| Britney Spears fails to regain lost visitation rights
BRITNEY Spears will not be able to visit her sons at least until her next custody hearing in February and K-Fed has full custody until April. TMZ.com reports that Commissioner Scott Gordon ruled against restoring the visitation rights she lost after the four hour standoff with emergency services a few weeks ago. The Commissioner heard evidence from several other witnesses, including Spears's ex-husband Kevin Federline, two LAPD cops who responded to a custody standoff a week ago Thursday; a parenting coach; a bodyguard, and the court monitor who was present during the drama. PageSix.com reports that the January 4 emergency order which gave Federline custody of sons Sean and Jayden was extended today until April. Britney arrived more than three hours late amid chaos at the courthouse packed with a media throng.
Science News in Brief
Scientists at Harvard have dramatically expanded the list of potential drug targets for AIDS with an announcement yesterday of the discovery of 273 proteins required for survival of the AIDS virus in humans.
Prior to the study, researchers had identified only a few dozen molecules needed by the virus to infect human cells. Because AIDS progression hinges on their presence, targeting them could slow infection.
The authors found the proteins by using an emerging research method called RNA interference that eliminates individual proteins and elucidates their role by measuring the effect of their absence.
The eight Harvard researchers urged use of the technique for other human pathogens as well, writing that their experiment had demonstrated the “power" of RNA interference to find new forms of treatment.
A Neolib New Deal?:
Omigod, not the Web site! Will Saletan argues the fuss over Lieberman's downed Web site shows the Internet has "arrived" as a force in politics: ... [I]n the election's final hours, the Lieberman campaign treated the crash of its Web site as fatal sabotage, and the media and law enforcement took the charge seriously. Losing your Web site on Election Day is now regarded as the equivalent of having your phones jammed or your TV ads rejected by stations. Even for campaigns that don't use it well, the Web has become not just an asset, but a necessity. Hmmm. Here's an alternative theory: Lieberman "treated the crash of its Web site as fatal sabotage" because that was a great anti-Lamont story for him to have in the headlines during the last 24 hours of the campaign! I doubt the Web site was particularly vital to the incumbent senator's old-fashioned campaign.
Nic Cage's Naked Intruder Sentenced
The latest on the bizarre break-in. The man who broke into the home of NICOLAS CAGE has been sentenced to six months in rehab, Reuters reports. ROBERT DENNIS FURO JR. pleaded guilty to one count of felony stalking, while two other charges were dropped. He was also given credit for time served. His attorney said he was in a compromised state due to sleeping pills and Vicodin. Last October, the 46-year-old man gained entrance to the actor's Newport Beach residence, where he stripped nude and put on Cage's leather jacket. Cage and his family were home at the time. He confronted the intruder and escorted the man out of his home without incident. .
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