Excerpted from NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press: "VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has made a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of Jesus Christ in a new book, tackling one of the most controversial issues in Christianity.

In "Jesus of Nazareth" excerpts released Wednesday, Benedict uses a biblical and theological analysis to explain why it is not true that the Jewish people as a whole were responsible for Jesus' death."

Well thank god that's all settled now. I'm sure the Jewish people are sighing with heartfelt relief that finally they are no longer to blame for Christianity's loss of its one and only prophet. Perhaps we can shift the blame to fanatical Islamic terrorists since they're clearly to blame for just about everything else. Aren't scapegoats grand?

The Pope's new book is now available for electronic download but all digital copies should be checked against the Vatican's posted MD5sum to ensure your copy has not been altered during transmission by the Scientologists.

--Jack

"Facebook users who check in to a store or click the "like" button for a brand may soon find those actions retransmitted on their friends' pages as a "Sponsored Story" paid for by advertisers.

Currently there is no way for users to decline this feature."

Read the full story here if you use Facebook: Yahoo! News

It seems that Facebook plans to milk you for all you got if you let 'em.

When it takes more time after the bar fills than it does before, you know you have a programming problem.

No one likes road construction; it's one of the few traits we all share as humans. It's an annoyance because it comes up on us without warning, wastes our time, and seems to go on forever. Knowing that we want better, wider, smoother roads doesn't help make it better until it's done and gone.

Having just driven across the Eastern half of the country, I feel completely justified in saying that the state of Pennsylvania is JUST DOING IT WRONG.

Find out why...

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I finally decided to buy a smart phone. I would have really liked an iPhone being a Mac user, but AT&T clearly states on their website that there is limited to marginal cell phone service in my area (08318). Currently, we have T-mobile’s Hotspot® at Home which works superbly in an area with little to no cell coverage. Some research into cell phone coverage in our area lead us to look into Verizon’s offers. On their coverage map, it shows complete digital coverage. There is no way to toggle to an analog coverage map, but every option (V cast, push to talk, prepaid, etc) shows coverage in and around our area all the way to Philadelphia and Wilmington.

Well, it turns out that Verizon's coverage map is nothing but false advertising.

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