"Since we wrote a yarn about how opening OpenOffice was slower than a Lada full of elephants going uphill, we have had a few tips from our readers as to how to speed it up. The changes are not difficult and do seem to have an effect.

While pondering this apparent tendency for the heavy selling of Gold to occur more frequently during the hours when the New York markets are open, I wondered what the Gold price might be today if somehow there wasn't any trading during those hours.

Rocky Balboa, Clark Griswold, Thelma and Louise, Jerry Maguire — these names are hardly synonymous with American politics. But try telling that to the politicians.

Jaromir Jagr says facing Pittsburgh in the second round would be different for him because of his ties to the franchise and the incredible young talent there.

Earlier today, when House Republican leadership framed its opposition to the bailout bill as it currently stands, a principal objection focused on the group ACORN, which the e-mail alert called "the scandal-tarnished 'community organizing group'" --