system gives a first person account of his experience as an election judge for Baltimore County in the recent primaries
Wired News—High-end digital camera cannibalizing flash drives from MP3 players, which are much cheaper than buying flash drives designed for cameras
CNN.com—Bush's campaign advisors refuse to apologize for using 9.11 footage in recent ads, despite reports that many family members of the victims were offended. Don't these people have any shame? Is "I'm sorry, I was wrong" just not in their vocabulary?
Salon.com—J.K. Rowling, already at work on the next Harry Potter book, hints that she may write additional Potter books beyond the seven she has promised
CBS News—Blackmun's papers show that Roe v. Wade was almost overturned in 1992
USA Today—Philips says it has developed a camera lens that uses fluids to focus instead of mechanical parts

3.8.04
CNN.com—Republican National Committee sends letters to television stations telling them it's illegal to air ads paid for by MoveOn.org
MSNBC—Online casino refuses to pay gambler who won $1.3 million on its site
Salon.com—Howard Stern thinks his days in broadcast radio are numbered
BBC News—Church of England seeks first web pastor for virtual parish
Yahoo! News—Mel Gibson's Passions passes the $200 million mark in its second weekend
New Scientist—New software can fake background noise on your cell phone, making your story of being stuck in traffic sound more plausible

3.9.04
MSNBC—Republicans concerned about public reaction to Bush's first ad campaign of his reelection effort
USA Today—Cheap, commercially available software will let anyone with a business license do background checks
Wired News—Software program makes your PocketPC act like an iPod, but how long will Apple tolerate someone stealing their interface?
ABCnews.com—Dear Abby letter pulled from newspapers amid suspicions that it is a hoax inspired by a Simpsons episode
CNN.com—Incan mummies found in Peru during excavation for highway
ZDNet—Next version of PDF will include ability to add bar codes to forms

3.10.04
Fox News—Older sniper sentenced to death
CNN.com—Woman tries to use fake $1 million bill at Wal-Mart
Yahoo! News—Man killed during masonic initiation ceremony
Salon.com—Pepsi will launch a "mid-calorie" drink with less sugar and lower carbs than regular Pepsi
ABCnews.com—EchoStar satellite provider stops broadcasting CBS, MTV, and Nickelodeon because of a dispute with parent company Viacom
ESPN.com—Virginia group that wants to move the Expos to the DC area says that MLB needs to act fast

3.11.04
ABCnews.com—New study shows that female mice produce new eggs throughout adulthood
Wired News—Network admin proposes to his girlfriend with new computer
Salon.com—Al Franken and Janeane Garofalo will each host their own show on a new liberal radio network
Fox News—12 year old girl is beaten by adults after kissing a boy at a party
CNN.com—Amsterdam police use bicycles equipped with GPS to bait and capture thieves
PC World—New DVD/CD burner will use its laser and a special type of disc media to burn the label on top as well as the data on the bottom

3.12.04
ABCnews.com—Kerry won't apologize for calling Republicans crooked. Good for him. They are crooked, after all.
CNN.com—Mel Gibson could personally take home $200 million from The Passion
Wired News—Salon opening new Washington bureau for election coverage
New Scientist—Waitlist for domain names could give corporations an advantage in registering expired domain names
The Register—New swiss army knife will include flash memory drive
CBS News—People and pets getting shocks from sidewalks

3.15.04
Intervention—A soldier who served in Iraq in the first gulf war and the recent invasion speaks candidly about his experiences
truthout.org—Some eye-opening quotes from high-ranking members of the current administration and their allies
Wired News—All but 5 of the original 13 states that participated in the national database program known as the Matrix have since pulled out, along with Wisconsin, which only joined a few weeks ago
Salon.com—Kerry proposes a series of monthly debates with Bush. Gee, I wonder what W will say?
BBC News—Starbucks will offer in-store music downloads and CD-burning services
Fox News—Kids in one Florida county are fingerprinted every time they board a public school bus

3.16.04
Laura's NYC Tales—Woman who inheirited Chris Rock's old cell number recounts the celebrity wrong numbers that followed
Salon.com—FDA to offer official definition of low-carb. Who cares? In another year, this whole fad will be over anyway.
C|NET—Apple has sold over 50 million songs in iTunes
ABCnews.com—Porn director makes anti-porn PSA aimed at keeping kids away from adult materials
New Scientist—Adding canola oil to cows' diets makes butter made from their milk healthier and spreadable even when cold
USA Today—Lobsters can sometimes survive being frozen

3.17.04
Seattle Post-Intelligencer—Selective Service takes steps to institute a limited special skills draft of people with computer and Arabic language knowledge
Popular Science—BMW's computer-controlled car may be the first vehicle with a software easter egg
DocumentsOnline—View images of over a million wills held by the British National Archives, including those of Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and Napolean
updater.co.uk—Celebrities swearing. Don't listen to this at work unless you've got headphones.
CBS News—Man wins $89 million jackpot a week after being laid off from a tractor factory
Yahoo! News—Clinton's childhood home up for auction on eBay

3.18.04
CBS News—Clinton trying to raise $10 million for Kerry in 10 days
New Scientist—Newly discovered butterflies trapped in amber suggest that the creatues may be far older than previously thought
Salon.com—The Pentagon says it won't pay $300 million to Halliburton because of overcharges by the company
CNN.com—Neil Young's tour buses powered by fuel derived from vegetable oil
Fox News—Child porn charges against R. Kelly dropped due to technicality in Florida, but he faces similar accusations in Illinois
USA Today—French man attempts to run over a pedestrian he thought was bin Laden

3.19.04
Iraq on the Record—Congressional site details hundreds of misleading statements (read: lies) made by the Bush administration about the Iraq war
New Scientist—Some scientists think we may be on the verge of a mass extinction event where thousands of species die out
USA Today—Microsoft will market competitor to iPod in europe later this year. So if they're following the same schedule as their promised software release dates, it should be ready by the end of the decade.
Wired News—Nokia working on a way to make it easier to blog using your cell phone
CNN.com—Donald Trump wants to trademark "You're Fired!"
ABCnews.com—Scalia still refuses to recuse himself from a case involving his close friend Dick Cheney

3.22.04
Wired News—Independent music store owners say that file-trading has helped, not hurt, their business
Fundrace 2004—See what your neighbors have given to this year's presidential candidates
New Scientist—New additive for ammonium nitrate could make it harder for terrorists to use the chemical for bomb-making without diminishing its effectiveness as a fertilizer
Fox News—Dawn of the Dead finally ousts Mel Gibson's The Passion from the top box office slot
CNN.com—ICANN considering new domains, such as .xxx for pornographic sites and .mobi for mobile service providers
USA Today—Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen will give more than $13 million for research into the existence of extra-terrestrial life

3.23.04
Wired News—The supreme court has agreed to hear a case that will decide whether refusing to identify yourself to police is an arrestable offense
CNN.com—Former White House advisor says Bush administration ignored warnings about the growing threat of al Qaeda
Salon.com—Despite his refusal to identify them by name, Kerry may indeed have support from many foreign leaders
C|NET—Apple's tentative deal with McDonalds to give away a billion songs on iTunes may have fallen through, leaving an opening for Sony, which will launch an iTunes competitor this year, to negotiate with the fast food giant
USA Today—The RIAA web site has been offline for several days due to attacks by hackers
ABCnews.com—British neurosurgeon suspended from duty for taking extra croutons from the hospital cafeteria

3.24.04
MSNBC—New report says Medicare will be out of money by 2019
Fox News—Ohio law forces convicted drunk drivers to use special red and yellow license plates
Salon.com—Several Kansas communities are offering land grants to homesteaders in an effort to lure new residents
ABCnews.com—A Mississippi company is modifying Segways for off-road use
BBC News—Global population growth on the decline
USA Today—Good lord. This sounds worse than Cop Rock.

3.25.04
CNN.com—Bush administration makes it easier for logging companies to harvest timber in old-growth forests. What a shock: another sop to big business at the expense of environmental concerns.
Salon.com—Postage is set to increase again, possibly up to 4 cents higher. At this rate, soon it will be cheaper just to send everything FedEx.
New Scientist—A genetic mutation that weakened our ancestors' jaws may be responsible for the big brains of homo sapiens
CBS News—An Oregon country stops issuing all marriage licenses until the question of gay marriage is settled by the courts
C|NET—New development toolkit would make it easy for game designers to create titles for Windows and Xbox simultaneously
USA Today—Gas prices are at an all-time high, and they aren't likely to fall anytime soon

3.26.04
USA Today—The Maryland senate wants to require the new electronic voting machines to produce a paper receipt, but the governor says there isn't enough time to implement it before the November elections
CNN.com—Germany cracks down on file traders who post neo-nazi songs
New Scientist—Microsoft claims that forcing them to sell a european version of Windows without the bundled Windows Media Player will cause web sites to break for consumers. Sure it will, Bill. Shut up and pay your $613 million fine. Take it out of petty cash.
ABCnews.com—Artist paints iceberg red
Wired News—Comcast buys TechTV for $300 million
Salon.com—Richard Simmons slaps man in airport

3.29.04
CNN.com—US civil authorities shut down an Iraqi newspaper
USA Today—Murderer turns himself in after seeing the Passion
CBS News—As gas prices continue to rise, so does the incidence of theft at the pumps
Wired News—NASA jet sets new speed record
MSNBC—Apple will delay the global release of the iPod mini in order to keep up with US demand for the music player
Yahoo! News—Ireland bans smoking in pubs

3.30.04
BBC News—Methane found in atmosphere of Mars could mean that life exists there today
Salon.com—Legal experts say there's no reason why Condi Rice can't testify publicly before the 9.11 panel
New Scientist—Man-made nanoparticles could have unexpected consequences on the environment
Wired News—Congress moves to make file sharing a criminal offense
MSNBC—Microsoft cuts Xbox price...again
CNN.com—Microsoft may be interested in buying AOL

3.31.04
ABCnews.com—In an about-face by the Bush administration, Condi Rice will now testify publicly and under oath in front of the 9.11 panel
CNN.com—Janet Jackson's exclamatory "Jesus" bleeped from her appearance on Letterman. Am I missing something here? Why was this edited out?
Wired News—Chip makers look for a better measure of a processor's performance than the increasingly irrelevant gigahertz
New Scientist—New study shows that file trading has an insignificant effect on record sales
CBS News—Library sends out sample chapters in email newsletters to encourage patrons to check out more books
BBC News—Jack Black to star in Peter Jackson's King Kong remake