World: In a story that begins to sound curiously like the alleged Gulf of Tonkin incident in August of 1964, the Navy Times reveals that the threatening voice heard on its video of the incident in the Strait of Hormuz this week may have actually belonged to the “Filipino Monkey.” The “locally famous heckler,” the Navy Times said, is believed to be a group of people who yell epithets regularly over the airwaves of Channel 16. This story has two links to the Pentagon and Iranian versions of the video.
Election 2008: Dennis Kucinich’s request to have a recount of the New Hampshire primary votes will be honored, The Associated Press (via the Boston Herald) reports. Kucinich and others feared vote tampering because “Clinton did better in precincts where ballots were counted by machine while Obama did better where ballots were counted by hand,” the AP said.
Election 2008: While Kucinich may be celebrating the recount victory, he was dealt two blows to his presidential campaign, Cleveland’s The Plain Dealer reports. Kucinich will be barred from the primary ballot in Texas for his refusal to sign a pledge to support the Democrat’s eventual nominee. He said would only back someone “who would not employ war as an instrument of foreign policy.” Then NBC did a two-step, first inviting him then dosey-do disinviting him to its debate in Las Vegas on Tuesday. NBC had changed its initial invitation rule to apply only to candidates who received double-digit support in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Tech: A new computer virus hitting Europe steals login data for online banking accounts, the BBC reports. Most vulnerable are Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000, the BBC says.
World: An odd story with foreign intrigue in The New York Times follows a suitcase of Venezuelan oil money destined for the political campaign of Argentina’s new president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. (Soon to become a movie starring Matt Damon…)
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