Yoytek the bear served in the Polish army, having been given a name, rank, and serial number and enlisted.  There’s a campaign to build a memorial.

University of East Anglia researchers have received a grant of half a million dollars to develop lip reading software.  [h/t Slashdot Science]

In a 60 Minutes interview, President Musharraf of Pakistan said of the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto “for standing up outside the car, I think it was she to blame alone — nobody else. Responsibility is hers.”
Am I crazy, or wouldn’t it be reasonable to put at least some of the blame on [...]

Disney “Mickey Burgers” - Mickey head shaped patties.  Dare I ask what kind of meat?

I’d nearly given up on This Day in Alternate History, but it is finally back.  Apparently the hiatus lasted a bit longer than expected due to a slight technical malfunction.  Welcome back, Mur and Jason!

…, or Lizards eat the darndest things!  [h/t Fark]

Now that the four million dollar subsidy of the San Jose Grand Prix is spent, the promoters have dropped it like a hot potato.  What a surprise!  It is claimed that the reason for discontinuing it is downtown construction, but that’s clearly a load of BS intended to let the city save face.  Such events [...]

while it is outside their body?
I’ve only seen mine on an ultrasound, and that’s as close as I hope to ever see it.

AT&T withdraws Time service, effective September 2007.

DynDNS has announced that their MailHop service will no longer generate NDRs (Non-Delivery Reports, commonly known as bounce messages).  They point out that this is technically a violation of RFC 2821 section 3.7.  I’d observe that it violates section 3.6 of RFC 821, which is the current SMTP standard, as RFC 2821 is still a [...]