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According to the Reuters news agency, police in Dortmund, Germany say a Crow attacked a woman and young girl over the weekend, but the bird managed to evade their efforts -- that is until they laced some cat food with high-alcohol fruit schnapps. The bird could not resist. A police department spokesman said the crow was completely smashed when they caught up with it, and is now sleeping off its hangover in a local animal home.

I really like gadgets that have function.  I like music and I refuse to pay a buck a song (I-Tunes, etal), so a $10/month subscription to Napster seems to be the best way to go...right now.  You can pay 99¢ for a song (and $9.99 for an LP) if you don't want to subscribe, but I would want a fair amount of time to build up my library before pulling the plug.  I figure about a month.  More... I strongly suggest you use your personal email like Hotmail or Yahoo! Mail when corresponding with your friends, families and extra-marital partners.  Oh, forget the last group; they deserve to get caught!  Seriously, for all practical purposes, privacy protections do not exist at work!  This is a must-read for corporate employees using company email for personal use.  More... Have you seen the 1-gigabyte USB drive in slick a color and a cute little package?  They let you keep your stuff with you even if you're hiking in...

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