Some news that interested me this week.

• Mr Yanagisawa said, “Because the number of birth-giving machines and devices is fixed, all we can ask for is for them to do their best per head.” And women in the US aren’t the only ones that were offended. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6313265.stm

• Hubble camera shuts down, just when we were getting to the good stuff. http://www.itv.com/news/world_ad2e56d519103f165f064a8eb07053d1.html

• A bald eagle lugging a deer head crashed into an Alaska Electric Light & Power transmission system in Lemon Creek. I kinda think that might be the first time that’s *ever* happened. If it had been a human they would have been nominated for the Darwin awards. http://juneauempire.com/stories/012907/loc_20070129013.shtml