USATODAY.com:

Just a month after his death, controversial diet guru Robert Atkins may be getting a little more respect. Two new studies in Thursday's prestigious New England Journal of Medicine show that dieters who followed the meat-lovers' low-carb diet lost more than twice as much weight as those on a traditional low-calorie, high-carb diet.

11:50:09 PM    

Business 2.0:

In the quest to stay one step ahead of the law, organized crime syndicates have become the quintessential early adopters. Thus, it came as little surprise last week when the Mafia was accused of using camera phones and next-generation wireless networks to rig elections in Rome. Mobsters allegedly coerced voters into photographing themselves in the voting booth to prove they had cast their ballots for the Mafia's candidate. Morality aside, the scheme highlights one of the wireless industry's fastest growing, and most successful, trends: mobile photography.

9:19:50 PM    

The Golf Channel:

The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) will hold its first-ever open Monday qualifying round at the start of the ShopRite LPGA Classic tournament week, on Monday, June 23, at the Marriott Seaview Resort Bay Course in Galloway Township, N.J., host site for the ShopRite LPGA Classic.

More 'girl power!'

-Tim
9:14:47 PM    

PC Advisor -U.K.

High street retailer PC World today revealed a huge increase in flat-panel display sales following computer maker Advent's first ever TV debut.

Looks like Steve Jobs was right when he predicted the end of the CRT.

-Tim
9:10:15 PM    

New York Times:

Mad cow disease was diagnosed in a cow in Canada today, and United States health authorities immediately placed a ban on imports of beef, cattle and animal feed from Canada.

10:44:37 AM    

New York Times:

More than 190 countries on Wednesday approved the first ever international treaty against smoking, including an advertising ban. By Reuters.

10:20:17 AM    

New York Times

The FedEx Corporation announced today that it planned to replace 30,000 of its delivery trucks with energy-saving, environmentally friendly hybrid-powered vehicles.

The company said that it had already purchased 20 such trucks to begin building what would be one of the first big commercial fleets of hybrid vehicles. The new trucks [~] powered by both diesel engines and electric motors in a mix controlled by onboard computers [~] will be introduced over the next several months in four American cities

10:01:50 AM