Quick hits

Some items in the news today that probably should go without comment:

• Spotsylvania County, Va., sheriff's deputies tried a novel approach to catching prostitutes: having sex with them.
• British scientists hooked a robot up to slime mold to model the mold's behavior.
• The British newspaper The Economist pointed out that hardly anyone mentioned Cheney's bird-killing as an issue in itself this week.
• The Washington Post has a lengthy analysis of the Danish cartoons and why they became the focus of such violence.
• Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke testified before Congress this week.
• And finally (and overdue), Sammy Sosa is retiring from baseball. Que lastima.