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Adult movie makers in Japan have apparently found a way to have their wares mass-produced on Blu-ray Discs, something that has been hampered, to date, by Sony's antipornography policies. A Japanese company is creating adult films on the Blu-ray Disc format at a disc production facility in Taiwan that has the Sony equipment, according to reports from the recent Adult Treasure Expo 2007 in Japan. Such a plan would be an end-run around Sony's policy of disallowing pornographic material to be made by its disc replicating subsidiary, Sony DADC.

Oil prices are within touching distance of record highs after supply concerns lifted them above $78 a barrel.

Didn't know that Vice President Dick Cheney could sing? Well, we still don't, but check out comedian Harry Shearer playing a grim veep singing an ode to his old aide and CIA spy figure Scooter Libby.

"Helping me," Feingold says, "means you aren't going to get anything out of it except good government."

Marijuana has long had the reputation of being a relatively harmless drug. Two recent studies, however, highlight its potential dangers: One suggests that using marijuana increases the odds of eventually developing a psychotic disorder, while the other found that smoking one marijuana joint affected the lungs as much as smoking five cigarettes. We spoke with Marc Kaufman, director of the Translational Imaging Laboratory at McLean Hospital, a Harvard-affiliated psychiatric hospital, and an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard, to get some perspective on pot. He studies the effects of drugs on the brain and other bodily systems.

Six months after Angelique Trammel ordered a new computer for her son earlier this year, she finally got it—but it was broken.

A couple of scholars say yes, despite their criticism of the Bush administration.

Brooke Brodack remembers her first online "hater." Nearly two years ago, the person posted rude comments about a video she had posted on YouTube, says Brodack, 21, of San Francisco, whose videos show her lip-syncing and creating characters. "It was shocking to me. Why would someone want to be so mean for no reason?" Why, indeed? Nasty comments, sometimes even death threats, have become ubiquitous on virtually any Web site that seeks to engage readers in discussion.

Ryanair is to cut its services from London Stansted this winter by 20% as it moves to shore up profit growth.

Broadcaster BSkyB strikes a deal to buy television set-top box maker Amstrad, founded by Sir Alan Sugar, for £125m.