A Dirge for CPAN

HEADLINES

Newsweek: McCains $5 million gaffeThe same media machine that rewards consultant-driven candidates for staying on-message is apt to ignore a dozen well-crafted talking points in favor of a single slip of the candidate's tongue. And McCain--whose performance as a whole was solid--had just such a slip Saturday night.

Court: Accused Nazi eligible for extradition (AP) AP - An 86-year-old man accused of killing a Jewish teenager in Hungary during World War II can be extradited to Hungary to face charges, an Australian judge found Wednesday.

U.S. tracking citizens border crossings: report (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. government has been using its border checkpoints to collect information on citizens that will be stored for 15 years, raising concern among privacy advocates, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.