Sony laptop battery recall widens

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Toshiba Corp to recall around 830,000 batteries made by sony
Other companies recalling their laptop batteries made by Sony Corp. are Dell Inc., Apple Computer Inc. Lenovo.

I haven’t seen any news or updates regarding Sony recalling batteries used on Sony laptops..

WASHINGTON - The House approved a bill Thursday that would grant legal status to President Bush?s warrantless wiretapping program with new restrictions. Republicans called it a test before the election of whether Democrats want to fight or coddle terrorists.

Oliver Stone said, “I’m ashamed for my country”.
A Brazilian Plane with 140 - 150 passengers reported missing in the jungle. According to reports the airplane a Gol Boeing 737 went missing after a mid-air collision with a smaller executive jet.

Today is the 272nd day of the year
273rd in leap year.

In history

1938 - Britain, France, Nazi Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
1918 - The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allied forces during World War I.
1907 - The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital.
1864 - American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin’s Farm is fought.
1850 - The Catholic hierarchy is re-established in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX.
1829 - London’s reorganized police force, the Metropolitan Police, becomes the first official police department in the world.
1789 - The first U.S. Congress adjourns.
1789 - The U.S. War Department first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
1650 - Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters - the first historically documented dating service - in Threadneedle Street, London.
1364 - Battle of Auray: English forces defeat French at Brittany; end of the Breton War of Succession. 1567 - At a dinner, the Duke of Alba arrests the Count of Egmont and the Count of Horne for treason.
855 - Pope Benedict III becomes pope.
48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated after landing in Egypt on his 58th birthday (records are unclear, may have occured September 28).
61 BC - Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph, for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.

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