UK chooses 'most ludicrous laws'
A little-known law which prohibits people dying while in the Houses of Parliament has been voted the UK's most ludicrous piece of legislation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7081038.stm

FBI Hoped to Follow Falafel Trail to Iranian Terrorists Here
Like Hansel and Gretel hoping to follow their bread crumbs out of the forest, the FBI sifted through customer data collected by San Francisco-area grocery stores in 2005 and 2006, hoping that sales records of Middle Eastern food would lead to Iranian terrorists.
http://cqpolitics.com/
wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=hsnews-000002620892
or
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/11/06/
fbi-hunted-terrorist.html

Beautiful animation backgrounds
This blog is devoted solely to splendid animation backgrounds going back to the early black-and-white cartoons of Disney's Ub Iwerks. What a treasure trove!
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/11/06/beautiful-animation.html
http://animationbackgrounds.blogspot.com/