S&T - Other

Art historians outraged over Berlusconi decision over paintingThe Italian prime minister reportedly ordered that a bare breast in an 18th-century piece of art be painted over so that it does not appear behind him during press conferences. <http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/05/europe/italy.php> http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/05/europe/italy.php

Witness: Mega-preacher's wife threw tantrum <http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/08/osteen.trial.resumes.ap/index.html?eref=rss_latest> http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/08/osteen.trial.resumes.ap/index.html?eref=rss_latest

Cop demands free Starbucks, gets suspension <http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/08/cop.starbucks.ap/index.html?eref=rss_latest> http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/08/cop.starbucks.ap/index.html?eref=rss_latest

Art Review 'Implant': Yes, the Live Music Is Lovely, but Will the Plants Like It?Green art is flourishing, improbably, in a Midtown office building, in a show called “Implant” at the UBS Art Gallery. <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/arts/design/08impl.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/arts/design/08impl.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

FBI to Review Raid That Killed Mayor's Dogs <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/07/AR2008080702161.html> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/07/AR2008080702161.html

32 research monkeys die in accident at Nevada labThirty-two research monkeys at a Nevada laboratory died because human errors made the room too hot, officials for the drug company that runs the lab said Thursday. Animal rights activists complain the company took too long to report the deaths.... <http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/RESEARCH_MONKEY_DEATHS?SITE=MOJOP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT> http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/RESEARCH_MONKEY_DEATHS?SITE=MOJOP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

K2 and Its Consequences One inevitable measure of a mountain is simply how often climbers escape with their lives. By that standard, K2 stands almost alone in the world. <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/opinion/08fri4.html> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/opinion/08fri4.html

Dogs can 'catch' human yawns <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7541633.stm> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7541633.stm

National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA) Center for PolicyResearchlist of think tanks <http://www.nira.or.jp/past/ice/nwdtt/2005/> http://www.nira.or.jp/past/ice/nwdtt/2005/