Arts: Documentary director Morgan Spurlock discusses the adventure of filming his latest work, “Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?” with Britain’s Guardian.
Nation: After frightening rides on Wall Street this week, Republican and Democratic Congress members appear to have struck a tentative deal on tax rebates to boost the economy, the Associated Press (via Breitbart.com) reports. The plan includes rebates between $300 to $1,200 per household plus some incentives to help business.
Nation: Court case shows the danger of radical networks springing up on the Internet, The Washington Post reports. The case involves two “ultraconservative Muslims” on trial for making surveillance videos of key sites in Washington, D.C. (“the World Bank headquarters, the Pentagon, fuel tanks and the George Washington Masonic Memorial in Alexandria”) and uploading them to radical sites on the Web.
Business: The designer of Toyota’s hybrid Prius warns “The car-based culture, the business-as-usual of building cars and trucks, is going to change dramatically,” Bloomberg.com reports. The interview with Bill Reinert says that “automakers are endangering themselves by basing sales and profits on the big, fast cars that many U.S. customers say they want in 2008.”
Health: An official in India warns that a bird flu outbreak affecting seven of 19 districts in West Bengal could spiral “out of hand if it’s too late,” expressindia.com reports.
♣ Nation/world news tally in my local paper today: 1¼ pages
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