9.1.04
Haacked.com—I love this Bush protest sign. I'm a geek, I know; sue me.
CNN.com—GOP delegates mock Kerry's Purple Heart medals by wearing band-aids with purple hearts on them. Classy.
USA Today—Apple unveils new iMac
New Scientist—Scientist claims to have created viable clone embryos using cow eggs and cells from dead humans, but other researchers are skeptical—and appalled
BBC News—Free gin offered to amateur conservationists who help with a survey locating juniper bushes in the UK
Wired News—Voting officials hope for a decisive win so they don't have to endure another Election 2000 debacle, especially with all the new technology being used in hotly contested states. Doesn't that make you feel good about sending your vote off into the electronic ether?

9.2.04
USA Today—Michael Moore's column from the RNC
CNN.com—Protestors make it to the GOP convention floor before being arrested
Fox News—The case against Kobe is dropped after his accuser refuses to testify against him
C|NET—Apple will pay commissions to affiliates who drive downloading consumers to their iTunes music store
Wired News—Permanent implantable contact lenses may be approved by the FDA later this year
MSNBC—Signal detected by SETI@home project is puzzling, but it's likely not a signal from an alien civilization

9.3.04
Wired News—Watch out for that booming bass—it could collapse your lungs
Salon.com—Prison guards in Oklahoma confiscate basketball filled with pot
USA Today—Microsoft launches iTunes competitor, but it currently only works with Windows XP
CNN.com—FBI says a police officer is responsible for a string of bank robberies in the Atlanta area
MSNBC—New tomb discovered in the shadow of the pyramids
ABCnews.com—Judge dismisses suit of woman who says that she was traumatized after finding a human tooth in a can of Campbell's soup

9.7.04
The Independent—Some revealing numbers about George Bush and his administration
CNN.com—Clinton undergoes successful heart bypass surgery
Wired News—Helicopter pilots will attempt to catch Genesis space capsule as it falls to earth on live tv
ABCnews.com—New Virginia law requires that schools offer alternatives to dissection for students with moral and ethical objections to cutting up real animals
Fox News—Two men shot and killed after altercation while tailgating before NCSU football game
C|NET—Glitch in this year's version of Madden has many hardcore players irate

9.8.04
CNN.com—Well, the republican fear mongers have finally come right out and said it: a vote for Kerry is a vote for more terrorist attacks. Meanwhile...
USA Today—The death toll for US military in Iraq passes 1000
ABCnews.com—Another record deficit is projected for next year
BBC News—European scientist wants to create DNA repository on the moon including every species on earth in case a catastrophe wipes out life on our planet
Salon.com—Freedom of Information request filed by the AP yields more documents about Bush's national guard service, but they don't clear up his missing months of service in Alabama
MSNBC—Atari re-releasing classic games for PS2

9.9.04
Wired News—California is filing suit against Diebold for installing voting machines that had not been tested and approved. Meanwhile, Maryland is moving forward with using them in the upcoming election despite a state-commissioned independent report that found that the machines were insecure.
ABCnews.com—The assault weapons ban will expire on Monday, and the Bush administration will do nothing to extend it in order to win an endorsement from the NRA. But then I guess we'll all need automatic weapons to protect ourselves from the police state the Bushies are busy building.
USA Today—Hayden Christensen, the newest Darth Vader, will make a cameo in the Star Wars DVD set that will be released later this month
New Scientist—Magnets could be used to deliver cancer-fighting drugs and attack very specific targets
CNN.com—Genesis capsule crashes in desert after parachute fails to deploy
CBS News—This month's issue of Playboy features computer-generated images of several popular video characters posing in the nude

9.10.04
USA Today—The House goes against the wishes of the White House and blocks legislation that would change overtime rules
Wired News—The ads that web users find most annoying are also the most successful
Salon.com—Dog gets his paw on the trigger and shoots the man who was trying to shoot him
New Scientist—New robot can attract and digest flies to produce its own power
MSNBC—EA has plans to bring the Sims to your cell phone
CNN.com—The oxygen generator on the space station fails

9.13.04
CNN.com—Woman whose illegal drug use caused her baby to be stillborn is charged with murder
Fox News—Memos used by CBS news for story about Bush's guard service may have been forgeries
New Scientist—Is it time to abandon Linnaen nomenclature?
USA Today—US Air files for bankruptcy
Wired News—MIT researchers create robotic spider that can walk on water
CBS News—Man who has been AWOL for more than 30 years surrenders himself (and no, it's not Dubya)

9.14.04
CNN.com—Sony to purchase MGM for $5 billion
Wired News—New software claims to allow emulation of multiple platforms on multiple other platforms with no noticeable performance loss
CBS News—Man arrested after leaving small tip at restaurant
USA Today—Oprah gives new car to everyone in her studio audience to kick off her new season
Fox News—Man sneaks into Buckingham Palace in a Batman suit and ensonces himself on a balcony
ABCnews.com—Some people think we should use nuclear weapons to stop hurricanes

9.15.04
CBS News—TSA screeners accused of theft
Fox News—Rangers pitcher arrested after throwing chair into crowd and injuring a fan
Wired News—Listening to iPods on antique radios is new fad in Japan
CNN.com—Spanish police seize cars of people suspected in participating in european version of Cannonball Run
USA Today—Norway introduces stamps based on text messaging
MSNBC—Yahoo! buying Musicmatch for $160 million

9.16.04
CNN.com—Contractor for DynCorp flies into JFK with munitions in his carryon
USA Today—NHL owners will lock out the players until a new contact agreement is reached
CBS News—The House gives itself a raise
Wired News—Storms like Ivan may become more common as global warming trends increase
New Scientist—Bug that causes Legionnaire's disease commonly found in jacuzzis
BBC News—Apple accused of overcharging for songs on iTunes in the UK

9.17.04
Slate.com—Woman is fired for having a Kerry bumper sticker on her car, then hired by the Kerry campaign
Salon.com—New intelligence report gives gloomy outlook on the future of Iraq
USA Today—Microsoft gives preferred customers early warnings on security problems with its software
Wired News—New consumer products use bone conduction technology to get sound to the bones of your inner ear
CNN.com—Airbus plans to allow passengers to use cell phones in flight by 2006
BBC News—Good lord, Microsoft can't even get JPEGs right

9.20.04
CNN.com—McCain criticizes the Bush administration for not being honest about the current state of affairs in Iraq
ZDNet—Sony will release a new, smaller version of the PS2 in October, calling it the PStwo
C|NET—Music labels want Microsoft to build CD copy protection into its next OS
BBC News—Blackberry introduces new keyboard for mobile devices
USA Today—FTC may offer six-figure bounties for information on spammers
Yahoo! News—Man sues wife for refusing to have sex with him

9.21.04
The Guardian—Britain to reduce its troop numbers in Iraq despite the steadily deteriorating situation there
CBS News—Nader on the ballot in Florida despite controversy that he was not nominated by a legitimate national party
USA Today—iTunes could be the first online music store to offer the Beatles catalog
New Scientist—China has planted over 1 million genetically modified trees in the past few years, but it has lost track of many of them
Salon.com—Young, newly-registered voters could have a major impact on the upcoming election
ABCnews.com—Popular art exhibit in Germany often has wait times of five to eight hours. Wow. Can you imagine anything even remotely associated with high art that would attract that kind of crowd in this country?

9.22.04
kottke.org—Is Google building its own web browser?
Wired News—Director of "Outfoxed" putting his raw footage online to allow other editors to create their own remixes of the documentary
MSNBC—The House votes to make videotaping someone naked or in their underwear without their consent a crime
CNN.com—Microsoft experimenting with webcasting technology that mimics playlists of popular stations around the country
New Scientist—Google may be complicit in helping the Chinese government censor certain foreign news sites. Remember your motto, kids: Don't be evil.
ABCnews.com—Motorcycle rider in Minnesota cited for driving 205 MPH

9.23.04
CBS News—Bush crony Goss approved by senate to direct CIA
ZDNet—Sony working to add MP3 support to its digital music players
USA Today—A plane carrying Cat Stevens, now a devout muslim known as Yusef Islam, is diverted from DC because he is on a terrorist watch list
Fox News—Jimmy Swaggert says during church service that he would kill any gay man who looks at him romantically, then says later he was just kidding
MSNBC—German company working on cell phone that can tell you when you have bad breath
ABCnews.com—Mark Burnett will help Martha Stewart reinvent her television show after she finishes her prison term

9.24.04
USA Today—Bush administration considering tapping into the strategic oil reserve
God vs. Bush—I don't want to spoil the surprise by explaining this one...
New Scientist—Lack of vaccine and the possibility of new strains of flu could make this year's flu season particularly deadly
CNN.com—Students to be punished after installing a stripper pole in their university-owned apartment
ABCnews.com—Missouri man changes his name to They
CBS News—Seniors are increasingly choosing not to have their social security money delivered by direct deposit, costing taxpayers a bundle for check printing and mailing

9.27.04
MSNBC—MIT scientists use photosynthesis in spinach to create electricity
Salon.com—House votes to block the courts from hearing further challenges against the words "under God" remaining in the pledge of allegiance
New Scientist—Cell phone voicemail spam could be the next strategy employed by invasive marketers
USA Today—Judge rules that bootlegs may not be entitled to the same copyright protection as recorded releases from musicians
Fox News—The US considered covert support for pro-US candidates in the Iraqi elections, but the Bushies now say that they won't use that tactic. Right. Okay.
CBS News—Amarillo sues local hooker with HIV who has refused treatment and continues to see clients

9.28.04
Salon.com—Jimmy Carter believes that the Florida 2000 election fiasco will be repeated in 2004 despite an overhaul of the voting system there
Wired News—SpaceShipOne designer hired by Richard Branson to create ships for commercial spaceflight
CBS News—Dow closes below 10,000 while oil prices rise to record highs
CNN.com—Conan O'Brien will take over the Tonight Show from Jay Leno—in 2009
USA Today—Adobe unveils new format for digital photos that it will push as a universal standard
Lacquer Sound—Time lapse video of car trip from LA to NYC

9.29.04
BBC News—The scientists who cloned Dolly have applied for a license to use cloned human embryos in their research
Wired News—New California law requires file sharers to provide a legitimate email address or be charged with a misdimeanor
ABCnews.com—John Walker Lindh wants Bush to commute his sentence
CNN.com—Two diamonds worth over $14 million stolen from antiques show in Paris
USA Today—New $50 bill put into circulation
CBS News—Unpublished Hemingway story up for auction

9.30.04
Wired News—Part of Patriot Act ruled unconstitutional by judge
CBS News—Suspicious betting on two contestants in The Apprentice causes offshore bookie to suspend bets on the winner of the show
USA Today—SpaceShipOne successfully completes its second flight, but unexpected rolls may force the team to delay their X Prize attempt
ABCnews.com—Good weather probably aided Lewis & Clark, study of tree rings shows
BBC News—Microsoft to start charging Hotmail users who want to view their mail in Outlook instead of a browser
New Scientist—A humming sound made by Earth may be coming from the seas