You may not be a dirtbag, but you can carry one - Indian handbags made from recycled plastic bags can fetch up to 2000 rupees. Plus: Pollution credits at work, sort of - the UN has a new online recycled halon clearinghouse.

You know your government is stuck in the Middle Ages when: they allow blogging but hunt for bootleg TV satellite dishes.

Is the USA PATRIOT Act the "son of COINTELPRO"? Following up on the Iowa anti-war subpoenas, here's more troubling shenanigans from the Justice Department, this time it's fishing for medical records.