http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6236355.stm -- why the web is awesome, with awesome sauce.
http://news.aol.com/elections/story/_a/ellison-to-use-jefferson-koran-for/20070103155809990001?cid=2449 -- OK, it's on AOL news, but it's the version that talks about that shuddery-awed book-geek feeling of it all.
And I almost tagged it "link sup", which would have only been funny if the links had involved LJ's Russian-language partner...