Death by lethal injection -- is it cruel and unusual punishment?

Doubloons! Every year during Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans, the various marching groups, known as krewes, toss to the crowd aluminum coins called doubloons. Doubloons typically have the krewe name or insignia on one side, and a depiction of that year's Mardi Gras theme on the other. Paradegoers like to collect the doubloons, and some can sell for $25 or more on Ebay.

Card companies now selling both the poison and the cure. Not rich enough selling Valentine's Day cards and pocketing some of the individual's average $92.30 spent each year, some greeting card companies are now aiming for the Anti-Valentine's Day crowd. Aah, the ironies of Capitalism...

A Designer Grand Piano (YouTube) Looks great; sounds tinny. more inside

Curious George: Sankyo for your help. Monkeying around with an old movie projector and roont it! more inside

Purple & Brown. Aardman at it again. more inside

BBC takes a look at 11^th September 2001 controversies. [NewsFilter] more inside