National Zoo Receives Special Guest: Panda Birth

The National Zoo in Washington D.C. announced Mei Xiang is the proud new mother of a baby giant panda and that the mother and child are doing fine. The birth occurred at 3:41 a.m. EDT and will make a fine addition to the only 1700 or so left in the entire world.

Oil Prices Change Direction As Dennis Projection Shifts

August contract light sweet crude dropped its rally on Friday aft Hurricane Dennis projections moved the storm away from oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. The prices closed at $59.63 a barrel after climbing to $61.90 during the day. Brent crude traded in the IPE in London dropped $1.10 to $58.20.

FDA Erects Label For Impotence Drugs

Answering concern about reports of a rare form of sudden blindness afflicting men who had taken erectile dysfunction medications Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning label to adorn all new packaging.

Alberta Bans Keystroke Logging

The director of the Parkland Regional Library in Lacombe, Alberta, had some doubts about the productivity of one particular employee. Being the progressive manager that she is, she decided to assess the worker's productivity by installing keystroke logging software.