August 2, 2007
News Bits
- Canadian researchers believe they have identified the Unknown Child who perished aboard the Titanic
- Walmart cuts costs in Mexico ... by hiring thousands of teenagers without pay or benefits
- Self-described Luddite Sir Elton John wants to close the internet—but only for a few years
- An English headteacher causes 400 schoolchildren to simultaneously freak out when she reads aloud the last page of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- The Discovery Channel acquires #1 green site Treehugger.com for a cool $10 million
- The Russians planted a titanium flag on the Arctic seabed, challenging Canada's sovereignty over an area that may contain some nine billion tonnes of oil and gas deposits
- With the official death toll at 4, emergency crews continue to dig through the wreckage from yesterday's horrific bridge collapse in Minneapolis
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