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World: Giant mutant ant colony found in Australia, and I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I’d like to remind them that as a trusted blogger, I can lead others to toil in their underground sugar caves.

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PCWorld.com - MPAA: Movie Piracy Is the New Plague: “According to the survey, 24 percent of respondents reported that they had downloaded a movie online, and 69 percent said that they did not believe that online music piracy was a major concern. The study was performed in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S., and shows a direct correlation between broadband penetration and the incidence of piracy, the researcher says. In Korea, for instance, where broadband penetration is estimated to stand at 98 percent, 58 percent of respondents said that they had downloaded a movie online.”

World: Yahoo! News - Ex-Midnight Oil Singer Runs for Office: “The former lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil announced Thursday that he will run for parliament with the opposition Labour Party - and party leaders said he could even become a government minister someday. Peter Garrett, a committed environmental activist with a distinctive bald pate, had long used Midnight Oil as a forum for his political views. The band broke up in 2002 after 25 years. ‘Politics is an imperfect game, we all know that,’ Garrett said. ‘We see it on television stations every night; and yet it’s the best game we have for making the country work better.’ ”