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• 11 Illinois high school seniors have been suspended from school for seven days following a prank that involved a student dressing up as a gorilla chasing the others who were dressed as bananas -- a prank designed to be funny without damaging property or hurting anyone. ~ Link

What rules did they break? Why were the rules so rigidly enforced? Sometimes we take ourselves and our institutions way too seriously.

• Bionic eyes -- now a reality ~ Link

• An ongoing shortage of cement vessels is creating a shortage of cement on Guam, where most buildings are constructed out of the hard stuff. ~ Link

• American United Methodists are moving to limit the influence of the more conservative African churches. Or is it the other way around? ~ Link