From USA Today: Actress Mercedes McCambridge, who worked on shows ranging from I Love a Mystery, Red Ryder, and Abie’s Irish Rose, and the woman who Orson Welles called, “the world’s greatest living radio actress,” died on March 2.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-03-17-mercedes-mccambridge_x.htm

I had always hoped we could get her to attend an FOTR Convention where I could meet this wonderful actress, but it was not to be.

From Wired: The European Parliament approved a controversial piracy law that would allow local police to raid the homes and offices of suspected intellectual-property pirates, search their financial records and even freeze suspects’ bank accounts.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,62677,00.html/wn_ascii

Hum…and I thought this country was the only one to throw away the rights of the innocent.

From News.com: The European Union moved closer to a landmark antitrust decision against Microsoft when member states backed its plan to force the software giant to change the way it sells its audiovisual software as part of Windows.
http://news.com.com/2100-7343_3-5173057.html

Now that the U.S. has rolled over and let Microsoft scritch its soft belly, maybe the EU can contain this monster.

From NewScientist.com: http://www.newscientist.com/news/print.jsp?id=ns99994777

These things are getting more and more annoying. I refuse to pull my mail with Windows machines.