- Troopers were arrested at protests at the Republican National Convention. Were they busy entrapping protesters or just following along to keep from blowing their cover?
- The Myth of Fingerprints examines the credibility of fingerprints as forensic evidence. Are fingerprints really unique? No one has ever proven it. Can partial fingerprints be accurately matched? That's being decided in court, but if fingerprint practice were subject to the same scrutiny DNA typing was, it probably wouldn't hold up.
- Woman sues police who posed as census workers in St. Paul.
- Anti-Tax Businesses Refuse to withhold taxes from employees. The system simply cannot work if they get away with this.
- Mir to Be Deorbited Into the Pacific on February 27-28, just a week after its fifteenth birthday.
- Cell Phones Are the New Peacock Feathers says a study. No word on the effectiveness of this female-attracting ploy.
- Father's Crèche-mas - A woman can take her man shopping at the mall, and leave him safe in a crèche full of grown-up toys for up to an hour while she buys his presents. Or if he's just being crabby and needs some quiet time.