Random news from libraryland and the Web

Thought I'd pass on some interesting and unrelated news links from a few of my favorite blogs.

From LISNews:
Books on the new pope are suddenly in demand. No big surprise.
The Alabama Legislature is considering a bill that would ban books that promote a homosexual lifestyle from all public facilities (like schools and libraries).

From Tangognat (a former Uni student!):
A Library Journal article on gamers in the library. I am not making this up.
A manga news roundup.

From Slashdot:
Microsoft patents 911 (or at least the data used by emergency services).
Google (AdSense) sues the click inflators. Don't you just hate it when your site is used by unscrupulous companies trying to hurt their competitors by driving up worthless ad spending?