W I R E D N E W S Top Stories - 09:15AM 25.Aug.04.PDT

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Reactors Trim Radioactive Waste (Technology 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64690,00.html/wn_ascii

Researchers at a Department of Energy lab are developing fuel rods
that could halve the amount of nuclear waste produced. That's good news
for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, where 40 years' worth of radioactive
material is slated to be stored. By John Gartner.
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Copyright Bill Needs Big Changes (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64697,00.html/wn_ascii

Technology companies and public-interest groups want to narrow the
scope of the controversial Induce Act to focus on those who engage in
'mass, indiscriminate infringing conduct.' By Katie Dean.
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JibJab Is Free for You and Me (DAT's Entertainment Tuesday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,64704,00.html/wn_ascii

Turns out that Ludlow Music, which claims to own the copyright on a
classic Woody Gutherie song, may not actually own it after all. Which
means JibJab, a scrappy web animation site, gets to use 'This Land Is
Your Land' to its heart's content. By Katie Dean.
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Poll: Voters Want Paper Trail (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64700,00.html/wn_ascii

Almost three-quarters of likely voters think electronic voting systems
should produce a paper record the voter can verify, according to a new
poll. But that's not likely to happen for many of them in November. By
Laila Weir.
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Service Mixes Ads in Blog Chatter (Business 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/business/0,1367,64658,00.html/wn_ascii

A new service wants to match up popular bloggers with marketers to
create the online equivalent of magazine 'advertorials.' Some worry it
would bring blogs' integrity into question. By Daniel Terdiman.
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Attacking the Fourth Estate (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64680,00.html/wn_ascii

A series of subpoenas issued to reporters as part of the Justice
Department's investigation of the leak of a CIA operative's identity
seems more like a tactic of intimidation than legitimate information
gathering. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg.
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Master of the Nerdiverse (Wired magazine 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.09/craigslist.html
Craig Newmark could become a dot-org millionaire. He'd rather help you
find a cheap sublet, a cool job and maybe even a date. By Josh McHugh
from Wired magazine.
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