Contraception ‘key to poverty trap’ [BBC News]

Russell Beattie reviews the Genecast RSS-to-NNTP gateway. Apparently it works. Good news. [Scripting News]

Bush Restoring Cash Bonuses for Appointees. The White House will make several thousand political appointees eligible for lucrative cash bonuses, abandoning a Clinton-era prohibition. By Eric Lichtblau. [New York Times: Politics]

Finnish Taxi Drivers Must Pay Music Royalties. jonerik writes “According to this story from Ananova, Finland’s Supreme Court has ruled that taxi drivers must pay royalty fees of about $20 annually if they … [Slashdot]