US press ignores Australia's pain: "The British press has dubbed the Bali bombings Australia's own September 11. But in the US, Australia is hardly rating a mention. One report in the Washington Post about the twin night club blasts at Kuta Beach states: 'Many of the victims were from Australia, south of Indonesia'. But readers of the Miami Herald online would be in the dark about Australia's death toll now believed to be the majority of the 183 confirmed dead. The online paper refers to two Americans killed and three injured in the blast. As for the rest: 'Most of the dead are foreigners,' the article stated."

Expect more terrorist attacks, senator says: "Sen. Richard Shelby, the ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said intelligence officials are hearing 'renewed signals' similar to those that preceded the September."

How to install Pacific Bell DSL internet service if you have Windows XP: "Do not use the SBCIS Installer Disk #2 (yellow cd). Disk #2 cannot be used with the Windows XP Operating System."

A Nervous Public Wonders, Is the Sniper One Bar Stool Over? "With no physical description available of the elusive sniper, who the police say may have struck again tonight, some spooky questions are rippling through the minds of many here: Are you the sniper? Are you or you or you? "

People with red hair are more susceptible to pain: "Research carried out in the United States suggests that redheads need 20% more anaesthesia than people with other hair color. Doctors believe that genes which are responsible for red hair also have a role in managing pain."

Wal-Mart cues up a rival to Netflix: "The service is similar to that offered by Netflix, the pioneer of online DVD subscription rentals. Customers pay a fixed monthly fee and receive by U.S. mail a limited number of DVDs for as long as they want with no due dates, late fees or postal charges. Wal-Mart plans to charge $18.86 per month. Netflix's main plan charges $19.95, a price at which customers can rent as many movies as they want during a month but can have only three out at a given time."

An Effort to Undo an Old Reservoir in Yosemite: "For most of the past century, the Hetch Hetchy Valley, 15 miles north of its more famous and bigger sibling within the park, has served as a 300-foot-deep bathtub holding melted snow from the High Sierra for people and businesses in San Francisco and its suburbs. Now a group of environmentalists wants to drain the eight-mile-long reservoir and restore the valley to what John Muir once described as a 'grand landscape garden, one of nature's rarest and most precious mountain temples.'"

Life on Venus may be microbe clouds: "Venus is considered the most inhospitable of planets, a barren inferno where surface temperatures approach 900 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmosphere is composed of metal-eating acids. But the second planet from the sun actually may be harboring life, according to a University of Texas at El Paso research team. Studying conditions above the surface, it noticed mysterious patches swirling around, which may be communities of bacteria."

Make Windows Work Better: "There's a lot you can do to make Windows faster, easier, more reliable, even more fun. We've got 104 tips for Windows users to help you get the most out of your computer."

The Scientific Legacy of Nikola Tesla: "According to legend, the inventor who revolutionized electrical technology came into this world precisely at midnight as the sky was illuminated by a powerful lightning storm. From these prophetic beginnings, Nikola Tesla has since plunged into relative obscurity. Modern society has benefited greatly from the contributions of Tesla. Amongst his 111 patents, Tesla designed the first practical methods for generating alternating current, which has enabled the long distance transmission of electricity. He created the Tesla coil, a popular device for demonstrating high frequency and high voltage phenomena. He designed new electric lighting systems and incandescent lamps. Tesla also revolutionized the field of radio communications with his four-circuit transmitter/receiver and novel designs for intensifying and transforming signals."