5:49 PM
http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/05/japan-plans-22-billion-robotic-moon.html
Last year was the first year in which more US soldiers were hospitalized for mental disorders than for injuries or pregnancies. The surgeon general for the Army notes that hospitalizations for mental disorders have increased significantly among troops since 2005, with war taking a toll on the troops:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2010-05-14-mental-health_N.htm
Motorola will soon release an Android-based tablet and they will release *2* smartphones for Verizon in July (exactly when I get to replace my Storm!). The Wall Street Journal says that Verizon will heavily promote the new Motorola smartphones (Verizon spent $100 million on those Droid commercials that seemed to be played continually):
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/motorola-plans-tablet-follow-droid/2010-05-27
Man went from growing up in poverty in China to becoming China's richest businessman (his estimated worth in 2008 was $6.3 billion) to being sentenced to 14 years in prison for insider trading and other crimes:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37211806/ns/business-world_business/
It is estimated that 10% (40 members) of the House of Representatives sleep in their offices, but no Senators are believed to do so. The Senate has business from Monday through Friday, but the House often just has votes scheduled for Tuesday through Thursday--so, some Representatives say that it is "stupid" to pay $1,000 or so in rent for 8 nights in a Washington apartment each month:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-where-congress-sleeps-20100511,0,5141897,full.story
I found this special report interesting on the counterfeiters of US currency:
http://theweek.com/article/index/203146/the-big-business-of-fake-money
Wind blew a 10-pound terrier off an 11th-floor apartment terrace in New York...and landed on a roof 5 stories below and survived with only bruises, scratches and a cut lip:
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/05/16/Dog-blown-off-balcony-survives-fall/UPI-50761274040961/