July 12, 2004
Whole Earth: The Search for the Giant Squid
Could it be that at this late date there is still an animal on Earth—much less a sixty-foot-long monster with a deadly beak, eyes the size of hubcaps, and fierce talons on the ends of its tentacles—that has eluded the encroaching eye of Homo sapiens? We know of the giant squid through a pittance of washed-up carcasses and from beaks recovered from the stomachs of sperm whales, its only known predator. We've never directly observed them alive, so they remain a mystery. Given how smart smaller octopi and squid can be, one has to wonder if the big-brained giant is avoiding us because it knows better.
The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The Real Enemy Staring Us in the Face
A government with even a nodding acquaintance with competence and good sense would have launched an all-out war against Al Qaeda, not Iraq, in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11. After all, it was Al Qaeda, not Iraq, that carried out the sneak attack on American soil that destroyed the World Trade Center and part of the Pentagon and killed 3,000 people. You might think that would have been enough to provoke an all-out response from the U.S. Instead we saved our best shot for the demented and already checkmated dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein.
July 04, 2004
The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Their George and Ours
By signing Jefferson's text, the signers of the declaration were putting their lives on the line. England was then the world's greatest military power, against which a bunch of provincial farmers had little chance of prevailing. Benjamin Franklin wasn't kidding around with his quip about hanging together or hanging separately. If the rebel American militias were beaten on the battlefield, their ringleaders could expect to be hanged as traitors.
They signed anyway, thereby stating to the world that there is something worth more than life, and that is liberty. Thanks to their courage, we do not have to risk death to preserve the liberties they bequeathed us. All we have to do is vote. Â Â
June 28, 2004
June 25, 2004
BBC NEWS | Technology | Web browser flaw prompts warning
Users are being told to avoid using Internet Explorer until Microsoft patches a serious security hole in it.
The loophole is being exploited to open a backdoor on a PC that could let criminals take control of a machine.
The threat of infection is so high because the code created to exploit the loophole has somehow been placed on many popular websites
June 24, 2004
June 23, 2004
Yahoo! News - ABA: End Mandatory Minimum Prison Terms
The report and recommendations for changes in sentencing, prison conditions and programs for released prisoners follow criticism of the criminal justice system last year from Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.
Kennedy asked the nation's largest lawyers' group to look at what he called unfair and even immoral practices throughout the criminal justice system, and he appeared alongside the group's president Wednesday to accept the first copy of the resulting study.
"The political phrase `tough on crime' should not lead us into moral blindness," Kennedy said.
Control Room - FilmReviews - www.smh.com.au
Noujaim's film is a sympathetic portrayal of al-Jazeera, for which some will condemn it, but it's also a careful, considered and informative film about the culture within the network that 40 million Arabs now watch, the network that George W. Bush likes to call "the mouthpiece of Osama bin Laden". Even more significant, it's an important film about the way electronic news is constructed and managed in the Iraq war and the ethics of depiction.
The New York Times: 'Fahrenheit 9/11': Unruly Scorn Leaves Room for Restraint, but Not a Lot
At the same time, though, it may be that the confusions trailing Mr. Moore's narrative are what make "Fahrenheit 9/11" an authentic and indispensable document of its time. The film can be seen as an effort to wrest clarity from shock, anger and dismay, and if parts of it seem rash, overstated or muddled, well, so has the national mood.
June 22, 2004
Jennifer Steinhauer: A Budget That Offers Something for Everyone
In January, Mr. Bloomberg said he wanted to give New York homeowners a $400 rebate, roughly equaling the 18.5 percent increase the average homeowner faced last year. Mr. Miller countered with a plan that would roll back the entire property tax rate by two percentage points, but he included large landlords and businesses in the relief package. Thus ensued perhaps the oddest class war to play out in city government in years, with the Republican billionaire mayor accusing the majority Democratic Council of putting the needs of businesses before long-suffering middle-class home owners.
June 21, 2004
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June 09, 2004
civilrights.org -- TJ Admissions Policy Criticized
"Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology relies too heavily on an admissions test and should use additional factors in selecting students, according to a commission created to explore ways to open the process to more minorities. "
Chris Colin's book didn't include any chapters about the students who didn't attend.
June 07, 2004
June 04, 2004
On One Side, Cheerleading; the Other, 'Block That Stadium!'
During the hearing, Council Speaker Gifford Miller, who has planted himself firmly on the fence on this issue, moved slightly toward the mayor's side yesterday by declaring that he was not opposed to a new stadium but that he was concerned about the use of public money to partly pay for the project.
June 03, 2004
Google Search: George Tenet Resigns
Obviously, expiring link. Post permanent ones in the comments, please.
June 02, 2004
Another Year of Media That Matters!
We've just started a new year of our outreach for our festival.
June 01, 2004
There's Something in the Water, and It May Not Be Strictly Kosher
There's Something in the Water, and It May Not Be Strictly Kosher
Complete with a picture of a codepod.
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May 22, 2004
CNN.com - Bush falls on bike ride - May 22, 2004
Last June in Kennebunkport, the president fell while riding a "Segway Human Transporter."
April 29, 2004
The New York Times > New York Region > Metro Briefing: New York
MANHATTAN: POETRY TO THE FOREFRONT Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has declared tomorrow the second annual Poem in Your Pocket Day, an initiative intended to promote literacy and poetry at schools, libraries and cultural organizations. On Poem in Your Pocket Day, New Yorkers are encouraged to carry a poem in their pocket and to share it with anyone who is willing to listen to it. The Museum of Modern Art is offering free admission to anyone with a poem, and other cultural institutions will provide special programs..Jennifer Steinhauer (NYT)
April 19, 2004
April 12, 2004
The New Yorker: Fact (Aaron McGruder)
It seemed to be, as a Nation contributor said later, "his coronation as our kind of guy." But what McGruder saw when he looked around at his approving audience was this: a lot of old, white faces. What followed was not quite a coronation. McGruder, who rarely prepares notes or speeches for events like this, began by thanking Thurman, "the most ass-kicking woman in America." Then he lowered the boom. He was a twenty-nine-year-old black man, he said, who got invited to such functions all the time, so you could imagine how bored he was.
April 10, 2004
The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The Empty Room
It's hard to imagine that the news out of Iraq could be more dreadful. After the loss of at least 634 American troops and the expenditure of countless billions of dollars, we've succeeded in getting the various Iraqi factions to hate us more than they hate each other. And terrorists are leaping on the situation in Iraq like rats feasting on a mound of exposed cheese.
April 09, 2004
AIVF | The Independent | Diversity Initiatives
Are they really making a difference?
By Angela Tucker
In 1979, eight independent black producers created The National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) in response to the lack of black programming on PBS. Nine years later, NBPC is one of the biggest funding supporters of media by and about African Americans, giving six million dollars to media projects in the last thirteen years. NBPC funds eighty percent documentaries and twenty percent narrative films. Among NBPC-funded projects are the recent critically acclaimed documentaries The Murder of Emmett Till and Two Towns of Jasper.
then enemy of my enemy...
Yahoo! News - U.S. Forces Retake Most of Key Iraqi City
The violence that has intensified and spread throughout Iraq this week has created a degree of cooperation between anti-American elements in both the Sunni and Shiite Muslim communities, which have been deeply at odds for decades.
April 08, 2004
Thurston Moore: When the Edge Moved to the Middle (The New York Times)
Kurt was not enamored with new traditionalism. He was more attached to the avant-garde rock of his hometown pals, the Melvins, who continue to stretch the parameters of what rock music can be. The traditional aspects of Nirvana's music - aspects that lent it accessibility - were expressed through Kurt as if they were experimental gestures. (The Beatles, also grand pop experimentalists, were loudly whispered by Nirvana as a primary influence, something unusual for punk devotees.) These elements were an important part of Nirvana's appeal. But what is transcendent about Kurt's art - what today, 10 years after his death, gives him rock immortality - was his voice and performance ability, both of which exuded otherworldly soulful beauty.
April 05, 2004
Putting 40,000 Readers, One by One, on a Cover
When the 40,000 subscribers to Reason, the monthly libertarian magazine, receive a copy of the June issue, they will see on the cover a satellite photo of a neighborhood - their own neighborhood. And their house will be graphically circled.
March 25, 2004
Ancient Mars Sea Could Have Sustained Life, Scientists Say (washingtonpost.com)
We think Opportunity is now parked on what was once the shoreline of a salty sea on Mars.
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March 04, 2004
Economist.com | Ecuadorean time
PUNCTUALITY is not a Latin American comparative advantage. Now, Ecuador is trying to make up for lost time. Last month, Jefferson Pérez, the country's Olympic walking champion, fired the gun on a national punctuality campaign. Even the president, Lucio Gutiérrez, turned up for the launch, though at the last minute. His government is backing the campaign, in which posters have been handed out to offices and schools berating Ecuadoreans for wasting other people's time.
March 03, 2004
With Help, Piazza Blends Baseball With Yoga
At night, Bourell often visits a local health food store to buy more fruits and seeds. Then he leads Piazza in a yoga session, gives him a massage and fixes a dinner consisting only of uncooked foods: a spinach salad with raw portobello mushrooms, alfalfa sprouts, a clove of raw garlic, sunflower seeds and olive oil. Bourell has never seen Piazza eat a steak or drink a beer. "I'm very spiritual about things and I believe people come into my life for the right reasons," Piazza said. "Andy has got a calm way about him. He tells me what he sees. I'm not a hard-core vegetarian, but I realize there is a philosophy to raw foods instead of cooked foods that could make a difference in the long run."
March 02, 2004
NY Mayor Bloomberg Takes Role in TV's 'Law & Order'
Bloomberg said in a statement he will donate the $678 he will be paid under actors union rules to the New York Police and Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund.
February 27, 2004
February 22, 2004
here's your salary cap
Op-Ed Contributor: The Steinbrenner Diaries FRIDAY: Why do the Red Sox whine so? John Henry says baseball doesn't have an answer for the Yankees. Not true. It's called the off-season. I'm having two special hats handmade in Cuba. Stitched on the front are dollar signs. I'm sending them to John Henry and his little boy general manager — here's your salary cap. Maybe I'll also send them a pair of Sergio Valente sunglasses from my collection.
February 17, 2004
Forget Homeland Security, I more frightened of the Mafia and the NYPD
Officers have been boarding buses, unloading passengers and checking for proper licenses and insurance. No arrests have been made so far, although about a dozen buses have been impounded.
Police say they've been investigating several shootings to see if they're linked to a feud between competing bus lines.
New York Times, Jan. 29:
Sports of The Times: Yankees Should Think Big About A-Rod The Yankees, finding themselves without a third baseman, somehow jigger their finances, make up some package that is frankly beyond my imagination and trade for A-Rod, who would be more than thrilled to rip the "C" off his mental uniform and switch to third base next to his old pal Derek Jeter.... (It's undoubtedly not going to happen.)
February 07, 2004
(SF Gate)
(
SF Gate)
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has granted a request for an 11-judge rehearing of the Kevin Cooper case.
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February 04, 2004
Four activists participating in one
Four activists participating in one of a statewide series of demonstrations in support of condemned prisoner Kevin Cooper were arrested Tuesday for blocking the gates to San Quentin prison, where the convicted quadruple murderer is scheduled to die by lethal injection just after midnight next Tuesday. (
SF Chronicle,
more)
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February 03, 2004
(SI/CNN)
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SI/CNN)
College basketball coach Bob Knight went berserk while in line at a supermarket salad bar, accusing the Chancellor of Texas Tech of being a liar, throwing salad, and provoking a physical confrontation between the two men.
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(Wash. Post)
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Wash. Post)
George Bush didn't perform his National Guard duties from May 1972 to May 1973, although he was still enlisted and it was the height of the Vietnam War.
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January 31, 2004
"Two for two, one dozen
"Two for two, one dozen wheels on soil," was how flight director Chris Lewicki put it as Opportunity joined its twin on the surface of Mars.
(BBC News)
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In a highly unusual pairing,
In a highly unusual pairing, the Republican and Democratic party organizations for citizens living abroad have banded together against the Pentagon's Internet voting program for the presidential election.
(washingtonpost.com) "a kind of a super-2000 disaster"
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January 26, 2004
(BBC)
(
BBC)
An alternative radio station in Hungary has been banned from broadcasting for 30 days by the state media watchdog for insulting Christians.
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January 25, 2004
"I will attempt no science
"I will attempt no science analysis because it looks like nothing I've ever seen before in my life," Steve Squyres of Cornell University, lead rover scientist, told the rapt flight control team as Opportunity's first images [of Mars] began to parade across large projection screens in mission control here at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at about 1:15 a.m. Pacific time Sunday.
(washingtonpost.com)
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January 23, 2004
(LA Times)
(
LA Times)
Photographer Helmut Newton died Friday after his car sped out-of-control from the driveway of the Chateau Marmont hotel and crashed into a wall.
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(Newsday)
(
Newsday)
Surveillance camera activist
Bill Brown is facing a year in prison after being caught on camera making harassing phone calls.
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January 22, 2004
Vocalist Art Garfunkel was charged
Vocalist Art Garfunkel was charged with possession of marijuana over the weekend after police pulled over his limousine for speeding in upstate New York.
(AP/Billboard)
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The panel set up to
The panel set up to investigate why the United States failed to prevent the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, was rocked Thursday by the bizarre revelation that two of its senior officials were so closely involved in the events they are investigating that they have had to be interviewed as part of the inquiry.
(UPI/Common Dreams)
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A Pentagon program for Internet
A Pentagon program for Internet voting in this year's presidential election is so insecure that it could undercut the integrity of American democracy and should be stopped immediately, according to computer-security specialists who were asked to review the $22 million pilot plan intended for about 100,000 overseas voters.
(Washington Post)
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January 21, 2004
(BBC)
(
BBC)
A rock found in the Atlas Mountains of southern Morocco in 2001 has been confirmed as Martian in origin.
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January 20, 2004
To the dismay of aging
To the dismay of aging punk fans, a British television company announced Monday that the former Sex Pistols singer and angry punk icon — now known by his real name, John Lydon — has agreed to appear in the reality show "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!" (
AccessAtlanta)
via MeFi
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January 19, 2004
(Haaretz)
(
Haaretz)
Yigal Amir, who assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, plans to request that the Israel Prisons Service grant him permission to marry and start a family.
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January 18, 2004
(The Observer)
(
The Observer)
Israel's ambassador to Sweden was ejected from Stockholm's Museum of National Antiquities after he destroyed an
artwork depicting Palestinian suicide bomber Hanadi Jaradat.
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January 17, 2004
(NY Times)
(
NY Times)
Wal-Mart employees in "high-crime areas" must work in locked stores at night with no manager on duty to let them out in an emergency. "You could be bleeding to death, and they'll have you locked in," says one injured worker.
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January 15, 2004
(Google News)
(
Google News)
Nine life-sized soldiers with mirror faces have turned up at Magnuson Park in Seattle, where a mysterious monolith appeared three years ago.
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January 13, 2004
Billy the Kid
(
CNN)
Legend has it that Billy the Kid was gunned down by a sheriff in 1881. But was he?
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January 11, 2004
(Boston.com / Boston Globe)
(
Boston.com / Boston Globe)
President Bush and his senior aides began plotting the invasion of Iraq just days after he took office in January 2001 and not, as the administration has indicated, after terrorists struck against the United States eight months later, according to former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, who was forced from his post in December 2002.
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January 08, 2004
(LA Times)
(
LA Times)
Issues of integrity and character outweigh any of Pete Rose's on-field accomplishments, say many Hall of Fame voters.
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January 06, 2004
(CNN1, CNN2)
(
CNN1,
CNN2)
Al Franken just finished an eight-day USO tour of Iraq, where he did a "Bob Hope type of show" for appreciative troops and lit a menorah in one of Saddam's palaces.
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January 05, 2004
Who the f*@k would want
Who the f*@k would want to visit a country that thinks up something like this? 'New US security regulations are coming into force that will see most foreign visitors having their photographs and fingerprints taken. The rules apply to visa holders and cover all but 28 countries. Those arriving under the visa waiver programme - which includes most Europeans - are not affected.' (
BBC)
Answer: not me.
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January 04, 2004
(AP, BBC)
(
AP,
BBC)
Wearing jeans and a baseball cap, Britney Spears
married George from Seinfeld early Saturday morning in Las Vegas. Wait, maybe I don't have that right. Anyway, it's being annulled.
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December 31, 2003
Truckers who use products containing
Truckers who use products containing ephedra to stay awake just a little bit longer -- to drive just a few more miles -- will not have that option soon. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Dec. 30, 2003, that ephedra will be banned in the United States.
(The Trucker)
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December 30, 2003
An FBI intelligence bulletin sent
An FBI intelligence bulletin sent to law enforcement agencies last week warned that "terrorist operatives may rely on almanacs to assist with target selection and pre-operational planning" because they include detailed information on bridges, tunnels and other U.S. landmarks.
(Washington Post)
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December 29, 2003
(Sunday Telegraph)
(
Sunday Telegraph)
Sitting in his home in Jerilderie, Australia, in a T-shirt and shorts with a can of beer after a hard day driving a forklift, is the man who it is claimed should be King of England.
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December 24, 2003
(Independent)
(
Independent)
Donald Rumsfeld personally assured Tariq Aziz in 1984 that America supported Saddam Hussein despite Iraq's use of chemical weapons, newly declassified documents reveal.
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California's largest earthquake in four
California's largest earthquake in four years struck on Monday, causing planet Earth to ring "like a bell" and mountains to grow a foot taller, geologists said.
(CNN)
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December 18, 2003
(Guardian)
(
Guardian)
The EU has agreed to hand over the personal data of air travellers to the United States, after a long running transatlantic dispute over civil liberties and security.
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December 16, 2003
(NY Times)
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NY Times)
The University of Illinois is in its 77th year of celebrating a racist Indian mascot, and the great-great-granddaughter of Sitting Bull, a junior there, doesn't like it.
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December 15, 2003
The family of the late
The family of the late Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina acknowledged on Monday that Essie Mae Washington-Williams, a retired teacher living in Los Angeles, is the daughter of Mr. Thurmond and a black woman who worked for his family as a maid nearly 80 years ago. (
New York Times
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(The Australian)
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The Australian)
Grief overflowed and anger erupted today as Hiroshima survivors attended the Enola Gay exhibition at the Air and Space Museum.
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December 14, 2003
(AFP)
(
AFP)
Bon appétit! There's blood, filth and rotting food in the mess halls run by Halliburton in Iraq. Including the one used by George Bush for his Thanksgiving photo-op.
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December 09, 2003
(WP)
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WP)
Al Gore, the actual president of the United States, has endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean.
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(Guardian, New Yorker)
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Guardian,
New Yorker)
U.S. special forces have set up an assassination program in Iraq under the guidance of Israeli military specialists.
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December 05, 2003
Republican lawmakers have introduced a
Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill to put Ronald Reagan on the U.S. dime in place of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. (AP, via
sfgate.com) What, my fucking airport's not enough?
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December 04, 2003
Former US President Ronald Reagan
Former US President Ronald Reagan can no longer walk or talk and is rarely awake, his daughter has said. (
People,
via BBC.)
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December 02, 2003
(nthposition, via j-walk blog)
(
nthposition, via
j-walk blog)
A tape today surfaced in US media outlets of someone purporting to be George W Bush at a US military base in Baghdad. While the quality of the tape was not poor, the alleged Bush did appear tired in portions of it, prompting speculation that he is on the run.
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(NY Times)
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NY Times)
In Tel Aviv, a cat named Kooshi was legally banned from his apartment stairwell because he is black. Fear of black cats is pervasive in Israel.
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(AP)
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AP)
It's called the Segway Human Transporter, but the Pentagon is drafting the two-wheeled scooter as part of a plan to develop battlefield robots that think on their own and communicate with troops.
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November 29, 2003
Indo-European -- the mother tongue
Indo-European -- the mother tongue of such modern and extinct languages as American English, Haitian Creole, Gaelic, Punjabi and ancient Hittite -- originated 8,000 to 10,000 years ago, perhaps among ancient farmers in what is now Turkey, according to new research released today.
(Washington Post)
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Michael Jackson's physical transformation along
Michael Jackson's physical transformation along with his two marriages to white women have led to questions about his standing in the black community. But since his arrest on child molestation charges, some blacks have reacted as if a family member were in handcuffs. Jackson certainly has plenty of black detractors, as well as non-black supporters like his friend Elizabeth Taylor. But judging by the response to his arrest from chat rooms, radio broadcasts and man-on-the-street conversations, there is more willingness in the black community to give Jackson the benefit of the doubt. (
AP/ABC News) Excuse me, but this is journalism?
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November 25, 2003
(SF Gate)
(
SF Gate)
A small claims court rejected a North Beach resident's complaint that the "Orwellian wake-up call" of pre-recorded church bells for "a pro-war jingoistic rally" deprived him of sleep.
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November 24, 2003
North Carolina researchers report that
North Carolina researchers report that the average daily consumption of sugar and other calorie-containing sweeteners worldwide jumped 74 calories from 1962 to 2000. In the U.S., the jump in sweet calories was even greater - 83 calories per day from 1977 to 1996. Most of those extra sweet calories - 80 percent - came from sugary soft drinks and fruit drinks.
(Reuters)
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November 23, 2003
Grunge-rock pioneer Krist Novoselic says
Grunge-rock pioneer Krist Novoselic says he may run for lieutenant governor in what would be the next step of a transition from rock star to politician.
(Seattle Times)
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November 22, 2003
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has collected extensive information on the tactics, training and organization of antiwar demonstrators and has advised local law enforcement officials to report any suspicious activity at protests to its counterterrorism squads, according to interviews and a confidential bureau memorandum.
(New York Times)
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November 20, 2003
(BBC)
(
BBC)
A shipment of Australian sheep destined for the Middle East has been delayed after it was confirmed that animal rights activists had laced the animals' food with ham in a bid to make them unsuitable for Muslim countries.
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November 19, 2003
(SF Gate)
(
SF Gate)
San Franciscans wore Red Sox caps last night in recognition of the Mass. Supreme Court's ruling in support of
gay-marriage rights.
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(Mirror)
(
Mirror)
A reporter infiltrated Buckingham Palace for two months, only revealing himself on the night of Bush's visit.
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November 18, 2003
Democratic presidential candidate Gen. Wesley
Democratic presidential candidate Gen. Wesley Clark favors amending the Constitution to make flag-burning a crime. (
Associated Press, via firstamendmentcenter.org.)
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(BBC)
(
BBC)
Scotland Yard has increased the scale of the £5m police operation from 5,000 to 14,000 officers for Bush's three-day trip to the UK. Bush will be protected by hundreds of armed guards from the US. They will not be granted diplomatic immunity, and will be subject to the British legal system if they shoot anybody, the Home Office has promised. Bush has shrugged off the prospect of protests, saying he supports free speech and expects the trip to be "fantastic".
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November 17, 2003
(Slashdot)
(
Slashdot)
Kasparove defeats X3D in third game, tying the match with one game left.
November 15, 2003
(Netscape News)
(
Netscape News)
Police on Friday removed the corpse of a man believed to have hanged himself at least a year ago after builders and students at Budapest's University of Arts had initially mistaken it for a modern sculpture.
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November 14, 2003
(Washington Post)
(
Washington Post)
Roy S. Moore, the unbending chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court whose defiant display of a granite Ten Commandments monument made him a hero to many Christian conservatives, was removed from office Thursday by a state disciplinary court.
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November 13, 2003
(Independent)
(
Independent)
George Bush will have to face huge anti-war and anti-American protests during his visit to Britain, Scotland Yard said last night.
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November 11, 2003
(News.com.au)
(
News.com.au)
It turns out that herring make unusual farting sounds at night.
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Mary McGrory, the great syndicated
Mary McGrory, the great syndicated
Washington Post columnist, is unlikely to write any more columns, her cousin says. (
Boston Globe, via
Romenesko.)
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(Washington Post)
(
Washington Post)
Rebuffing petitioners, a director at the Smithsonian says an exhibit of the Enola Gay will not include information about civilians killed in the bombing of Hiroshima.
Posted by nedlog at
09:51 AM
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Comments (0)
November 04, 2003
(L.A. Times)
(
L.A. Times)
L.A. Fashion Week / was a bore, unless you went / there with a hooker.
Posted by xowie at
10:16 AM
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Comments (1)
October 31, 2003
(BBC)
(
BBC)
Growing net, computer and phone use is driving a huge rise in the amount of information people generate and use. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, estimate that every year 800Mb of information is produced for every person on the planet.
Posted by gwen at
05:02 AM
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Comments (0)
October 29, 2003
(Washington Post)
(
Washington Post)
Children under the age of 6 spend an average of two hours a day with television and computers, according to a new study--more than three times the amount of time they spend with books. A quarter of children under 2 have televisions in their bedrooms.
Posted by nedlog at
09:34 AM
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Comments (22)
October 26, 2003
A new study of more
A new study of more than 3,000 youngsters found significant numbers of infants and toddlers are downing french fries, pizza, candy and soda.
(CNN)
Posted by adam at
11:59 PM
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Comments (0)
October 21, 2003
The Secret Policeman, shown on
The Secret Policeman, shown on BBC One on Tuesday evening, showed footage of one officer dressing up in an improvised Ku Klux Klan hood. The documentary showed recruits at a police training centre in the North West using the terms "nigger" and particularly "Paki" with regularity.
(BBC News)
Posted by adam at
11:19 PM
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Comments (3)
Healthy women should have fewer
Healthy women should have fewer but more informative, check-ups while pregnant, experts have said.
(BBC News)
Posted by adam at
11:17 PM
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Comments (0)
October 17, 2003
It has to be one
It has to be one of the strangest looking frogs ever discovered. Its head appears too small for its body and it looks more like a squat, grumpy blob than a living creature.
(BBC News)
Posted by adam at
11:05 AM
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Comments (0)
October 16, 2003
(AP)
(
AP)
Tens of thousands of Bolivians rallied Thursday in the streets of La Paz to demand the president's resignation, one of the biggest anti-government protests amid weeks of deadly street clashes over a gas export plan. Soldiers guarded the presidential palace as columns of farmers, workers, miners and indigenous groups descended on La Paz, setting off dynamite and carrying homemade clubs. Others waved the rainbow-colored flag that is the symbol of Bolivia's Indian community.
Posted by zagg at
04:49 PM
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Comments (0)
October 15, 2003
China on Wednesday became the
China on Wednesday became the third nation to send a man into space, launching a Long March 2F rocket that carried a 38-year-old former fighter pilot on a journey to take him around Earth 14 times.
(Washington Post)
Posted by adam at
11:08 AM
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Comments (0)
(BBC)
(
BBC)
Thousands of people have greeted Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi in extraordinary scenes at Tehran's city airport on her return to the Iranian capital.
Posted by gwen at
04:17 AM
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Comments (0)
October 13, 2003
A remote-controlled plane powered from
A remote-controlled plane powered from the ground by a laser beam has been tested by Nasa.
(BBC News) - read that again!
Posted by adam at
02:11 AM
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Comments (0)
Venezuela's leader has urged Latin
Venezuela's leader has urged Latin Americans to boycott celebrations for the anniversary of the "discovery" of the Americas by Christopher Columbus.
(BBC News)
Posted by adam at
02:06 AM
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Comments (0)
October 12, 2003
Their 1,800-square-foot solar-powered house northwest
Their 1,800-square-foot solar-powered house northwest of Bayfield has been off the electric grid for seven years and maintains a temperature that doesn't drop below 63 degrees even after several cloudy days.
(Durango Herald)
Posted by adam at
09:56 PM
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Comments (0)
October 11, 2003
Rush Limbaugh acknowledged yesterday
Rush Limbaugh acknowledged yesterday that he is addicted to painkillers and said he is taking a 30-day leave of absence to try to kick the habit.
(Washington Post)
Posted by adam at
12:38 AM
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Comments (0)
October 09, 2003
The Catholic Church is telling
The Catholic Church is telling people in countries stricken by Aids not to use condoms because they have tiny holes in them through which the HIV virus can pass. A senior Vatican spokesman backs the claims about permeable condoms, despite assurances by the World Health Organisation that they are untrue. (
Guardian)
this is sick
Posted by gwen at
03:19 AM
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Comments (0)
October 08, 2003
High-powered sonar from Navy ships
High-powered sonar from Navy ships appears to be giving whales and other marine mammals a version of the bends, causing them to develop dangerous gas bubbles in some vital organs and blood vessels, to beach themselves and die, according to a study published today in the journal Nature.
(Washington Post)
Posted by adam at
04:37 PM
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Comments (0)
October 06, 2003
(BET)
(
BET)
Black employees of a Philadelphia-area hospital were barred from a White patient's room by supervisors after her husband insisted that only Whites assist with the delivery of her baby.
Posted by adam at
09:44 AM
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Comments (1)
October 05, 2003
(New York Times)
(
New York Times)
A police sniper rappelled down the side of a Harlem apartment building yesterday and fired tranquilizer darts through an open fifth-floor window to subdue a 350-pound Bengal tiger.
Posted by adam at
12:23 AM
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Comments (0)
October 03, 2003
(Guardian Unlimited)
(
Guardian Unlimited)
The US military practises shooting down hijacked commercial airliners up to four times a week and has scrambled jets to intercept civilian flights more than 1,500 times - almost always on false alarms - since September 11 2001, it was reported yesterday.
Posted by adam at
11:10 PM
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Comments (0)
October 02, 2003
Six women who came
Six women who came into contact with Arnold Schwarzenegger on movie sets, in studio offices and in other settings over the last three decades say he touched them in a sexual manner without their consent. (
LA Times)
Posted by adam at
11:43 AM
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Comments (0)
October 01, 2003
(AP/CNN)
(
AP/CNN)
A group of libertarians Wednesday announced New Hampshire as the place where it hopes to send 20,000 Americans to create a "free state."
Posted by adam at
03:42 PM
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Comments (0)
September 25, 2003
Palestinian intellectual Edward Said died
Palestinian intellectual Edward Said died in New York at age 67 on Thursday after a battle with leukemia, a colleague at Columbia University said. (
Reuters/Yahoo News)
Posted by adam at
03:56 PM
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Comments (1)
(New York Times)
(
New York Times)
Twenty-seven reserve pilots in the Israeli Air Force presented a signed petition tonight saying that they would not take part in "illegal and immoral" strikes in Palestinian areas in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Posted by adam at
09:15 AM
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Comments (0)
September 19, 2003
(Newsday/wire services)
(
Newsday/wire services)
Researchers say they have found fossils for a 1,545-pound giant rodent that thrived millions of years ago in a swampy South American forest.
Posted by adam at
10:10 AM
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Comments (0)
September 18, 2003
(BBC)
(
BBC)
A Highland sheriff conducted his court in the cell of Stephen Gough, the "naked rambler', when the accused refused to put any clothes on. Gough declined to get dressed or wear a blanket supplied by police, and is attempting to walk from Land's End to John O'Groats in the nude to promote the right to go naked in public. Fiscal Roderick Urquhart told Sheriff Stewart: "The accused takes the view that he ought to have the right not to wear clothes, and thinks that his view takes precedence over other people's right not to be confronted by him naked."
Posted by gwen at
01:30 PM
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Comments (0)
September 12, 2003
(New York Times)
(
New York Times)
Emmy award-winning actor John Ritter has died suddenly due to a previously undetected arterial problem.
Posted by adam at
09:06 AM
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Comments (4)
September 10, 2003
(Pitchfork)
(
Pitchfork)
The Pixies. Are back. Together. Music is saved.
Posted by adam at
11:35 PM
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Comments (0)
September 08, 2003
(Yahoo/Reuters)
(
Yahoo/Reuters)
Mysteriously snuffed out candles, weird sensations and shivers down the spine may not be due to the presence of ghosts in haunted houses but to very low frequency sound that is inaudible to humans.
Posted by adam at
01:50 AM
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Comments (0)
September 03, 2003
(Washington Post)
(
Washington Post)
The world's largest music company said yesterday that it will lower prices on compact discs to lure back customers who get their music digitally, and often free, over Internet file-sharing services.
Posted by adam at
11:50 PM
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Comments (0)
August 27, 2003
(Bloomberg)
(
Bloomberg)
Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines gave their chief executive officers raises after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as they cut 33,000 jobs, according to a study by two nonprofit groups.
Posted by zagg at
10:34 AM
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Comments (0)
(The Inquirer)
(
The Inquirer)
A NEW WORLD record for throwing a mobile phone was set on Saturday by Petri Valta using a Nokia 5110 handset. The competition took place on Riihisaari Island, near Savonlinna in Finland. The distance covered was 66.72 metres which is around 219 feet using the 'original' style of throwing.
Posted by gwen at
04:54 AM
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Comments (0)
August 26, 2003
(Washington Post)
(
Washington Post)
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force relied heavily on industry representatives and lobbyists and minimally on environmentalists and academic experts, according to a long-delayed General Accounting Office report.
Posted by nedlog at
10:28 AM
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Comments (0)
August 25, 2003
(Chicago Sun-Times, Washington Post)
(
Chicago Sun-Times,
Washington Post)
Schizophrenic outsider musician and artist Wesley Willis, who sang the immortal "Cut the Mullet," has died at the age of 40.
Posted by nedlog at
01:20 PM
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Comments (0)
(BBC News)
(
BBC News)
Greg Dyke, director general of the BBC, has announced plans to give the public full access to all the corporation's programme archives.
Posted by adam at
10:02 AM
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Comments (0)
(Daily Mirror, BBC)
(
Daily Mirror,
BBC)
A black woman due to have a foot amputated was told she would be given a white prosthetic replacement because it is cheaper. Ingrid Nicholls from Calcot, near Reading, Berkshire (UK), was told she would have to pay extra for any other colour.
Posted by gwen at
07:22 AM
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Comments (0)
August 22, 2003
(Haaretz)
(
Haaretz)
Leni Riefenstahl turns 101.
Posted by Adriana at
10:41 AM
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Comments (0)
(BBC)
(
BBC)
A former senior Australian intelligence analyst has accused Canberra of exaggerating the case for going to war in Iraq, on the first day of an official inquiry.
Posted by gwen at
09:31 AM
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Comments (0)
August 20, 2003
(NYT: Clothing the Vegan Star)
(
NYT: Clothing the Vegan Star)
"She will not wear wool. It has something to do with the way the sheep are treated. Alicia gave me some of the literature explaining it all. But I don't know the whole story with the silkworms yet."
Posted by adam at
04:26 PM
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Comments (0)
August 18, 2003
With the length of his
With the length of his name, Arnold Schwarzenegger is challenging the world's headline writers and threatens to reshape newspaper design, if not California politics. (
San Diego Union-Tribune, via
Romenesko.)
Posted by nedlog at
02:10 PM
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Comments (2)
August 17, 2003
(NYC Public Advocate Report)
(
NYC Public Advocate Report)
An average of 344 babies are born each day in New York City.
Posted by adam at
02:03 AM
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Comments (0)
August 16, 2003
(BBC)
(
BBC)
Idi Amin is dead.
Posted by gwen at
09:05 AM
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Comments (0)
August 15, 2003
(Washington Post)
(
Washington Post)
A blistering heat wave across Europe has caused as many as 3,000 deaths in France, the government said today, and overburdened funeral homes and morgues are struggling to deal with an unusually high number of bodies.
Posted by adam at
09:53 AM
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Comments (0)
August 07, 2003
( News > Military --
(
San Diego Union-Tribune)
American jets killed Iraqi troops with firebombs—similar to the controversial napalm used in the Vietnam War—in March and April as Marines battled toward Baghdad.
Posted by adam at
10:00 AM
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Comments (0)
Small babies linked to 9/11 smoke plume
(
New Scientist)
The pall of smoke and dust that hung over Manhattan after the September 11 terrorist attack on New York appears to have caused pregnant women in the vicinity to bear small babies.
Posted by adam at
08:30 AM
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Comments (0)
August 05, 2003
(CNN)
(
CNN)
Coca Cola Kills Samantha - You're Next!
Posted by go vegan at
05:47 PM
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Comments (10)
August 03, 2003
(Observer)
(
Observer)
Sir Richard Dearlove, the head of MI6, has decided to retire early, dealing a damaging new blow to the Government's credibility over its presentation of intelligence on Iraq. He is thought to be dismayed by the visible rift between his organisation and Downing Street.
Posted by gwen at
01:51 AM
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Comments (0)
August 02, 2003
(BBC)
(
BBC)
Japan and the United States have failed to reach a new agreement on dealing with members of the American military accused of serious crimes in Japan.
Posted by gwen at
12:18 PM
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Comments (0)
July 30, 2003
Companies tapped in a pair
Companies tapped in a pair of surveys have budgeted pay increases averaging 3.3 percent to 3.5 percent this year and plan about the same next year, the smallest raises for workers since at least the mid-1970s. (
AP)
The largest U.S. companies by revenue boosted directors' annual pay by 15 percent to an average of $158,562 last year in response to growing demands on board members, according to an Aon Consulting study. (
Bloomberg News)
Posted by zagg at
09:43 AM
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Comments (0)
July 29, 2003
(BBC)
(
BBC)
The Pentagon is planning to set up an online trading market in which bets could be made about future terrorist attacks and other major political developments.
Posted by gwen at
11:16 AM
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Comments (0)
July 28, 2003
The Washington Post published its
The Washington Post published its first gay-marriage announcement last week, that of Detroit News columnist Deb Price and National Journal editor Joyce Murdoch, both former Post staffers.
(Washington Post)
Posted by adam at
02:37 PM
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Comments (0)
(BBC)
(
BBC)
Lawyers from the Athens Bar Association are travelling to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to file a lawsuit against and senior UK officials, whom they believe breached international law by attacking Iraq. The ABA is seeking the indictment of Blair.
Posted by gwen at
02:26 AM
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Comments (0)
July 23, 2003
(NY1, NY Daily News)
(
NY1,
NY Daily News)
City Councilman James Davis of Brooklyn was killed by an unidentified gunman inside the Council chambers at City Hall this afternoon, according to the Associated Press, and police are searching the area for the assailant.
Posted by zagg at
04:12 PM
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Comments (4)
(Denver Post)
(
Denver Post)
Welton Street - the legendary commercial and cultural strip for African-Americans in Denver - is losing its black businesses.
Posted by adam at
12:36 PM
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Comments (0)
July 18, 2003
Body of Man Believed to Be British Arms Expert Is Found
(
New York Times)
The body of a man believed to be the arms expert at the center of a high-profile dispute over the validity of government weapons intelligence was found today near the expert's home in Oxfordshire.
Posted by adam at
01:10 PM
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Comments (1)
July 17, 2003
(Reuters)
(
Reuters)
Legendary Cuban-born singer Celia Cruz, the flamboyant and charismatic entertainer known as the "Queen of Salsa," died on Wednesday at her home in New Jersey.
Posted by Adriana at
12:21 PM
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Comments (0)
(Boston Globe)
(
Boston Globe)
The new commander of American forces in Iraq said yesterday that US troops there are facing a ''classical guerrilla-type campaign,'' the first high-level acknowledgement that anti-US attacks in Iraq reflect organized resistance and not just isolated acts of violence.
Posted by zagg at
09:46 AM
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Comments (0)
July 15, 2003
(Washington Post)
(
Washington Post)
"Buena Vista Social Club" guitarist Compay Segundo died Sunday in Havana at the age of 95.
Posted by nedlog at
11:50 PM
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Comments (0)
AFP - Jul 15, 2:08
AFP - Jul 15, 2:08 pm EDT
Lance Armstrong shrugged off a disruption caused by demonstrators to retain the lead in the Tour de France after the tenth stage, which was won by Dane Jakob Piil. ... Armstrong had to cope with a protest organised by supporters of the radical French farmers' leader Jose Bove who managed to succeed in blocking the peloton for two minutes by sitting on the road. (
AFP)
Posted by zagg at
02:35 PM
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Comments (0)
(Seattle PI)
(
Seattle PI)
Health care costs are rising wherever you look, in paychecks, on doctor bills and particularly in recent labor disputes.
Posted by zagg at
11:10 AM
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Comments (0)
July 14, 2003
(Washington Post)
(
Washington Post)
Hispanics in the U.S. work different jobs, earn different levels of pay and live in segregated neighborhoods based on the color of their skin, according to a new study.
Posted by nedlog at
11:41 PM
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Comments (2)
July 13, 2003
(BBC)
(
BBC)
A senior Japanese politician has said claims that Japanese troops killed 300,000 Chinese civilians in the Nanking massacre in 1937 are a "big lie".
Posted by gwen at
04:48 AM
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Comments (0)
(BBC)
(
BBC)
Belgium's new government has confirmed it is repealing a controversial law which gives the courts power to try all cases of war crimes no matter where they were committed or by whom. Several world leaders - Bush, Blair and Sharon - had cases filed against them under the "universal competence" law.
Posted by gwen at
04:42 AM
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Comments (0)
July 11, 2003
(CNN)
(
CNN)
Nike has agreed to buy Converse Inc., maker of the legendary Chuck Taylor All Star sneaker, for about $305 million.
Posted by adam at
03:57 PM
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Comments (0)
(LA Times)
(
LA Times)
Aaron McGruder has signed a deal with Sony to develop a feature film and television series based on the "Boondocks" comic strip.
Posted by adam at
09:51 AM
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Comments (0)
July 10, 2003
(SF Chronicle)
(
SF Chronicle)
Like many of Iraq's 1 million state employees, Assad was recently given a two-month, lump-sum payment by the U.S. occupation authorities, who are trying to dampen public anger with a flood of cash. … The losers in the new economy, however, are complaining loudly. Textile plants and clothing factories have been devastated by the influx of cheap clothing, much of it made in China.
Posted by zagg at
03:08 PM
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Comments (0)
(Rocky Mountain News, Wash. Times)
(
Rocky Mountain News,
Wash. Times)
Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead has published an interesting book with National Geographic. (
We won't say it's about 'world music', however. Previous comma position intentional.)
Posted by xowie at
10:57 AM
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Comments (0)
(USA Today)
(
USA Today)
When coma victim Terry Wallis was asked why he began talking again after 19 years, he replied, "I decided to start moving my lips."
Posted by adam at
10:26 AM
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Comments (0)
July 09, 2003
(Washington Post)
(
Washington Post)
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney lost another stage in his legal battle to conceal the doings of his energy policy task force.
Posted by nedlog at
09:57 AM
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Comments (0)
July 08, 2003
Stonehenge is a massive fertility
Stonehenge is a massive fertility symbol modeled after female genitalia, according to Canadian researchers. (
Reuters, via WBUR.)
Posted by nedlog at
05:00 PM
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Comments (0)
Kerouac's Johnson's Corner Moved in Colo.
(
AP)
Johnson's Corner, the Longmont, Colorado gas station and eatery described in Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," has been moved from the spot where the Beat poet found it.
Posted by adam at
11:18 AM
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Comments (0)
Diplomat: U.S. knew uranium report was false - Jul. 7, 2003
A former U.S. diplomat said Sunday he told the Bush administration that Iraq had not tried to buy uranium from Niger in the late 1990s to develop nuclear weapons.
(CNN)
Posted by adam at
11:09 AM
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Comments (0)
'Gods Must Be Crazy' star found dead
(
Namibian)
Namibia's world-famous actor, Gcao Coma, who starred in 'The Gods Must Be Crazy', died in the Tsumkwe area last week.
Posted by adam at
11:02 AM
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Comments (0)
July 04, 2003
(Boston Globe, The Atlantic)
(
Boston Globe,
The Atlantic)
As governor, Bush routinely denied clemency pleas on execution day, relying on memos that ignored issues such as ineffective counsel, conflict of interest, mitigating evidence, and evidence of innocence.
Posted by xowie at
11:57 AM
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Comments (0)
July 03, 2003
(NY Times)
(
NY Times)
Within a day of Bush's "bring them on" speech, 10 American soldiers were wounded in three separate attacks. Commander of U.S. forces says "we're still at war".
Posted by xowie at
10:31 PM
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Comments (0)
(Wash. Post, NY Times, Reuters)
(
Wash. Post,
NY Times,
Reuters)
Unemployment rate in the USA is now 6.4%. More than two million jobs have disappeared since Bush took office, giving Herbert Hoover a run for his money.
Posted by xowie at
01:59 PM
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Comments (0)
(News 5 Akron)
(
News 5 Akron)
A guest evangelist was preaching at the First Baptist Church Tuesday night, asking for a sign from God...
Posted by xowie at
01:29 PM
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Comments (0)
July 02, 2003
(Reuters)
(
Reuters)
"There are some who feel like that conditions are such that they can attack us" in Iraq, Bush told reporters at the White House. "My answer is bring them on. We have the force necessary to deal with the situation."
Posted by zagg at
01:47 PM
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Comments (0)
(NY Times)
(
NY Times)
Wal-Mart's newly announced anti-discrimination policy means nine of the top ten largest U.S. companies now prohibit discrimination against gay and lesbian employees; Exxon-Mobil is the only exception.
Posted by xowie at
01:47 PM
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Comments (0)
(AP)
(
AP)
Apparently unfamiliar with Godwin's Law, Italy's Silvio Berlusconi said that a German rep to the EU Parliment should play a Nazi capo in the movies. The imbecile Berlusconi refused to withdraw his comment.
Posted by xowie at
11:02 AM
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Comments (0)
(New York Times)
(
New York Times)
Robert McCloskey, author of the children's books
Make Way for Ducklings and
Blueberries For Sal, died June 30 at the age of 88.
Posted by nedlog at
10:23 AM
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Comments (0)
(Yahoo, AP)
(
Yahoo, AP)
For the first time since the beginning of the war in Iraq, a solid majority of Americans believes the Bush administration either "stretched the truth" about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction or told outright lies, according to a new opinion survey.
Posted by zagg at
09:42 AM
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Comments (0)
July 01, 2003
(NY Times)
(
NY Times)
Suspected anthrax bomber Steven Hatfill supervised the construction of a top secret mobile bioweapons lab for the U.S. government. The project began in September 2001.
Posted by xowie at
11:25 PM
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Comments (0)
The Flaming Lips have agreed
The Flaming Lips have agreed to split royalties from their song "Fight Test" with Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam). (
New Music Express.)
Posted by nedlog at
10:21 AM
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Comments (6)
June 30, 2003
(NYT)
(
NYT)
The 400 wealthiest taxpayers accounted for more than 1 percent of all the income in the United States in the year 2000, more than double their share just eight years earlier, according to new data from the Internal Revenue Service. But their tax burden plummeted over the same period.
Posted by zagg at
03:15 PM
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Comments (0)
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) said yesterday he supports a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriages in the United States. (
Associated Press, via washingtonpost.com)
Posted by nedlog at
10:48 AM
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Comments (0)
June 29, 2003
(Independent)
(
Independent)
The BBC will provide new evidence that Downing Street "sexed up" the dossier on Iraqi WMD and then lied about it to the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee.
Posted by xowie at
09:06 PM
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Comments (0)
June 28, 2003
(Boston Globe)
(
Boston Globe)
Up to half of all children diagnosed with OCD and Tourette's may in fact be suffering from asymptomatic strep infection.
Posted by xowie at
10:30 AM
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Comments (0)
June 27, 2003
Gee, thanks
(
CNN)
The federal government Friday launched a national "do-not-call" registry aimed at stopping most telemarketing phone calls to people who regard the sales pitches as invasive. Charities, surveys and calls on behalf of politicians are exempt. Your registration will be effective for five years.
Posted by go vegan at
02:52 PM
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Comments (0)
(Wash. Post)
(
Wash. Post)
NYT reporter (and Ahmed Chalabi mouthpiece) Judith Miller is accused of taking control of an Army unit searching for Iraqi WMD and turning it into a "rogue operation".
Posted by xowie at
10:52 AM
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Comments (1)
June 26, 2003
Texas antisodomy law is unconstitutional,
Texas antisodomy law is unconstitutional, say the Supremes. Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas dissent. U.S. Flag is flown over the Castro. (
SF
Gate,
AP)
Posted by xowie at
12:36 PM
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Comments (0)
25 Years Ago, a Landmark Law
New York City's landmarks law took effect in 1965 but gained its real power 25 years ago today. That was when the United States Supreme Court ruled, 6 to 3, that the city had the constitutional authority to regulate landmarks even when it meant — as it did at Grand Central Terminal — that an owner was prevented from developing its property as allowed by zoning, thereby suffering a financial loss to create a public benefit.
(
NY Times)
June 25, 2003
Two-thirds of American adults can't
Two-thirds of American adults can't name a Supreme Court justice. (
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.)
Posted by nedlog at
03:15 PM
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Comments (0)
(Boston Globe)
(
Boston Globe)
The Justice Department refuses to pay reparations to a Boston man wrongfully imprisoned for 30 years; FBI agents hid evidence that would have proven his innocence.
Posted by xowie at
02:09 PM
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Comments (0)
(Guardian)
(
Guardian)
Greenpeace accused the U.S. of "callous disregard" for the health of Iraqis, handing U.S. troops a large canister of radioactive "yellow cake" looted from Tuwaitha.
Posted by xowie at
02:00 PM
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Comments (0)
June 24, 2003
(Wash. Post, MSNBC)
(
Wash. Post,
MSNBC)
Hey Hellfire bombers, maybe that convoy was just smuggling livestock? Civilian deaths, no evidence of Saddam.
Posted by xowie at
02:54 PM
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Comments (0)
(AP)
(
AP)
Howard Dean's remarks about "breaking into the country club" of the Democratic Party were "incredibly unfortunate", the candidate admits.
Posted by xowie at
12:27 PM
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Comments (0)
June 23, 2003
(The Register)
(
The Register)
Bill proposed by Howard Berman would require the DOJ and FBI to serve as "copyright Pinkertons".
Posted by xowie at
11:37 AM
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Comments (0)
(BBC)
(
BBC)
Scotland Yard will deliver a report about how 'comedy terrorist' Aaron Barschak managed to breach tight security and gatecrash Prince William's 21st birthday party.
Posted by gwen at
01:53 AM
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Comments (1)
June 22, 2003
(Guardian)
(
Guardian)
UK Television watchdogs have thrown out all of the complaints they received about news bias during the Iraq war, including those against notoriously pro-war US channel Fox News.
Posted by gwen at
04:45 AM
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Comments (1)
June 21, 2003
(Observer)
(
Observer)
Pentagon is refusing comment on whether Saddam and one of his sons were among the dead after a Hellfire missile attack on a convoy near Qaim, Iraq.
Posted by xowie at
08:55 PM
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Comments (0)
(Toronto Star)
(
Toronto Star)
The Love Without Borders parade wound its way past the walls of ancient Jerusalem to end with a drag-queen stage show at Independence Park.
Posted by xowie at
03:08 PM
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Comments (0)
(World Net Daily, via Schockwellenreiter)
(
World Net Daily, via
Schockwellenreiter)
A graphic on a New Zealand news broadcast idenifying President Bush as a 'professional fascist' has touched off confusion, apologies and investigation.
Posted by gwen at
08:11 AM
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Comments (0)
June 20, 2003
(NY Times Mag.)
(
NY Times Mag.)
Due to outsourcing of the military, Halliburton was essentially able to award the Iraqi oil-fields contract to itself.
Posted by xowie at
07:51 PM
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Comments (0)
(NY Times Mag.)
(
NY Times Mag.)
A scientist in Australia is using transcranial magnetic stimulation to turn ordinary people into artistic savants.
Posted by xowie at
07:22 PM
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Comments (0)
June 19, 2003
(Washington Post)
(
Washington Post)
Investigators have concluded that the inscription on an ancient burial box identifying it as the possible repository for the remains of Jesus's brother James is a modern-day forgery, the Israel Antiquities Authority said yesterday.
Posted by nedlog at
09:27 AM
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Comments (0)
(Wash. Post)
(
Wash. Post)
Martha Stewart is facing unprecedented allegations of criminal fraud stemming from press releases which declared her innocence.
Posted by xowie at
01:27 AM
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Comments (0)
June 18, 2003
(Washington Post)
(
Washington Post)
Hispanics have become the largest minority group in the U.S., according to the Census Bureau.
Posted by nedlog at
01:38 PM
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Comments (0)
(Age)
(
Age)
British Defence Secretary Geoffrey Hoon thinks Saddam Hussein is alive and hiding inside Iraq.
Posted by xowie at
10:50 AM
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Comments (0)
(BBC)
(
BBC)
US troops fired into a crowd of Iraqi protesters in Baghdad today. Two were killed.
Posted by xowie at
10:30 AM
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Comments (0)
June 17, 2003
(InfoWorld, Slashdot)
(
InfoWorld,
Slashdot)
Linus Torvalds is joining OSDL to work exclusively on the development of Linux.
Posted by xowie at
02:57 PM
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Comments (0)
(AP, NY Times)
(
AP,
NY Times)
The "Tulia 12" have been released.
Posted by xowie at
09:57 AM
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Comments (0)
June 15, 2003
(Boston Globe)
(
Boston Globe)
As with Hollywood stars, a fish solidifies its status by making itself scarce. But since fish don't have publicists, they must rely on fishermen to engineer their disappearance from public life. In 1869, the founding year of the Squibnocket Club, members hauled in 620 stripers with a combined weight of 5,040 pounds. In 1888, the peak of the striped bass craze, only 13 fish were taken. By the 1920s the Cuttyhunk and Squibnocket had disbanded, mostly for lack of bass.
(VHeadlines)
(
VHeadlines)
An Irish RTE "True Lives" documentary about the April 11 coup d'etat against Venezuela's democratically-elected President Hugo Chavez Frias has been judged the "best television program in the world 2003."
(Yahoo)
(
Yahoo)
Metallica has given fans in Japan first crack at several Ramones covers the band recorded while making their new album, St. Anger. The songs appear on three versions of Metallica's single for "St. Anger," the title track from the album. One version of the Japanese CD-single will have the song and video for "St. Anger" packaged with Ramones' classics "Commando" and "Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World."
(abc.net.au)
(
abc.net.au)
Almost a century ago, two Australian women were known around the world, the opera singer Nellie Melba and the swimmer and performer Annette Kellerman. Melba's name lives on, but in the twenty-first century, Annette Kellerman is almost forgotten.
June 14, 2003
(AP)
(
AP)
Sleeping university students were beaten in late night attacks by supporters of Iran's hard-line clergy.
Posted by xowie at
12:00 PM
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Comments (0)
(Toronto Star)
(
Toronto Star)
Harry's bewilderment deepened with every step he took. What on earth were they doing in a house that looked as though it belonged to the darkest of wizards? "Mrs. Weasley, why ---?"
Posted by adam at
01:25 AM
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Comments (1)
June 13, 2003
(BBC)
(
BBC)
Three fossilised skulls unearthed in Ethiopia are said to be among the most important discoveries ever made in the search for the origin of humans.
Posted by gwen at
05:38 AM
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Comments (0)
June 12, 2003
(AFP, Guardian)
(
AFP,
Guardian)
Israeli public radio announced the army's intention to "completely wipe out" the Islamic group Hamas by "whatever means necessary".
Posted by xowie at
05:42 PM
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Comments (0)
(Haaretz)
(
Haaretz)
Behind-the-scenes exchanges between Bush and Sharon at last week's Aqaba summit may hint at a certain shift in the American stance, from the Israeli to the Palestinian side, according to a participant in the three-way meeting of the delegations.
Posted by gwen at
02:14 PM
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Comments (0)
June 11, 2003
Film shows how US troops
Film shows how US troops massacred 3000 Taliban prisoners
(
Khilafah.com)
(AP)
(
AP)
DOJ will allow, but not "officially sponsor", an annual award ceremony for gay and lesbian employees.
Posted by xowie at
03:31 AM
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Comments (0)
(NY Times)
(
NY Times)
Army officer who headed reconstruction and humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan is a mad lothario.
Posted by xowie at
12:05 AM
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Comments (0)
June 10, 2003
(CNN)
(
CNN)
Carrying a heavy load of textbooks in a poorly fitting backpack can teach a child lessons in bad posture, one study says.
June 09, 2003
(BBC)
(
BBC)
The father of an Australian man accused of fighting for the Taleban has shut himself in a wire cage to protest at his son's detention at Guantanamo Bay.
Posted by gwen at
04:44 AM
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Comments (0)
June 08, 2003
(NPR)
(
NPR)
City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, a focal point of American alternative culture, marked its 50th anniversary on June 8.
Posted by adam at
11:51 PM
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Comments (0)
(Sunday Times)
(
Sunday Times)
U.K. archaeologists have identified the body of Queen Nefertiti.
Posted by xowie at
02:19 PM
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Comments (0)
(NY Times, Xymphora)
(
NY Times,
Xymphora)
U.S. won't allow Iraqis who used barrels looted from Tuwaitha to be examined for radiation sickness or contamination.
Posted by xowie at
12:53 PM
|
Comments (0)
June 07, 2003
Bush Certainty On Iraq Arms Went Beyond Analysts' Views
(
Wash. Post)
The administration may have exaggerated the threat posed by Iraq.
Posted by adam at
12:53 AM
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Comments (0)
June 06, 2003
(NY Times)
(
NY Times)
The famous Iraqi "trailers" are not mobile bioweapons labs.
Posted by xowie at
11:48 PM
|
Comments (0)
Policies Vary on Gay Pride Month
(
Wash. Post)
The Justice Department has decided not to allow its employees to hold gay-pride events on its property.
Posted by adam at
11:30 PM
|
Comments (0)
June 05, 2003
(AP)
(
AP)
Howell Raines and Gerald Boyd have left the former paper of record.
Posted by xowie at
11:29 AM
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Comments (0)
June 04, 2003
(AP)
(
AP)
Ed Rosenthal was sentenced to one day in prison for growing marijuana and is now a free man.
Posted by xowie at
03:55 PM
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Comments (0)
(Guardian)
(
Guardian)
Oil was the main reason for military action against Iraq, a leading White House hawk [Wolfowitz] has claimed, confirming the worst fears of those opposed to the US-led war.
Posted by gwen at
02:56 PM
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Comments (2)
June 03, 2003
(Indymedia)
(
Indymedia)
Police used pepper spray, concussion grenades, clubs and plastic bullets to break up a non-violent protest in Seattle.
Posted by xowie at
08:34 PM
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Comments (0)
(Wash. Post)
(
Wash. Post)
The occupation is loathed by many Iraqis, yet U.S. troops say they are "loved".
Posted by xowie at
11:59 AM
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Comments (0)
(BBC)
(
BBC)
Tony Blair returns from the G8 summit in France to growing calls by Labour MPs for an inquiry into the government's claims about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
Posted by gwen at
04:36 AM
|
Comments (1)
June 02, 2003
(AP)
(
AP)
Nobel laureate and democratic activist Ang San Suu Kyi has been taken into "protective custody" by the Myanmar military government.
Posted by xowie at
04:07 PM
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Comments (0)
(Slashdot, NY Times, O'Reilly)
(
Slashdot,
NY Times,
O'Reilly)
Justin Frankel of Nullsoft has leaked
WASTE, a GPL app for encrypted small-group P2P and messaging.
Posted by xowie at
02:04 PM
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Comments (0)
(US News)
(
US News)
Rehearsing for his U.N. appearance, Secretary of State Colin Powell tossed his speech in the air, saying "I'm not reading this. This is bullshit."
Posted by xowie at
12:01 PM
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Comments (0)
May 30, 2003
(Knight Ridder)
(
Knight Ridder)
Donald Rumsfeld is driving the State Department crazy.
Posted by xowie at
10:41 AM
|
Comments (0)
(Independent)
(
Independent)
WMD just a convenient excuse for war, admits Wolfowitz.
Posted by gwen at
04:47 AM
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Comments (0)
(Independent)
(
Independent)
The UK Government admitted during the war on Iraq, that the use of cluster bombs against civilian targets would "not be legal".
Posted by gwen at
04:46 AM
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Comments (0)
(Guardian, The Sun)
(
Guardian,
The Sun)
The Ministry of Defence is investigating whether British soldiers mistreated Iraqi PoWs after photographs showing scenes of alleged torture were discovered. Photograph developers are understood to have called the police because they were concerned about a number of pictures on a roll of film that had been handed in to their shop for developing.
Posted by gwen at
03:13 AM
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Comments (0)
May 29, 2003
(NY Times)
(
NY Times)
Research suggests that violent fps games phenomenally increase visual attention skills.
Posted by xowie at
05:20 PM
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Comments (0)
(Independent)
(
Independent)
The Iranian dissident who sewed up his eyes, lips and ears in protest at the handling of his asylum claim won his fight to remain in Britain last night. But Abas Amini, 33, vowed to continue his hunger strike to highlight the plight of all asylum-seekers.
Posted by gwen at
12:03 PM
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Comments (0)
(Reuters)
(
Reuters)
Edmund Hillary has been made an honorary citizen of Nepal.
Posted by xowie at
10:46 AM
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Comments (0)
(FT)
(
FT)
The Bush administration has shelved a report commissioned by the Treasury that shows the US currently faces a future of chronic federal budget deficits totalling at least $44,200bn in current US dollars.
Posted by gwen at
05:02 AM
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Comments (0)
May 28, 2003
(Scoop)
(
Scoop)
A 'Gulf war 2 syndrome' has been reported and is probably caused by exposure to depleted uranium.
Posted by xowie at
07:38 PM
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Comments (0)
(Herald Sun)
(
Herald Sun)
The United States of America has plans to build a death camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Posted by xowie at
12:19 PM
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Comments (0)
May 27, 2003
(LAT)
(
LAT)
City Lights Books will be 50 years old next month.
Posted by xowie at
10:27 AM
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Comments (1)
(BBC)
(
BBC)
An Iranian Kurdish refugee given asylum three weeks ago as a fugitive from torture has sewn up his eyes, ears and lips in protest at a Home Office appeal against the ruling.
Posted by gwen at
05:33 AM
|
Comments (2)
May 26, 2003
(SF Gate)
(
SF Gate)
A growing number of Iraqis in the vicinity of the looted Tuweitha nuclear plant are suffering from radiation sickness.
Posted by xowie at
10:37 AM
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Comments (0)
(Observer)
(
Observer)
Thousands of Iraqi prisoners are being illegally held by the U.S. in camps near Baghdad airport. Prisoners are gagged and hooded, denied access to the Red Cross.
Posted by xowie at
09:44 AM
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Comments (0)
May 25, 2003
(Wash. Post)
(
Wash. Post)
The Bush administration has cut off contact with Iran, and may be shifting to a policy of trying to "destabilize" the Iranian government.
Posted by xowie at
09:59 AM
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Comments (0)
(BBC)
(
BBC)
Pop duo Jemini are nursing their wounds after receiving the worst ever results for a UK act in the Eurovision Song Contest. Following an off-key rendition of their song Cry Baby, Chris Crosbey and Gemma Abbey failed to collect a single point from judges and finished last in the 26-nation competition held in Latvia.
Posted by gwen at
07:21 AM
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Comments (0)
May 23, 2003
Surveys pointing to high civilian death toll in Iraq
(
CS Monitor)
Evidence is mounting to suggest that between 5,000 and 10,000 Iraqi civilians may have died during the recent war, according to researchers involved in independent surveys of the country.
Posted by adam at
10:26 AM
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Comments (0)
May 20, 2003
(The Inquirer)
(
The Inquirer)
Oregon's Senate Bill 742 defines the "unlawful labeling of a sound recording" as terrorism and would make it punishable by a minimum life sentence of 25 years in prison without parole.
Posted by gwen at
11:57 AM
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Comments (1)
(Seattle Times)
(
Seattle Times)
"Yesterday, Rystad and four other former Krispy Kreme employees, all Hispanic, filed a harassment and discrimination lawsuit against Krispy Kreme, the franchiser that runs all the Washington outlets, and two supervisors of the Issaquah shop. The workers allege that supervisors extorted sexual favors from young female employees and forced those who complained, or tried to help the women, out of their jobs."
Posted by zagg at
11:35 AM
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Comments (0)
May 19, 2003
(AP)
(
AP)
The California Assembly called for Rep. Howard Coble to resign as chair of a House Judiciary subcommittee because of his remarks about the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
Posted by xowie at
09:59 PM
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Comments (0)
(Agence France-Presse)
(
Agence France-Presse)
George Bush announced today that he plans to visit the Philippine capital Manila in October.
Posted by xowie at
09:28 PM
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Comments (0)
May 17, 2003
(NYDN)
(
NYDN)
A 23-year-old Yoko Ono recording,
Walking on Thin Ice, is the No. 1 song on Billboard's dance club chart.
Posted by xowie at
10:00 AM
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Comments (0)
May 15, 2003
(Independent)
(
Independent)
Tony Blair was accused of caving in to evangelical Christians after it emerged that new government legislation will allow faith schools, churches, hospices and other religious employers to sack lesbian and gay staff.
Posted by gwen at
06:20 AM
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Comments (1)
May 14, 2003
(Washington Post)
(
Washington Post)
Fully 90 percent of each of the world's large ocean species of fish has disappeared from the world's oceans, according to the first analysis to use historical data going back to the 1950s.
Posted by adam at
09:44 PM
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Comments (0)
May 12, 2003
(BBC)
(
BBC)
Tony Blair is risking his own legacy because he is 'increasingly obsessed with his place in history', Clare Short has said after quitting the cabinet.
Posted by gwen at
05:14 PM
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Comments (0)
(BBC)
(
BBC)
There will be a total eclipse of the moon on Thursday night, visible almost everywhere.
Posted by xowie at
03:09 PM
|
Comments (0)
Complaining of low pay, cold
Complaining of low pay, cold rooms and air laden with paint fumes and charcoal dust, models who pose nude at a Philadelphia art school voted last week to join a union.(
Seattle PI)
Posted by zagg at
12:21 PM
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Comments (0)
(NYT)
(
NYT)
A sharply divided Senate Armed Services Committee voted Friday, May 9, to repeal a 10-year-old ban on the development of small nuclear weapons.
Posted by adam at
09:59 AM
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Comments (0)
May 11, 2003
(NYT)
(
NYT)
A staff reporter for the NY Times committed "journalistic fraud" at least 36 times in recent months.
Posted by xowie at
02:50 PM
|
Comments (4)
May 10, 2003
(KRON)
(
KRON)
Two Oakland, CA students were interrogated by the Secret Service following remarks the teenagers made about the President during a class discussion.
Posted by xowie at
09:57 AM
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Comments (0)
May 09, 2003
(Reuters)
(
Reuters)
"If my wife doesn't get a good dose of Fox News every morning, she gets pretty grumpy," House Judiciary honcho James Sensenbrenner announced yesterday.
Posted by xowie at
10:37 AM
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Comments (0)
(Yahoo/AP)
(
Yahoo/AP)
Researchers at Plymouth University in England reported this week that primates left alone with a computer attacked the machine and failed to produce a single word.
Posted by adam at
10:37 AM
|
Comments (4)
(Guardian)
(
Guardian)
London mayor Ken Livingstone has launched an outspoken attack on 'corrupt' US President George Bush. Livingstone said he was as keen to see Mr Bush ousted as he was to see Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein go.
Posted by gwen at
04:41 AM
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Comments (1)
May 07, 2003
(UPI)
(
UPI)
Two country music radio disc jockeys in Colorado have been suspended for playing Dixie Chicks music, a violation of station policy.
Posted by adam at
06:54 AM
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Comments (0)
May 06, 2003
(Guardian)
(
Guardian)
Anti-war MP George Galloway has been suspended from the Labour party pending "internal party investigations".
Posted by gwen at
01:51 PM
|
Comments (0)
(AlterNet)
(
AlterNet)
US hires Christian Extremists to Produce Arabic News.
Posted by gwen at
06:04 AM
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Comments (0)
(BBC, SA Mail and Guardian)
(
BBC,
SA Mail and Guardian)
Anti-apartheid fighter Walter Sisulu, a veteran of the struggle against white rule in South Africa, has died aged 90.
Posted by gwen at
04:35 AM
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Comments (0)
May 04, 2003
Extraordinary Reactor Leak Gets the Industry's Attention
(
The New York Times)
Reactor experts around the country hope that there is something unique about Reactor No. 1 at the South Texas Project here. If not, the little crust of white powder that technicians found at the bottom of the reactor vessel, a discovery that has brought operations here to a halt for the indefinite future, could be the beginning of a broad problem for the nuclear power industry.
Posted by adam at
01:31 AM
|
Comments (1)
May 02, 2003
(Newsweek)
(
Newsweek)
Former drug czar and conservative moralizer William Bennett is a degenerate gambler who has wagered millions of dollars in Atlantic City and Las Vegas over the last decade.
Posted by xowie at
04:17 PM
|
Comments (0)
A year after holding their
A year after holding their first integrated prom, some students at Taylor County High School have decided to again hold a separate, private party for whites only.
(
AP)
Posted by zagg at
10:37 AM
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Comments (0)
May 01, 2003
(AP)
(
AP)
"Misterrogers" will be the new name of the asteroid formerly known as #26858.
Posted by xowie at
02:10 PM
|
Comments (0)
(Guardian)
(
Guardian)
Eight Palestinians, including two boys aged 2 and 13, were killed by Israeli troops today during an incursion into Gaza.
Posted by xowie at
10:08 AM
|
Comments (0)
April 30, 2003
(AP)
(
AP)
U.S. troops opened fire on demonstrators in Fallujah for the second time this week. The city's mayor said two Iraqis were killed and 14 wounded in the latest incident.
Posted by xowie at
02:17 PM
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Comments (0)
April 29, 2003
(AP)
(
AP)
A fire has forced the shutdown of New York's Indian Point 3 nuclear reactor. The Indian Point 2 plant is also down due to an unrelated electrical problem.
Posted by xowie at
11:28 AM
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Comments (0)
(AP)
(
AP)
U.S. soldiers opened fire on Iraqis at a demonstration in the Sunni Muslim town of Fallujah; 13 killed and 75 injured.
Posted by xowie at
10:18 AM
|
Comments (0)
Duke Ellington was born on
Duke Ellington was born on this date in 1899. (
Bio, via Bartleby.com)
Posted by nedlog at
10:13 AM
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Comments (0)
(NY Blade)
(
NY Blade)
In contrast, when HIV was first diagnosed in the early 1980s as GRID, Gay Related Immune Deficiency, it took three years before government officials reacted. According to ACT UP, only when HIV affected non-gays on an epidemic level did the world health community respond.
Posted by zagg at
09:07 AM
|
Comments (2)
April 28, 2003
(guelphmercury.com) (via dr menlo)
(
guelphmercury.com) (via
dr menlo)
Canadian shops can't keep American Psycho top picturing US president in stock
Posted by gwen at
10:22 AM
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Comments (0)
April 27, 2003
A loving farewell to Heston
(
Palm Beach Post)
The National Rifle Association bid a loving farewell to actor Charlton Heston, who took the stage Saturday for the final time at the group's annual convention, and managed to briefly hold a rifle in the air, and muster up one more, "From my cold, dead hands!"
Posted by adam at
02:02 AM
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Comments (2)
April 25, 2003
In an almost complete reversal
In an almost complete reversal of previous victories for the record labels and movie studios, federal court Judge Stephen Wilson ruled that Streamcast and Grokster were not liable for copyright infringements that took place using their software. (
CNet)
Wow!!
Posted by xowie at
03:47 PM
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Comments (0)
April 24, 2003
Judge Rules 4-Year-Old Can't Take Peyote
(
Salt Lake Tribune)
A family court judge ruled Tuesday that a 4-year-old boy cannot take peyote at American Indian spiritual ceremonies.
Posted by adam at
09:45 AM
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Comments (0)
(BBC)
(
BBC)
A South African court has convicted Winnie Madikizela-Mandela of fraud and theft in connection with a bank loan scandal.
Posted by gwen at
08:34 AM
|
Comments (0)
A Republican Group Demands That Senator Apologize to Gays
(
New York Times)
A Republican group whose officials include former President Gerald R. Ford and Mary Cheney, the daughter of the vice president, demanded today that Senator Rick Santorum apologize to gays for his remarks equating homosexuality with bigamy and incest.
Posted by adam at
07:47 AM
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Comments (2)
April 23, 2003
(Seattle Times)
(
Seattle Times)
Bush administration officials say they underestimated the Shiites' organizational strength and are unprepared to prevent the rise of an anti-American, Islamic fundamentalist government in the country.
Posted by gwen at
10:49 AM
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Comments (0)
311 is no joke
(
By Jennifer Steinhauer/NYT)
The telephone operators at the city's 311 center had the alternate-side-of-the-street parking rules down pat. They knew what to do with a complaint about a broken traffic light. Marriage license issue? Loud car alarm? Recycling laws? Check! Check! Check!
(Wash. Post)
(
Wash. Post)
U.S. officials underestimated the organizational strength of Iraq's Shi'ite majority and say they are unprepared to prevent the rise of an anti-American, Islamic fundamentalist government in the country.
Posted by xowie at
10:08 AM
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Comments (0)
(Indy)
(
Indy)
The US military has admitted that children are being held at Camp X-ray detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Posted by xowie at
04:19 AM
|
Comments (0)
April 22, 2003
Bloomberg Holds Back Wet Fish
(
by Jennifer Steinhauer/NYT)
Mayor Bloomberg's choice of words Monday began a furious Google search...
(Guardian, via William Fields)
(
Guardian, via
William Fields)
The sugar industry in the US is threatening to bring the World Health Organisation to its knees by demanding that Congress end its funding unless the WHO scraps guidelines on healthy eating, due to be published on Wednesday.
Posted by nedlog at
11:34 AM
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Comments (0)
April 21, 2003
(Washington Post)
(
Washington Post)
Despite an unparalleled global counterattack, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has likely become a permanent threat that will plague humanity indefinitely, infectious disease experts say.
Posted by nedlog at
04:11 PM
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Comments (0)
(Pacific News Service)
(
Pacific News Service)
Baghdad Did Not Fall - It Was Handed Over: Arabic media are speculating that a "safqa" -- Arabic for a secret deal -- was arranged between the United States and the Baath regime to hand over Baghdad.
Posted by gwen at
10:07 AM
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Comments (0)
(AP/NYT)
(
AP/NYT)
The M&M Cigar Store in Butte, a saloon that Jack Kerouac described as his ideal bar, closed on Tuesday after filing for bankruptcy.
Posted by adam at
12:36 AM
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Comments (0)
April 19, 2003
(NYT)
(
NYT)
A new study shows one in four children (under 13) in central Harlem have asthma, double the rate researchers expected to find.
Posted by xowie at
01:03 PM
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Comments (0)
April 18, 2003
(Back-to-Iraq)
(
Back-to-Iraq)
"The occupation is not making many friends among the Iraqis, however. In marked contrast to the welcome and friendliness we always receive in the north and in Kirkuk, the looks here are guarded and even cold. We smile and wave at people in the cars next to us when the traffic grinds to a halt, but our fellow drivers look at us and don’t smile back."
Posted by zagg at
05:59 PM
|
Comments (0)
(AP)
(
AP)
Less than 10 days after the fall of Saddam Hussein, thousands of Iraqis, Sunni and Shiite, marched in downtown Baghdad Friday to demand U.S. troop withdrawal.
Posted by xowie at
04:14 PM
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Comments (0)
(ABC News)
(
ABC News)
Dangerous strains of cholera, black fever, HIV, polio and hepatitis have been lost during looting of Iraq's key disease-control facility. "The Americans shouldn't just protect Ministry of Oil" said the lab's director.
Posted by xowie at
04:05 PM
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Comments (0)
April 17, 2003
(independent.co.uk)
(
independent.co.uk)
American soldiers killed at least 10 Iraqis and wounded dozens of others yesterday when they reportedly fired on a political rally in Mosul.
Posted by adam at
01:25 AM
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April 13, 2003
A Single Patient Can Prove Lethal
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Wash Post)
While other diseases also can have highly infectious carriers, virtually every major SARS outbreak is being traced to a single person or small number of patients, called super-infectors or super-spreaders.
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(Guardian)
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Guardian)
After surviving for more than 5,000 years, distinctive clay tablets that are recognised as the root of all mankind's written communication have either been destroyed or stolen in yesterday's looting of the Iraqi national museum.
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April 11, 2003
Israel Defense Forces troops shot a British peace activist
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Haaretz)
Israel Defense Forces troops shot a British peace activist working with the International Solidarity Movement on Friday, witnesses said. Doctors said the Briton was brain dead.
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(Gallup)
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Gallup)
A majority of Americans believe the United States should restore good relations with countries that opposed military action against Iraq, pressure the Israelis and Palestinians for peace, and avoid war with potentially threatening countries beyond Iraq.
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April 10, 2003
Antiwar
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NYT)
When a series of large antiwar protests began nearly eight weeks ago, the New York Police Department started questioning hundreds of people arrested at the demonstrations about their prior political activity and recording the information in a database. But yesterday, after the practice came to light, the Police Department said it would destroy the database, created with a debriefing form, and largely abandon the initiative, which civil libertarians and constitutional law experts said was deeply troubling.
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April 09, 2003
Republicans Want Terror Law Made Permanent
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NYT)
Congressional Republicans are maneuvering to make permanent the sweeping antiterrorism powers granted to federal law enforcement agents after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, officials said today
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11 Civilians Killed in Afghan Bombing
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AP/ABC News)
An American warplane mistakenly bombed a house, killing 11 civilians near Afghanistan's eastern border with Pakistan, the U.S. military said Wednesday
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April 05, 2003
Administration has shared few details with Congress on postwar Iraq plans
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NJ.com)
Members of Congress say they know few details about what kind of a postwar government is envisioned for Iraq, how long American troops will have to remain there and how much taxpayer money will have to be spent
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Iraq war not motivated by US desire for oil
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Middle East Online)
The Royal Institute of International Affairs argues Venezuela's oil is more important to America's oil security than Iraq's
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April 03, 2003
Oregon Law Would Jail War Protestors as Terrorists
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Reuters)
An Oregon anti-terrorism bill would jail street-blocking protesters for at least 25 years in a thinly veiled effort to discourage anti-war demonstrations, critics say.
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April 02, 2003
Madonna pulls US release of anti-war video
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Australian Broadcasting Corp)
Madonna has pulled the US release of her new video, which contained images of transvestite soldiers, Iraqi children and a grenade being lobbed at a lookalike of US President George W Bush.
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Texas to Toss Drug Convictions Against 38 People
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Washington Post)
Texas prosecutors today agreed to throw out the convictions of 38 people, nearly all of them black, who faced drug charges based on the uncorroborated testimony of a white former undercover police officer.
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On Monday, March 31, the Los Angeles Times published a front-page photograph that had been altered in violation of Times policy
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Editors Note, Los Angeles Times)
On Monday, March 31, the Los Angeles Times published a front-page photograph that had been altered in violation of Times policy.
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