As Slashdot points out, this is just strange enough to be true (even considering today's date). From the BBC:

Plans to fill a nuclear landmine with chickens to regulate its temperature were seriously considered during the Cold War.

Just got this in by email. From the Electronic Frontier Foundation EFFector newsletter for today:

Twentieth Century Ferret Pictures announced today
that it will begin suing children 2-6 years old for creating
unauthorized derivative works of its popular "Bernard the Talking
Dinosaur" television show. Children, the studio claims, often
blink, babble or sing while watching the show.

"This is a clear violation of our exclusive rights over the
show's performance," said Wade Aminute, spokesman for Ferret.
"Closing your eyes during the broadcast, even for a moment,
materially modifies the sequence of images that will be seared into
one's brain for eternity. Not to mention that it interferes
with our subliminal product placements. We cannot allow such
intrusions upon the sanctity of our creative works."

Ferret says it expects most children will settle the suits for
between three lollipops and their rock collection.

From the ibiblio home page:

In a move shocking to all,
Duke University, of Durham, North Carolina, purchased the entirety of the public domain late last evening for a fee of 2.2 trillion dollars. Sources familiar with the negotiation report that Duke's reclamation of the public domain is unprecedented. As a result of the purchase, Duke University is the sole rights-holder to a huge collection of materials, including the Bible, the works of Shakespeare and Dante, and Francis Scott Key's The Star Spangled Banner.

Dr. Eko J. Asti, Director of the newly-established Duke Center for the Control of the Public Domain (DUCFCPD), says "the only way to preserve access to materials in the public domain is to control their rights. The DUCFCPD looks forward to the challenges presented governing such an incredible body of work."

ibiblio, a champion of the public domain for 12 years, will undergo major changes as a result of the purchase. Over the next few weeks, we'll begin relocating our staff and hardware to the Duke campus. We're also excited about the introduction of ibiblio Premium Services, and the ibiblio GoldPlus Access Pass. These subscription services will allow you access to the content you love, without annoying pop-under ads. To help our users, we've dedicated April's homepage to explaining the changes you'll see as a result of Duke's acquisition of the public domain.

Well...I guess this is probably just another slick manuever designed to win the man a few more votes, but I'll give him credit for being willing to stand up to Bill Gates and, by extension, most major software companies.

Here are a few high points of the interview:

Q: "Lately, you have been characterizing Kerry as a 'tax and spender,' while he insists that you only represent big business interests. Can you comment on this issue?"

Bush: "Certainly. Well, it just isn't true. I mean, he's into heavy taxing, and he's into heavy spending, but that part about me is just a lie. For instance, my home computer is running a version of Linux, and I've been talking to congress to invest some of the state's money in the open software movement. What Microsoft is doing just isn't right. Bill Gates has more money than the entire Bush dynasty. I'm fighting to keep the internet a site of free culture. I'm bloggeling. That doesn't sound like big business interests to me. I've asked Lawrence Lessig to be on my cabinet next term, but he's apparently so interpellated by the radical ideology of the left that he can't see the reality of the situation."