Iraq legacy: U.S. wounded

Nation: The Associated Press (via Editor & Publisher) reports that the number of wounded U.S. soldiers per fatality in the Iraq conflict is markedly higher than what was seen in Vietnam and Korea. In those conflicts, respectively, the number of wounded soldiers per fatality were 2.6 and 2.8. In Iraq, for every fatality, 15 soldiers are wounded.

Journalism: Gannett Blog reports that the megamedia group has come to a startling discovery: “Print’s future is all about local news and baby boomers, those 78 million Americans with deteriorating eyesight, spreading waistlines — and a slightly perplexed expression when talk turns to avatars.” D’oh! If they’d only paid attention to the readers who’d been telling them they weren’t interested in the fluff geared to the 18-34-year-old crowd all along, perhaps they wouldn’t be trying to figure out now how to regain their thousands of canceled subscriptions.

Tech: The Guardian reports that the We7 free online music service has received the backing of giant Sony BMG.

Science: Der Spiegel writes about a British supercomputer that can forecast the weather months in advance.

Health: You are what you drink? That could be a new concern nationwide. According to a story in The Washington Post, tap water in its immediate circulation area contains six pharmaceutical medicines — “an anti-seizure medication, two anti-inflammatory drugs, two kinds of antibiotics and a common disinfectant.” Yuck!