Big news as the Tour de France is set to get underway: 7 cyclists, including favorites Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso, are implicated in a doping scandal and ejected from the tour. More from cyclingnews and VeloNews. Stay on top of the story at TdFblog. Meanwhile, Lance Armstrong continues with his own controversy.
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Smart Car Coming to US. This thing makes the Mini look oversized.
Supreme Court Blocks Guantánamo Tribunals. Big news. Not only did the Court conclude that the tribunals violate the UCMJ, but also that Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions applies to the detainees. Opinion [pdf]. Oral argument [pdf].
Watching the Detectives. Slate on A Scanner Darkly, Richard Linklater, and slacker revolutionaries. Trailer here.
Windows Vista Beta: A tour in screenshots. Lifehacker takes a look at the new Beta. Looks mostly like a shiny version of XP.
A Polyphonic Spree-esque Folger’s commercial.
Martha Stewart has partnered with KB Home to build a new subdivision in Houston. The Chronicle and WSJ report.
Duke Spinoff is Houston’s Gain. Duke Energy is spinning off it’s natural gas business, and the as-yet-to-be-named company will be based in Houston.
Mario Battali takes Michael Stipe vegetable shopping. This must be what it feels like to be going insane.