links for 2007-09-07

A Polish pulp fiction writer was sentenced to 25 years in jail yesterday for his role in a grisly case of abduction, torture and murder, a crime that he then used for the plot of a bestselling thriller.

From the Good Gifts catalogue, £25 pays for a bicycle for a midwife in a rural region, somewhere in the world.

How the Artificial Milk industry prevented the Federal Office on Women’s Health from making women aware of the risks of not breastfeeding.