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Memorial Day is remembrance of all of the U.S. dead from traumatic and transformative wars like World War II and Vietnam; obscure wars like the Sumatran pirate expeditions; past wars like Gulf War I and recently...

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May 1, 2011 - Today, Osama Bin Laden was found and was apparently shot in the head.

The whereabouts of the architect of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York has alluded authorities for years.

It was rumored Bin Laden was killed in a bunker in 2003, but this is the first evidence Bin Laden survived early onslaughts on his bunker. Osama Bin Laden is now dead and the U.S. has his body.

Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit, working with federal law enforcement agents, has brought down the world's largest spam network, Rustock.

Rustock, at its peak, was a botnet of around 2 million spam-sending zombies capable of sending out 30 billion spam email per day. Microsoft's wholesale slaughter of Rustock could reduce worldwide spam output by up to 39%.

Rustock was taken down, piece by piece, in a similar way to the Mega-D botnet. First the master controllers, the...

He was a mentor to so many, a leader, a pioneer who built churches, schools and parishes... and if he read this he would laugh and say he was just an ordinary man.

For anyone in New Orleans or anywhere who knew him or learned from his life and teachings, our mutual friend and mentor Father Francis G. Boeshans has passed away.

Please pass this message along with your prayers and feel free to link back to this blog post for information.

Rest in Peace...