5/16: Morning Communique

CITY PAGES BLOGS AND NEWS

Author and CP TV critic Diablo Cody will be at the Downtown Minneapolis Borders today at 12:30 to sign copies of Candy Girl.

THESE DAYS

Some residents of London now have the ability to monitor their own neighborhood with live footage beamed onto their televisions.

German engineers think they've found a way to use wind power to desalinate ocean water.

ABC News correspondents Brian Ross and Richard Esposito report at their "Blotter" that senior federal law enforcement officials are tracking the phone numbers ABC News calls in an effort to root out confidential sources.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

St. Paulite John Wilson has an affinity for nitrous oxide that I couldn't respect more. Read John and his co-contributors at Crazy But Able.

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TIME WASTERS

A belated Happy Mother's Day, courtesy of Mr. T

20 Things You Didn't Know about Leonardo da Vinci

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"It's just been a fun run for me."

-- 43-year-old Doug Flute, announcing his retirement from the NFL. His last play was converting the league's first drop kick for an extra point since the 1941 NFL title game.