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The article reports on the success and popularity gained by U.S.-based pop singer Norman Greenbaum through his popular song "Spirit in the Sky" released in 1969. The song was a hit in 1969 and went on to sell more than two million copies. In recent years the song has become the quintessential soundtrack for movies and TV commercials. Greenbaum has managed to make a living off his hit song and gets $10,000 each time the song lands in a major movie or advertising.

Reports on development of broadband over power lines (BPL) technology in the United States. Adoption on the rule change made by the Federal Communications Commission to encourage the technology; Major technical challenge in using electric power lines; Initiation made by Cinergy Corp. to homes in the Cincinnati are for BPL connection.

Reports on the tools used by questioned-document examiners to detect sophisticated digital cut-and-paste forgeries in the U.S. Use of the stereo microscope for handwriting and signature analysis; Situations to use the video spectral comparator, a digital imaging system that subjects documents to a variety of wavelengths; Discovery of several cases of altered medical or insurance records with the help of an electrostatic detection apparatus.

Focuses on privacy issues surrounding a web site that allows users to search for records of campaign contributions by United States citizens. Display of the amount given and the contributor's home address; Concern of Democrat Melissa Kramer that she will be shunned in her largely Republican neighborhood if her contributions to the campaign of General Wesley K. Clark become public knowledge; Creation of the web site, called Fundrace. INSET: Mining the Campaign War Chests.

Reports on the athletic performance of David Aardsma of San Francisco Giants in the U.S. Scoring statistics; Ranking among the list of Major League Baseball players; Career in the professional sport.

Profiles Russ Kick, journalist and developer of the Memory Hole Web site dedicated to saving official documents and posting the documents online. Features of the Web site; Reason behind Kick's interest in official documents preservation.

Presents information on the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley, California.

Focuses on the online journal of Dave Walker, a cartoonist and Web editor from Cookham, England.

Focuses on the U.S. In-N-Out Burger restaurant chain and its cult following. Background on the chain, which was founded on the West Coast by Harry and Esther Snyder; How it built its reputation; Comments of Eric Schlosser, author of 'Fast Food Nation,' and other industry analysts; Location; Its philosophy that fast food should be made from scratch; Menu; Estimated sales for 2001. INSET: Paradise in a Bun, Hold the Meat, by Melissa Clark.

Provides information on the benefits of investing on Christmas Club stock funds in the U.S.