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Flight Delays Caused by Computer Failure, FAA Says The Federal Aviation Administration blamed a computer breakdown for delaying hundreds of flights yesterday throughout the country, including Baltimore and Washington. Novavax Moves Closer to Licensing Bird Flu Vaccine Novavax said yesterday that its bird flu vaccine elicited a robust immune response in humans, moving the biotech a step closer to licensing its pandemic vaccine production system. False Loyalties Once again there are terrorists in our midst, and once again they are Muslims, hiding in sleeper cells, posing as ordinary Americans, waiting to cause mayhem. Heroic action is needed. Smithsonian Lends Name to Tour Operator The Smithsonian Institution's noncompetitive contract giving a Massachusetts travel agency exclusive use of the Smithsonian name continues to anger other agencies two years after the deal was first struck. Rachel Maddow, MSNBC's Newest Left Hand DENVER, Aug. 26 -- In her black-rimmed glasses, black T-shirt, jeans and orange sneakers, green iPod wires dangling from her ears, Rachel Maddow cuts an unassuming figure at odds with her growing celebrity. Blog Talk DENVER, Aug. 26 -- Here in Confab City, you can't swing a messenger bag without hitting a blogger; the place is lousy with them. Hundreds are credentialed; here's one worth clicking on. Burglaries, Larcenies Lift Fairfax Crime Rate Crime in Fairfax County, which rose for the first time in six years in 2007, increased 12 percent in the first six months of this year, driven largely by big leaps in burglaries and larcenies, Fairfax police said yesterday. Data Breaches Have Surpassed Level for All of '07, Report Finds More data breaches have been reported so far this year than in all of 2007, according to a report released yesterday by a nonprofit group that works to prevent fraud. That 'Friend' May Be a Worm If, by chance, you've received a message from a "friend" in the last few days saying that you've been caught on tape, it's not true. Unless you're Paris Hilton. Political Coverage That's All a-Twitter DENVER, Aug. 25 -- John Dickerson, who covers the presidential campaign almost single-handedly for Slate, is a man of few words. Morning Spew DENVER, Aug. 26--Joe Scarborough and David Shuster didn't quite come to blows Tuesday morning, but their anger really boiled over. Sharing Unused Airwaves An engineer, Mark A. McHenry litters his speech with dizzying terms like gigahertz and cognitive radio. But on one topic in the national news he is plain-spoken: the claim by the broadcast networks, the NBCs and CBSs of the world, that a new technology to provide Internet service over the air will... Marketing Moves to the Blogosphere Jason Calacanis, who got into blogging early and big, has quit. Textwalkers: Do They Need A Heads-Up? The latest scourge on the Republic, we are told, would be people who flagrantly, openly and notoriously -- are you ready? -- text message while they are walking. These textwalkers stride like the undead, it is said, head down, smacking into light poles, other people and occasionally even splattering... Business Gets Personal Online TechPost, which looks at people and ideas driving the local technology industry, runs Friday on the WashBiz Blog, at http://washingtonpost.com/washbizblog . The Man Behind The Man It's early on a spring morning and Peter Kirsch is busily overseeing the fast-moving life of AOL founder James V. Kimsey. Seemingly everything that touches the mogul finds its way to Kirsch's desk in his ninth-floor penthouse office overlooking the White House, from philanthropy to investments, from... Help File Q You've mentioned setting Web browsers to refuse the cookies set by advertising networks. How do I do that, exactly? It's First and 10 For Fantasy Football on Facebook Are Facebook users ready for some football? This fall, a couple of start-up software companies are trying to make a business out of melding two popular online activities: social networking and fantasy football. It certainly doesn't sound like much of a stretch. Fantasy sports leagues, in which gr... Laser Technology Spots Cavities Before They Start FRIDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Using lasers to spot troubled teeth before cavities form, researchers hope to turn the dentist's drill into a relic of the 20th century. From the Ground Up Steve Lubs was looking to get rid of his $8,000 in credit card debt, but his high interest rate had him bogged down. He tried getting a loan through a bank to pay off the balance but couldn't find one with an interest rate lower than 12 percent.