CO-ED “Dorm Room News” July 4, 2007 : New “Rambo” Trailer, Bill Gates No Longer World’s Richest Man and more…

New “John Rambo” (2008) Trailer

• Bill Gates no longer world’s richest man!
  • Overtaken by Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim whose fortune is now at an estimated $67.8bn ( £33.6bn) – equivalent to 8% of Mexico’s gross domestic product – compared with $59.2bn for the Microsoft mogul, putting him in the lead by a decisive $8.6bn.

• Chris Benoit’s Personal Doctor Faces Federal Drug Charges
  • The personal doctor of a pro wrestler who killed his wife and son before committing suicide was charged Monday with improperly dispensing painkillers and other drugs to other patients. The seven-count indictment said Dr. Phil Astin, physician to wrestler Chris Benoit, dispensed drugs including Percocet, Xanax, Lorcet and Vicoprofen.

• ‘Single’ euro train fare planned
  • Some of Europe’s biggest train companies are teaming up to compete directly with airlines. Railteam is an alliance of nine high-speed train companies across seven European countries.

• Postal Worker Steals Thousands Of DVDs from Netflix
  
  • A federal judge in Houston has ordered a year and a-half in prison for a now-former postal clerk in a DVD-by-mail theft investigation. Authorities accused 53-year-old Anthony Zuniga of Houston of swiping thousands of movies from the mail system. Zuniga was convicted of two counts of mail theft by a postal employee.

• Apple launches iPhone Movie trailers page
  • “Apple released a new movie-trailers web page specifically for iPhone users. Now you can watch movie trailers on your way to the movie.”

• Could you pass the U.S. Citizenship test?
  • MSNBC has a quiz with actual questions from the citizenship test. Not as easy as you might think…I got an 85% and I’d like to consider myself pretty well versed in history. Take the quiz, see how you compare.

• The Bald Eagle is Back in the Black
  • The American bald eagle is back after a four-decade fight for survival. The government has just declared that the national symbol no longer requires the protection of the federal Endangered Species Act.

• BSA announces $1 million reward for piracy snitches
  • A new BSA reward program seeks to embolden would-be whistleblowers by giving them 1 million reasons to blow the lid off rampant piracy. To hit the big score, you’ve got to generate a windfall for the BSA, however.