Let's pop those Champagne corks

The Natural Resources Defense Council announced that the Rolling Stones will perform a special FREE concert to raise awareness about global warming on February 6, in Los Angeles, CA. Fans win tickets by entering a sweepstakes. rollingstones.nrdc.org

Crime & Punishment Pulp fiction novels and crime thrillers

New powers allowing police and customs officers to seize criminals' assets come into force on Monday. The Proceeds of Crime Act will mean money can be confiscated from all types of criminals and not just drug dealers, as previous laws allowed. By 2004 the government hopes to have doubled the amount of cash seized each year to £60m.
· Crime & Punishment [BBC]

Silent Victims

Investigation of more than 2OO child deaths statewide has found that flawed probes on the part of the DCF may have contributed to the deaths of at least 100 Florida children over the past five years. That number could be even higher because the DCF never thoroughly documented or investigated its own performance in some 80 child deaths.
· Innocence Lost [Miami Herald]

MMII, Two Zero Zero Two Getting to the bottom of 2002

If you had to pick one smart alek’s word to describe mood in 2002, that word would be wary. Be alert, but not alarmed. We went to sleep wary, and we woke up wary. We wallowed in wariness. We were wabbits.
· Alarmed Wabbits [Miami Herald]