Breaking the Law: Repeating an issue reported on by the WP earlier this year, USAToday has an article on the illegality of cohabitating in various states (mainly East Coast states, including Florida, NC, and VA). In India, you'd better be in good shape if you watch illicit material: 200 people caught watching pornography were forced by police to do situps in public as punishment.

Interesting News: Ebonics may be added to the curriculum in a California district where students are underperforming significantly. Al Gore is launching a news station, but he promises it won't be partisan. And blame your hangover on your parents (well, really your genes)- scientists say a gene mutation causes a key enzyme to be inactive, resulting in alcohol metabolism to occur more slowly. Studies of how genes shape animal behavior (for example, switching one gene can change a roundworm from social to solitary) may also give insights into human behavior.