SCRAPs, AD.2008.04.19.ICT

Saved Copies of Reports, Analyses & Presentations (SCRAPs), AD.2008.Apr.19.Sat.ICT
-- 21,289 RAPs linked to on this blog's front page to date. And it still loaded from scratch in just over 65 seconds today in less-than-sunny Saigon.

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CNN's Richard Quest takes the cake today with his bust for loitering in New York City's Central Park with another man, a baggy of meth in his pocket, which he confessed to the arresting officer, and a rope tied round his neck and genitals.

Whether Quest will be able to exploit this media sensation for a cozy retirement-padding career move or not remains to be seen.

From BeLow -- noting the HuffPo again scooped this one via RSS feed:

• 20080419171333: CNN Reporter Faces Drug Charge - City Room - Metro - New York Times Blog
• 20080419171316: Richard Quest, CNN Reporter, Arrested On Drug Charges - Media on The Huffington Post

Today's SCRAPs, including the Adventuresome Quest

• 20080419180632: Putin Denies Reports of Divorce; Newspaper Suspended - New York Times
• 20080419180624: The Citizen: Putin denies marriage rumours
• 20080419180613: Vitriolic Artists Send Visitors on a Sulfuric Acid Trip
• 20080419180603: Three Smart Things You Should Know About Helium
• 20080419180552: MotherJones Blog: In Open Letter, Journalists Slam ABC Debate
• 20080419175636: ATHEISTS - Winning since 33AD (JPEG Image)
• 20080419175627: Across Globe, Empty Bellies Bring Rising Anger - New York Times
• 20080419175617: $1B Intel Plant Helps Vietnam Reinvent Itself - Newser
• 20080419175610: The New Straits Times Online........
• 20080419175603: REGIONAL» Blog Archive » Self-portraiture and emerging artistic consciousness in Dafen
• 20080419175556: 6.4 magnitude quake jolts eastern Indonesia, East Timor - Update : Asia World
• 20080419175547: BBC NEWS | Europe | WTO chief calls for aid rethink
• 20080419175538: Samsung: Water-powered cell phones by 2010 | Crave : The gadget blog
• 20080419175527: Adam Hanft: Obama: New Yorkers Cling to Style and Fashion Because they are Bitter at Their Superficial, Vacuous Lives - Huffington Post
• 20080419175517: A disturbing sign of wildlife | The Japan Times Online
• 20080419175510: AFP: Vietnam blasts into the satellite age
• 20080419175501: Albright says Iraqi war worse than Vietnam_English_Xinhua
• 20080419175449: Alex Remington: The Forbidden Kingdom: Bad Script, Bad Acting, Bad Score, Otherwise Okay Movie - Huffington Post
• 20080419175440: MySpace.com - Manufactroversy - 99 - Mujer - Seattle, Washington - www.myspace.com/manufactroversy
• 20080419175431: Manufactroversy.newsladder.net
• 20080419175420: Andrew Daley: Word Of The Week: Manufactroversy - Business on The Huffington Post
• 20080419175413: Ariane rocket launches Vietnam's first satellite - Wikinews, the free news source
• 20080419175403: Backup Your Flickr Photos With Flickrfs - Wired How-To Wiki
• 20080419175352: Bad, Bad Idea: The Anti-Hijacking Safety Bracelet | Autopia from Wired.com
• 20080419175346: Banks break VNBA�s agreed deposit rate, interest rate race returns -- Vietnam's largest Online News Database by Intellasia
• 20080419175337: Barney Frank Introduces Marijuana Decriminalization Bill | Stop the Drug War (DRCNet)
• 20080419175329: BBC NEWS | Americas | Bolivia sees rise in mob justice
• 20080419175319: BBC NEWS | Business | Asian bank offers food price help
• 20080419175309: BBC NEWS | Business | Ex-Fannie Mae bosses fined $31.4m
• 20080419175259: BBC NEWS | UK | England | Sussex | Man hypnotises himself before op
• 20080419175251: Bloomberg.com: Asia
• 20080419175240: Bush's plan to cut emissions far shy of mark: Kamoshita | The Japan Times Online
• 20080419175230: Campaigner - Climate change - Guardian Jobs in Charities > Advocacy
• 20080419175219: Canada Takes Steps to Ban Most Plastic Baby Bottles - New York Times
• 20080419175212: Cannabis for the Environment
• 20080419175203: Cars Deserve Only Half the Blame for CO2 | Autopia from Wired.com
• 20080419175154: China Shakes the World -- book captures the grand sweep of changes in the most populous nation on Earth - Boing Boing
• 20080419175148: CJR: ABC debate: Stewart weighs in
• 20080419175141: CJR: Connecting Climate Change and Cities
• 20080419175133: CJR: Mayhill Fowler on the Post Heard 'Round the World
• 20080419175126: Will MySQL Keep Lighting up LAMP?
• 20080419175118: Food miles don't feed climate change - meat does - earth - 18 April 2008 - New Scientist Environment
• 20080419175110: Economic | GeorgeSoros.com
• 20080419175059: Dutch Debate Climate Change Defense: Tulip Island : TreeHugger
• 20080419175040: Woman survives gunshot between the eyes - People: Tales of survival - TODAYshow.com
• 20080419175034: Elgan: Which religion has the best cell phone?
• 20080419175025: What happens when you pop a quantum balloon?
• 20080419175015: Hightower Lowdown | What 8 years of BushCheney have done to our economy
• 20080419175006: Study Confirms Medical Marijuana Pain Relief | Smokedot
• 20080419174955: Language: Is "Nerdic" Really the Fastest Growing Language?
• 20080419174943: Mad Science: Double Your Lifespan with a Drug that Mutates Your Ribosomes
• 20080419174933: Search - HemuZ :: New Age Awakening » Update Yourself!
• 20080419174929: 16989272.jpg (JPEG Image, 500x400 pixels)
• 20080419174921: How Does Global Warming Affect Wildlife? - National Wildlife Federation
• 20080419174912: DARPA in search for five-year-mission solar wingship | The Register
• 20080419174902: CopyCamp: unconference about copyright in Toronto, April 29/30 - Boing Boing
• 20080419174855: Millionaire Hong Kong businessman faces jail for groping cabbies : Asia World
• 20080419174847: climate change OR crisis cannabis - Google Search
• 20080419174838: CJR: The Keystone State?
• 20080419174826: CJR: McCain's Quiet Medicare Bombshell
• 20080419171720: Freetards fill their boots - music survey | The Register
• 20080419171711: growabrain
• 20080419171703: Health Buzz: Bad Flu Season and Other Health News - US News and World Report
• 20080419171656: HotForWords
• 20080419171646: How Google Has Screwed Up the MySpace Deal | Epicenter from Wired.com
• 20080419171640: Lee Abrams - I Want Media
• 20080419171636: We're On Deadline | Print Article | Newsweek.com
• 20080419171629: Is The Venture Capital Party Over?
• 20080419171619: Jackie Chan, Jet Li set for box office supremacy | Entertainment | Reuters
• 20080419171611: Jeff Stier - The Huffington Post
• 20080419171559: Jeff Stier: Obama's Health - Living on The Huffington Post
• 20080419171550: JFK And LAX Get Scanners That See Through Clothes -- Privacy -- InformationWeek
• 20080419171545: Korea culls 3 million birds as bird flu spreads fast -- Vietnam's largest Online News Database by Intellasia
• 20080419171538: Lee Abrams - I Want Media
• 20080419171531: Marijuana, Genes, Medicines And Brain Scans Help Scientists Find Better Anxiety Treatments « HighBoldtage
• 20080419171524: Marijuana Reform, Marijuana Education, and More - Change the Climate
• 20080419171512: Matt Stoller: And Al Gore Helps John McCain into the White House - Politics on The Huffington Post
• 20080419171503: McCain Releases His Tax Return, but Not His Wife's - New York Times
• 20080419171457: Millionaire Hong Kong businessman faces jail for groping cabbies : Asia World
• 20080419171450: Nova Scotia News - TheChronicleHerald.ca
• 20080419171427: Obama greeted by largest crowd of his campaign - Politics on The Huffington Post
• 20080419171419: PM: Vietnam has secured space sovereignty_English_Xinhua
• 20080419171413: Poll: Obama has better White House chances than Clinton, Democratic voters say - Print Version - International Herald Tribune
• 20080419171403: Presidential Candidates on Marijuana - TierneyLab - Science - New York Times Blog
• 20080419171352: Primary Lures Those Too Young to Vote - New York Times
• 20080419171343: Putting faces on the subculture crowd | The Japan Times Online
• 20080419171333: CNN Reporter Faces Drug Charge - City Room - Metro - New York Times Blog
• 20080419171316: Richard Quest, CNN Reporter, Arrested On Drug Charges - Media on The Huffington Post
• 20080419171307: Ron Paul: Fights drug-war with new Medical Marijuana Bill « The Hemp Pages
• 20080419164107: BBC NEWS | Europe | WTO chief calls for aid rethink
• 20080419164059: 'Rowdy' rectal extraction op vid hits YouTube | The Register
• 20080419164051: Samsung: Water-powered cell phones by 2010 | Crave : The gadget blog
• 20080419164042: Schlumberger results lift oil services shares - MarketWatch
• 20080419164034: Scientists warn of cannabis 'timebomb' - Times Online
• 20080419164026: SFGate: Politics Blog : Pelosi, Gingrich team up for global warming TV ad
• 20080419164017: Sort Tons of Beach Trash With Wired's Spreadsheet | Wired Science from Wired.com
• 20080419164010: Special Report on Drugs and Alcohol - New Scientist
• 20080419164003: Spinwatch - Will a decline in reporting European news result in more paid-for journalism?
• 20080419163953: Across Globe, Empty Bellies Bring Rising Anger - New York Times
• 20080419163943: Steven Weber: Mainstream Media Mainlining - Media on The Huffington Post
• 20080419163933: Swiss to split loan shark cash with Japan | The Japan Times Online
• 20080419163926: The Hemp Pages
• 20080419163919: The New Straits Times Online......
• 20080419163909: TheStar.com | World | From Russia, with lust
• 20080419163848: Update 1-Wall St braces for tens of thousands of pink slips | Markets | Markets News | Reuters
• 20080419163843: US bound export keeps soaring -- Vietnam's largest Online News Database by Intellasia
• 20080419163833: Video Blogger Kevin Sites Keeps One Foot in the War Zone
• 20080419163827: Vietnamese party official threatened with death -- Vietnam's largest Online News Database by Intellasia
• 20080419163819: Vietnam's 1st satellite launch significant in socioeconomic development _English_Xinhua
• 20080419163812: We're On Deadline | Print Article | Newsweek.com
• 20080419163803: What shape is America's recession? | The Japan Times Online
• 20080419163756: Yahoo to offer specific blog for Vietnam -- Vietnam's largest Online News Database by Intellasia
• 20080419163746: YouTube - Hooker