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Internet users typically flock to "peer to peer" networks like Kazaa to share music, movies, software and even pornography. A 2nd year student at St Johns School of Law in Queens has found a very different use for file-sharing.

Thad Anderson is disseminating hard-to-find government and court documents on the Kazaa, Limewire and Soulseek networks. They include memos about the prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib; a Senate Intelligence Committee report on what the government knew about weapons of mass destruction before it invaded Iraq; and details of contracts awarded to Haliburton Corporation for the reconstruction of Iraq.

Anderson is a Democrat but says file-sharing can be useful for people all political persuasions.

Scary Internet Parents underestimate the dangers of the Internet, according to a new report by the London School of Economics. Fifty-seven percent of U.K. children have seen Internet pornography, but only 16% of parents think their kids have encountered it, according to the study.

High-Tech Homers Would you spend $300 for a softball bat? BusinessWeek reports on the chase for the juiciest bat.

The new bats have "totally revolutionized the game," says Dell, a 27-year-old registered nurse in Norman Park, Ga., who spends $2,000 a year on bats. "They've taken guys who can't hit the ball out of the ballpark and turned them into giants." High-tech bats have quickly become must-have equipment for nearly every slow-pitch softball player, from recreation league novices to elite sluggers.

Duke Students Get iPods Incoming freshmen at Duke will be issued iPods. The gadgets will be loaded with school-related information, freshman orientation details, the academic calendar, virtual campus tours and Duke's fight song.

Gates to Give Away $3 billion The Microsoft chairman's share of the company's planned $32 billion divident to stockholders is more than $3 billion. But's he's giving it all to his foundation. "The pledge today is recognition that our world, the nation and our region--now more than ever--can and should dramatically improve equity in health, education, and access to information and human services for vulnerable families," Gates says. Cool.