Pulled from Yahoo! News #1 e-mailed story of the day: A Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel was apparently intentionally rammed by a Japanese whaling ship in Antarctica. The sweet high-tech speedboat that resembles a stealth bomber was named the Ady Gil, after the Woodland Hills businessman who funded it. Its crew members were safely transferred to another Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessels–the Bob Barker. Which of course, is named for beloved The Price Is Right host who donated the funds to buy that one.

Glad to see some local connections scrapping out there on the front lines, fighting the good fight against these evil whalers.

UPDATED: Bob Barker has now spoken out at the incident.

Intense video footage of the skirmish leading up to the ramming below.

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While we’re on the subject of phones and 3G… Does anyone actually have T-Mobile for 3G wireless phone data? How’s the speed throughout Greater Los Angeles? We’re thinking of dumping AT&T for T-Mobile to jump on a Nexus One Google phone or Nokia N900. Thx for any feedback.