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DustCollector writes to mention a Scientific American blog post about the highly successful Star Trek auction at Christie’s on Thursday. The props, from many different shows, went for far more than was estimated. From the article: “The auction board flickered in perpetual motion as dollars changed along with the equivalent in euros, British pounds, Hong Kong dollars and Japanese yen (what, no quatloos?). Picard’s Enterprise-E captain’s chair, estimated to sell for $7,000-$8,000, went for $52,000. Two prop wine bottles of ‘Chateau Picard,’ estimated to go for $500 to $700, sold for $5,500. ‘That’s probably a record for empty wine bottles,’ the auctioneer quipped. The sale prices so exceeded the estimated price that absentee bidders–those who place a maximum and hope for the best–hardly stood a chance: I counted only two successful absentee bids in the first 124 lots.”

Denis Hopovac’s fifth field goal of the
game in an NCAA record-tying seventh overtime gave North Texas a
25-22 victory over Florida International on Saturday night.

The Detroit Tigers beat New York 8-1, eliminating the Yankees from Major League Baseball’s postseason in the first round for the second straight year.

This issue includes a cover story on Scott Hall and Kevin Nash negotiating a return to the WWF to potentially make a WCW relaunch possible… Part seven of a “Torch Talk” with Terry Taylor includes his observations on the final stressful year of WCW… End Notes by Wade Keller features first-hand thoughts on attending a WWE house show… ETC. Newswire details the death of Chris Adams… WWF Newswire details the departure of Ron “K-Kwik” Killings from the company and more… Plus reports on Raw, Smackdown, WWF house shows, Ask the Torch, Letters to the Torch, and more…

A Marine’s letter home, with its frank description of life in “Dante’s inferno,” has been circulating through generals’ inboxes.

Fidel Castro has terminal cancer and will not return to power as Cuba’s leader, anonymous U.S. officials tell TIME magazine. However, the officials said the intelligence reports on the ailing, 80-year-old Cuban president are not definitive.

evil agent writes “The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), a branch of the Commerce Department, has sustained several successful attacks. Chinese hackers were able to gain access to its computers and install rootkits and other malware.” From the article: “This is the second major attack originating in China that’s been acknowledged by the federal government since July. Then, the State Department said that Chinese attackers had broken into its systems overseas and in Washington. And last year, Britain’s National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Center (NISCC) claimed that Chinese hackers had attacked more than 300 government agencies and private companies in the U.K.”

Torch senior columnist Bruce Mitchell and Torch editor Wade Keller discuss the Brian Pillman DVD (which Bruce just watched today, so his thoughts are fresh), Raw Homecoming, Vince McMahon’s WWE.com interview, JBL’s interview with Eric Bischoff, and more…

Worried about the airline losing your luggage? No problem. Just pack a gun. , Every Episode of Futurama, Most Annoying Website in the World, NINJA., DIGG for PORN?, Top Gear star begs BBC to show 280mph car crash, Firefox 2 reaches RC1

Accommodate Students writes “The BBC is reporting on Greater Manchester police’s attempts to use YouTube to catch the killers of the 15 year old, Jessie James. The video features a message from Jessie’s mother Barbara Reid and sister Rosemary. BBC radio news has said this is the first time the police force have used YouTube in this way to catch criminals.” This is apparently related to the hatespeak-related jailing we discussed on Saturday. As this is obviously getting a lot of media attention over there, can someone from the UK enlighten us? Other than the obvious and regrettably tragedy of the situation, why is this case noteworthy?

The first auction of official Star Trek memorabilia hit warp speed when a model of the science fiction franchise’s Starship Enterprise sold for more than $A770,000.