'INNOVATIONS (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) The postcard came, unsolicited, in the office mail. "Keep your Viagra securely on hand!" was the headline over a photograph of a rectangular-shaped man's ring. The top flipped open and, surprise! Inside the ring is a receptacle for the ubiquitous oval blue pill, Viagra.
'Web Operator Indicted for Aiding al-Qaida Terrorists (GigaLaw.com) A federal grand jury has indicted the founder of the StopAmerica.org Web site on charges of aiding al-Qaida terrorists. Prosecutors say Earnest James Ujaama, 36, who was born James Earnest Thompson, conspired to create an al-Qaida boot camp in rural Oregon.
'Cannes: a user's guide (Independent) It's a recognised illness: Cannes Fever. In its most extreme form, it affects people while they're actually at the festival, and it manifests itself as a terrible delusion: that nothing in the world matters except events on a short strip of beachfront promenade a few miles from Nice.
'European Parliament Approves Ban on Spam (GigaLaw.com) The European Parliament has voted to ban the sending of unsolicited commercial e-mail. The new European directive should be in place some time next year and would mean that people will have to "opt in" or ask to receive commercial e-mail.
