http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/18/pf/college/tuition_increases/

This is an article about how college tuition, for many colleges, is beginning to rise. It talks about how many tuition prices are rising as much as 5 to even 6 percent. The article gives some statistics and some prices of out-of-state tuition compared to in-state tuitions for different colleges. The article makes a point to discuss issues of WHY tuition is rising.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3461010

This article is very interesting. It desscribes an exhibit that has recently made its way into America that contains dead bodies for show. The bodies are placed in a special way and cut open to expose certain organs. IT mentions a chess player "pretending" to play chess while his brain is exposed. The creater Dr. Von Hagens descibes his work to be educational.

This article discusses the National Transportation Safety Board's concern with the increase of cell phone use while driving, especially among beginning teen drivers. I found it very interesting that researchers found last spring that teens and young adults on the phone while in a driving simulator reacted as slowly as elderly drivers not using a phone. My question is, if more restrictions are made, will people make an effort to stop using their cell phones, and will it really have an effect on the amount of traffic accidents?

To go along with the other topic, here is another topic about gasoline. Do you think this is a good plan or not? Do you have any other idea to help with this country's problem. Here is the address:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/06/07/biofuel.vision/index.html

In this article it gives the explanation for rising gas prices. The big factor for gas prices rising is due to two main oil lines were shut down due to Hurricane Katrina. Gas has reached over $3 but experts say that prices of gas should get up to $4 before the prices begin to sink again. The link for the article is below.

http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/31/news/gas_prices/

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2005/8/10/921

This story talks about how musicians in Japan are trying to sign up
with the iTunes Music Store (ITMS) even if their label has not agreed
to do so. For those who don't know, record labels control basically
all aspects of commercial music, and that includes distribution
channels, so artists usually can't just sell their own music any way

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/23/AR2005082301227.html

This article is about an Indiana-based company that is developing non-lethal weaponry including some sort of gun that shoots lightning. Although non-lethal measures sound appealing, there is something odd about the tone of this article and how it presents weapon development as some sort of exciting dream job. Notice how the story begins with Bitar's meeting with "Superman." It then documents his move from a dreary day job to the exciting world of combatting terrorism.