Japan's top filmmaker takes swipe at comic-mad PM (Reuters)

Reuters - Japanese Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki criticized Prime Minister Taro Aso's penchant for "manga" comic books Thursday and said children should spend more time experiencing nature than getting engrossed in video games and TV.

China's Baidu.com fights to rescue reputation (AP)
AP - Baidu.com has been the star of China's Internet world. But now the search engine dubbed "China's Google" is scrambling to rescue its reputation after state TV accused it of letting unlicensed suppliers of medical products pay for higher rankings on its results page — without alerting users.

'Bionic' Pair Seeks Webcams for Eyes
An artist and filmmaker want to trade prosthetic eyes for cameras.

Scientists Discover New Penguin
Researchers uncover previously unknown penguin, 500 years after its extinction.

The World's Oldest Polar Bear Dies
At age 42, Debby, the world's oldest polar bear, dies at a Canadian Zoo.

Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search (AP)

AP - Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be "very open" to a collaboration on Internet search. His comments sent Yahoo shares diving more than 20 percent.