Weekend update: Other things found this week:
Again, wasn't near the computer much this weekend, although I did manage to post some pictures to the Highlandscam blog. Here are a few more interesting things that came up during the last week.

The links....

Reference:

On this day... from BBC. More detail than most of these 'this day in history' sites.

Drugs of Abuse new guide from DEA, lots of detail.
Governments, Politics:

Social Security: the opposition strikes back new report on organizations and their funding from Capital Eye (Center for Responsive Politics).

Want to monitor a court docket? This article in Virtual Chase tells you how.

Substance abuse legislation database covers all the states, from Natl Conference of State Legislatures.

Health Privacy Project has summaries of privacy laws by state.

Right Web is a site that identifies and profiles the cons and neocons behind America's public and foreign policy.
Tools:

Best free software utilities for your computer: mice list from Tech Support Alert. (Thanks to Sheila Lennon for pointing this out.) FYI, if you use Firefox (the recommended browser here), here's a list of Firefox Extensions.

On RSS and feed readers: good article in BBC explains it all.
Business:

2005 Baseball team valuations from Forbes.

Executive Paywatch: from AFL-CIO, highlights exorbitant compensation, with a searchable/browsable database.

Some Interesting stories/Weblogs:

Patient Safety Web has news of safety issues, stats, etc, from US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Philly Inquirer special report on US military armor in Iraq.