Well yesterday was Friday the 13th, but we managed to survive around these parts, carefully avoiding walking under ladders or breaking mirrors (actually we try to avoid breaking mirrors every day). Hopefully even if you didn't get lucky yesterday, you avoided the opposite as well.

Lucky Links:	Thanks Ant and Mike Martinez.
Play:	Alien SOS. Communist in space.
Links:	Top Ten Most Badass Animals Native to the USA. Thanks Neutronbeam.
Stories:	Security heightened ahead of Ubisoft's 'Avatar' game release. The Spider Awards: Wired.com’s Arachnid Hall of Fame. Bomb-Fighting Dog, MIA for a Year, is Found in Afghanistan.
Science:	Bacteria in intestines play role key role in weight gain, study finds. Thanks Neatorama. Designing Military Strategies Based on Ants' Movements.
Images:	Dirty, dirty PCs- The X-rated picture guide. Halloween Costume Win. Artist crafts Pentium Nikes.
Media:	Blowing up Toy Cars in Slow Motion. Thanks Digg.
Follow-ups:	NASA finds "lots of water" from moon crash tests. U.S. arrests and charges two Madoff programmers. Thanks Slashdot.