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Called the "Carrie Bradshaw" of bloggers by the New York Times, suburban New Yorker Stephanie Klein's online musings in her personal blog, Greek Tragedy, has gained the attention of Hollywood and the book industry while it draws comparisons to former HBO television series, Sex and the City.

Upholding a previous decision by a lower court, the U.S. 8th Circuit
Court of Appeals in St. Louis ruled that the federal Partial Birth
Abortion Ban Act is unconstitutional because it does not provide an
exception for the health of the woman.

While the ban does provide an exception for the life of the mother it does not for the health of the mother.

"When `substantial medical authority' supports the medical necessity
of a procedure in some instances, a health exception is
constitutionally required," Judge Kermit Bye of the 8th Circuit wrote
in the opinion.

"In effect, we believe when a lack of consensus exists in the
medical community, the Constitution requires legislatures to err on the
side of protecting women's health by including a health exception."
Judge Bye went on to say.

According to a report the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 9 out of 10 Internet users have adjusted their online behavior because of spyware.
Of the 2,001 adults surveyed, 97% said that they had heard of the term
spyware and 78% said they “had a good idea what the term meant.

World leaders have made statements following the bomb attacks in London today.

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom offered this official statement following the attacks:

The dreadful events in London this morning have deeply shocked
us all. I know I speak for the whole nation in expressing my sympathy
to all those affected and the relatives of the killed and injured. I
have nothing but admiration for the emergency services as they go about
their work.

France's Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin made a short statement to offer moral and material support to the population of London. The "Vigipirate plan" was raised from "orange" to "red".

A book by US Senator Rick Santorum
(R-PA), entitled "It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good",
hit stores in Washington over the weekend. Its offical publication date
is July 25th. Intended as a response to Hillary Clinton's
book "It Takes a Village", certain passages of the book are already causing controversy in many circles. In the book Santorum compares abortion to slavery, advocates against public school systems, and criticizes mothers for wanting to work outside the home.

The man charged with stabbing three participants at Jerusalem’s June 30 gay pride parade faces attempted murder charges.

Yishai Shlisel, an orthodox Jew
said his deep religious conviction led to his actions. "I came to
murder on behalf of God. We can’t have such abomination in the
country," Shlisel said during a police interrogation, according to
authorities.

The combination of police eye-witnesses, video evidence and his
confession led to Shlisel being charged with three counts of attempted
murder Tuesday in a Jerusalem district court. Prosecutors allege
Shlisel purchased an 18-centimeter (seven inches) knife in preparation
of going to the parade with the intent to kill homosexuals.

The BBC, which broadcast the Live 8 event throughout Saturday and Sunday, received a few hundred complaints regarding "swearing outbursts." Madonna and Snoop Dogg are among those who allegedly used "bad language" during the broadcasts.

Following last year's Superbowl, where U.S. broadcasting networks were criticized for not forecasting Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction, the BBC pledged to incorporate a time delay of several seconds into certain live broadcasts in order to provide a level of censorship for potentially unsuitable scenes. The censorship function was apparently not used during the Live 8 broadcasts.

According to a report in the New York Times, Microsoft will pay IBM
Corporation US $775 million to settle antitrust claims which resulted
from the U.S. government's antitrust lawsuit against the software
manufacturer. The issues dealt with Microsoft's actions in reducing the
value of IBM's OS/2 operating system, which competed with Microsoft's
Windows Operating System. This settlement with IBM follows several
other settlements of hundreds of millions of dollars each with Sun
Microsystems, America On Line, Gateway and Novell. Microsoft also has a
lawsuit pending against it that was filed by Real Networks, as well as
an appeal of a US $600 million fine imposed by European antitrust
regulators.