links for 2008-05-31

• CANUCKS HOCKEY BLOG: RIP Luc Bourdon
  It's unfair that someone so young with such a great future ahead of him should be taken away.
  (tags: canucks hockey nhl)
• Channelnewsasia.com: Chee Soon Juan fined S$5,000 for speaking in public without permit
  He had been found guilty earlier this month for addressing a crowd in Woodlands illegally in April 2006 in the run-up to the General Election. (GZE2 - Ahhh, the freedom of speech, eh?)
  (tags: asia politics)
• globesports.com: Letang: 'I still can't believe it' [Anonymoused]
  "It is so tough for me to lose my best friend. I don't know why, but this morning I have no energy. I couldn't skate. I lost so much energy since it happened [Thursday]."
  (tags: hockey canucks nhl)
• The Hockey News: Headlines: Moment of silence to be observed before Game 4 after Bourdon death
  (tags: hockey nhl canucks)
• US probes whether laptop copied on China trip - Yahoo! News
  Surreptitious copying is believed to have occurred when a laptop was left unattended during Gutierrez's trip to Beijing for trade talks in December, people familiar with the incident told the AP.
  (tags: china usa)
• Knight's Nike stock sales add up - Breaking News Updates from Portland and Oregon - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
  Following the State of Oregon's quarterly forecast of the economy and state tax revenues this week, Nike founder Phil Knight's sales of Nike stock are being credited with giving a boost to the state government's budget. (GZE2 - Sad they rely on one man)
  (tags: oregon taxes)