News of the Stupid: A security flaw at a spammer's web site reveals that over a four-week period, 6,000 people have ordered a certain body-part-enlargement nostrum at $50 a pop. Among them are a New York mutual fund manager, a veterinarian, and a California executive and Rotarian.

posted: 10:39:43 AM  

Work begins on a dike to restore the northern "little sea" lobe of the Aral Sea in central Asia to something near its former water levels. The southern lobe is being abandoned; it is destined to become the Aral Sink.

posted: 10:39:42 AM  

Jerry Ragovoy is following me around. He's heard in a recent "All Things Considered" story on the rehabilitation of soul singer Howard Tate.

posted: 9:11:27 AM