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Google News 12/23/2002 08:54 AM

Wow! or Three Reasons You Should Use Google News I don't even want to get into the ethics of this one: LONDON -- Britain's High Court has barred a couple from creating a 'designer baby' to try to save the life of their sick child. In a first-of-its-kind ruling, the court said the British Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has no legal power to authorise such a treatment, the Guardian reported. The case was filed by pro-life campaigner Josephine Quintavalle who wanted to stop the 'ethically objectionable' screening of test-tube embryos to provide donor siblings for sick children. The ruling is a blow to Mr Raj Hashmi and his wife Shahana who were given the go-ahead by the HFEA to use embryo selection to try to have a baby matching their sick child's tissue type. [_Go_] For all the hub hub about Google News when it came out, I'm finding it just plain invaluable -- and one of the best "Christmas Presents" of the year. There are three ways in which I'm using it: The Bigger World. When I want to know what's going on out in the wider world. The print Wall Street Journal does a fairly good job for U.S. centric news but its increasingly clear just how U.S. centric that is -- and how unacceptable that is. Google News to the rescue! Following up on stories that leave the news. Remember that Finnish shopping mall that was blown up by a student and how that just magically left the news? Well here's the latest -- they want to use it for Internet censorshp: [_Go_] What People Talk About. Ever have one of those experiences where people say "Did you see what was on 20/20 (or the news) last night -- where XYZ?" And you say "No". And then you walk away and forget about it. Now I just "Google News" for it. And it's amazing not only that a) they weren't lying to you and b) where you see stories covered -- often in the smallest of papers, NOT in the "mainstream media". As an example, someone mentioned to me that "The Air Force is giving pilots speed and they shot down Canadians". What !!!! So I just did a quick query and got this: When the two were sent on their mission over Afghanistan and Iraq, the Air Force gave them $30 million F-16 fighter jets, laser-guided precision munitions, state-of-the-art technology, and something that came as a complete surprise -- amphetamines. Amphetamines, a prescription drug, are known on the street as uppers or speed. Yet, a 20/20 investigation has found, the amphetamines, the speed pills, are now standard issue to U.S. Air Force combat pilots, to help them stay awake on long combat sorties. ... Yet not only is the Air Force making the amphetamines widely available to combat pilots, it also has informed them they could be considered unfit to fly certain missions if they don't voluntarily take the amphetamines. [_Go_] Commentary: In another article on the amphetamine issue I saw a doctor make the comment that "the standard warning of these type of pills is 'don't operate heavy machinery' when taking them." Are planes heavy? Google News versus Your News Aggregator So there you have it, three reasons why you should use Google News. To me the debate about Google News versus a News Aggregator just is silly -- they're different. Google News is about the broader world while your News Aggregator is about your world.

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