Rapid Fire 01/23/06

Published January 23, 2006

* Navy nabs Somali pirates
* KBR gave troops contaminated water
* Courts hack Los Alamos blogger
* Electric "sea jet" ship sets sail
* Backyard, near-space balloons
* 240,000 rounds per minute, anyone?
* Now that's an explosion!
* America's nuclear fumble
* 13,280 "Cans of Whup-Ass"

(Big ups: RC, JQP, OSU, Digg)

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