70-200 f2.8 with AF-S and VR? I GOTTA HAVE IT! Talk about gear lust, this Nikon is a lens I’ve been waiting for! Another link.
It’ll go perfectly with the Nikon D100 that I’m lusting for too 
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Blackberry-based cellphone has arrived.
Looks like they went the “VisorPhone” product development route (i.e. they just built in the phone into the previous PDA vs. building a real hybrid like the Handspring Treo.)
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Garmin Rino with Peer-to-Peer Positioning
This patent-pending technology makes it possible to transmit your location to a friend or family member, showing them the distance and bearing from your position to theirs on a Rino display. This could be a life-saving feature in an outdoor emergency by helping rescuers pinpoint your locationÛor it could be used simply for rounding up the family at an amusement park or ski resort.
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LATimes: Mahony Ousts Priests in Sex Abuse Cases
As many as a dozen Southern California priests who were involved in past sexual abuse cases have been directed by Cardinal Roger M. Mahony to retire or otherwise leave their ministries.
The forced retirements, which church sources said ranged from at least half a dozen to 12 priests, were the latest repercussions in the growing scandal of priestly sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S.