While an earlier source had said that Dallas Cowboys outside linebacker Anthony Spencer would play Monday night against the Chicago Bears despite missing practice all week with a strained pectoral, a source with direct knowledge of the situation later confirmed Spencer would not play.

Spencer, a key cog in the NFL’s top-ranked defense, is officially listed as questionable.

Spencer, a former first-round pick playing this season under a franchise tag tender, has been a force during the Cowboys’ 2-1 start. He ranks second on the team in tackles (29, according to coaches’ film review) and sacks (two) and leads the Cowboys with nine quarterback hurries and two tackles for losses.

Rob Ryan’s defense will be missing three starters, including strong safety Barry Church, who was placed on injured reserve after tearingpress freedom index, 18th out of 179 countries, is the best in Latin America.

11.04.13 - Amended by parliament, computer crimes bill needs more amending

Reporters Without Borders welcomes the amendment that Costa Rica's parliamentarians made to a controversial bill on computer technology crimes on first reading yesterday. Journalists had been very critical of the first draft of the proposed law.

The amendment eliminated an article about the dissemination of "secret political information," which carried a sentence of four to eight years in prison.

Reporters Without Borders nonetheless urges members of the unicameral national assembly to go much further when the bill gets its second reading in the coming days, before promulgation.

"We thinks that the new provision, making the revelation of 'state secrets related to national security, defence of sovereignty and foreign