Some interesting, some sad, some scary:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUKLK45461520080821
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/227185,senior-citizens-angered-over-age-discrimination-by-banks.html
http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKLL415920080821
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKSP19107520080821
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4583174.ece
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/21/politics/main4372096.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/21/world/main4371158.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/21/tech/main4369161.shtml
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=5617178&page=1
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/washington/21fbi.html?_r=1&ref=us&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=5625726&page=1
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=5626333&page=1
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,408301,00.html
http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?chid=3&schid=278&secid=0&cid=1643609
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/china/article4583872.ece
http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?chid=3&schid=278&secid=0&cid=1641921
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7574379.stm
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/08/2008821134335474653.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/08/2008820103533446921.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/08/2008819222429806753.html (see comments)
http://clivecrook.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/08/friedman_and_ignatius_on_georg.php
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200808u/afghanistan-base
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0821081books1.html (maybe this is why our prisons are so full)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4582421.ece
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4582094.ece
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article4582398.ece