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Lets start off with the light stuff before we get to the heavy hitters.

Chris Penn, brother of Sean Penn was found dead today in his apartment. No immediate or suspicious cause of death is known to the public or officials.

Chris, younger sibling of Oscar-winner Sean Penn is best known for his role as Nice Guy Eddie Cabot in Quentin Tarantino's classic Reservoir Dogs.

I'm not a Catholic so I don't exactly keep the Pope in my worldly pool of things-to-take-note-of. However, this Pope seems to be setting a bearing for not just the world Catholic community but trying to speak to the entire Chrisitan audience. For that I'm paying attention.

In the 71-page document "God is Love," Benedict explored the relationship between the erotic love between man and woman, referred to by the term "eros," and the Greek word for the unconditional, self-giving love, "agape". [Refers to married couples as the agape dynamic.] Eros, reduced to pure 'sex' has become a commodity, a mere 'thing' to be bought and sold, or rather, man himself has become a commodity." Even Vatican officials have expressed surprise at the topic ... Benedict ... could easily have delved into a more problematic issue such as bioethics in his first authoritative text.

Considering how widespread the practice is of having a bed-buddy, a lover, a boyfriend, and a husband is... how is this not a hugely problematic topic to tackle? Bravo. This has its roots in the self-respect we have for one another and the general outlook and bearing we give on day-to-day issues. I have great respect for the long battle this Pope has begun. I only hope people realize to what they are listening and what the vast import it has on humanity.

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Internet research centers at Harvard Law School and Oxford University plan today to unveil a program aimed at outing the shady companies that produce them. The site will also publicize the names of companies and the methods they use to get marketing and tracking software onto consumers' machines.

Finally, an astonishing piece of information- Bye bye WB, UPN

Two small, struggling television networks, UPN and WB, will shut down this fall, and thei parent companies plan to form a new network called the CW using programming and other assets from each of them. Both UPN and WB has struggled to compete against larger rivals in the broadcast TV business, including Walt Disney Co.'s ABC, News Corp's Fox, General Electric Co.'s NBC, and CBS Corp's CBS.

Sad, sad times.