From the BBC:

The Indian government is planning to set up a network of cradles around the country where parents can leave unwanted baby girls.

The minister for women and child development, Renuka Chowdhury, told BBC News the cradles would be "everywhere".

It is the latest initiative to try to wipe out the practice of female foeticide and female infanticide.

A girl child is often viewed as inferior to a boy. A bride's dowry can also cripple a family financially.

Research for the year 2001 showed that for every 1,000 male babies born in India, there were just 933 girls.

Research published last year estimating that the number of female abortions was as high as 500,000 a year was disputed by the Indian Medical Association.

Some people are finding self-discipline by publicly blogging about their credit card profligacy.

The NYT's Richard Siklos on the battle to control video on the Web. Basically, it's GoogleTube vs. the media companies.

The NYT chats with Drew Shindell, physicist and climatologist with NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. He doesn't like the phrase "global warming." He'd prefer "climate meltdown."

A tiny TV news station in Santa Rosa, Ca. has gassed its news staff and wants to replace them with user-generated content from the community.