Stealing from Warren Ellis:

LOS ANGELES (AP) Police say funk singer Rick James has died in Los Angeles of apparent natural causes.

Or, as William Vitka put it: "Rick James is dead, bitch."

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Edited because Keen blocks direct images, as I see when I take a look at my past entries because the author of the comic comments and I'm no longer just watching a cached image.

So all of you were just seeing a little dot.

Your loss.

Two Lumps rocks.

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Japanese scientists have developed a new kind of assisted reproduction for animals, in which one species can create another.

They implanted tissue from trout embryos into salmon embryos; and when the salmon became adults and mated, they produced trout.

The researchers suggest this could be a way to improve the chances of endangered species, they say in Nature.

It could also help secure supplies of bluefin tuna for sushi restaurants.

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Board Denies Clemency For Inmate Who Killed Wrong Man

Robert Kenneth Hammond, now 59, was 18 when he shot Omaha, Neb., cab driver William R. Edwards to death on a lonely rural road in Pottawattamie County.

Hammond said he killed Edwards because he reminded him of a stepfather he hated. When parole officials reminded him Thursday that he hadn't tried to kill his stepfather, he replied, "No, but I should have, though."

The board voted 5-0 to recommend against granting freedom to Hammond.