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Spam rage? Charles Booker of San Francisco was arrested this week in what may be the first case of spam rage: angered by being bombarded with unsolicited emails touting penis enlargement pills and Viag)ra, Booker threatened to send a "package full of Anthrax spores" to the spammers, to "disable" an employee with a bullet and torture him with a power drill and ice pick; and to hunt down and castrate the employees unless they removed him from their e-mail list. He was released on a $75,000 bond.

California will be the first state to require that electronic voting machines be equipped with printers so that voters and vote verifiers can ensure a tamper-free, fair election. Only problem is, the requirements won't go into effect until 2006.

From the archives: "Let the Eagles Soar." Or not.