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THU 2004-SEP-30
Whoopsidahostatesman.com/ ... 19:53:39Boise Airport... A "confused senior citizen," whose name and age were not released, followed an outside "terminal access" sign as she bumped her rented minivan through a set of automatic-opening double-doors on the west end and through the terminal, past the baggage claim area to the rotunda... The woman stopped when she reached the rental-car counter.....sacbee.com/ ... 19:51:36A man sunbathing nude on the terrace of a Castro District bar has died after getting into a fight with a patron who complained.ananova.com/ ... 19:48:02Education authorities in southern India have suspended a teacher for forcing his students to eat cow dung. It's believed the teacher imposed the punishment because pupils laughed when he fell off a chair while sleeping in the classroom.
Preternatural Patternsstraitstimes.asia1.com.sg/ ... 19:50:55 Japanese scientists claim to have discovered a new element, and are considering naming it 'japonium'ap.tbo.com/ ... 13:36:21NORRISTOWN, Pa.... husband and wife were each sentenced to two to four years in prison Wednesday for letting one of their 4-year-old quadruplets die of malnutrition.
US Election 2004worldnetdaily.com/ ... 19:41:18Local Illinois school officials who invited first lady Laura Bush to read to students for 30 minutes withdrew the invitation following the pleas of gun-control activists critical of President Bush's policies. Hubbard Woods School Principal Maureen Cheever extended the invitation early last week, reports the Wilmette, Ill., Pioneer Press. But local Democratic Party and gun-control activists told her there was no place in the "sacred" halls of Hubbard Woods School for a representative of the Bush administration, which they argued has a lax stance on gun control.ap.tbo.com/ ... 13:34:45The White House on Wednesday night produced a November 1974 document bearing Bush's signature from Cambridge, Mass., where he was attending Harvard Business School, saying he had decided not to continue as a member of the military reserve. ...signed a year after Bush left the Texas Air National Guard, said he was leaving the military because of "inadequate time to fulfill possible future commitments." ...White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the resignation was found in connection with a lawsuit brought by The Associated Press. ...had been in Bush's personnel file and that it had been found by the Pentagon.....
Digital Consequencesreuters.com/ ... 13:33:30Rival technologies that baffle consumers will run more companies out of business in the nascent music download market than will head-to-head competition, one of the lead creators of MP3 playback technology warned on Wednesday. "It has slowed the download business for sure, and it's doing the same for the gadget makers...."
US Military Casualtiesdefenselink.mil/ ... 19:45:23[flag]Army Pfc. Joshua K. Titcomb, 20, of Somerset, Ky., died Sept. 29 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries sustained on September 28 when an improvised explosive device exploded near his military vehicle. defenselink.mil/ ... 19:45:01[flag]Army Sgt. Tyler D. Prewitt, 22, of Phoenix, Ariz., died Sept. 28 in Landstuhl, Germany, from injuries sustained in Baqubah, Iraq, on September 24 when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle and exploded.
Human Rightnews.telegraph.co.uk/ ... 19:52:14Women on the tiny Pacific colony of Pitcairn, where seven men stand trial today on multiple charges of sexually abusing minors, said yesterday it was perfectly normal for girls to have sex as early as 12. Prosecutors had misunderstood the island's culture, which condoned consensual sex with under-16s, they said.abcnews.go.com/ ... 19:30:33The House emphatically rejected a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage Thursday... 227-186....
Only Naturalap.tbo.com/ ... 19:33:10Scientists hoping to study the ancient skeleton known as Kennewick Man are protesting a bill by Colorado Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell that they say could block their efforts. A two-word amendment would change an Indian graves-protection law to allow federally recognized tribes to claim ancient remains even if they cannot prove a link to a current tribe. "It's a real sneaky way to amend" the Indian graves law, said Alan Schneider, an attorney for the scientists.reuters.com/ ... 19:32:32A paralyzed man in Aspen, Colorado lay helplessly in bed for two hours while a black bear known as "Fat Albert" went through his kitchen breaking dishes and looking for a tasty snack.quote.bloomberg.com/ ... 13:51:00The frequency and strength of small earthquakes occurring near Washington state's Mount St. Helens accelerated for a second day, raising expectations that the volcano may erupt for the first time in almost 20 years.
Threatssignonsandiego.com/ ... 19:46:38A man was arrested for trying to sell plutonium in an undercover investigation... rising interest in radioactive materials in the black market...
Rebuildingreuters.com/ ... 13:55:29BAGHDAD - Iraqi cartoonist Muayed Naima had to wait 35 years before he could draw what was on his mind. But since Saddam Hussein was toppled, he has faced new pressure from Islamist militants who have threatened him because his work mocks their violence. He is not put off. "Oppression is our past. This is about democracy," Naima said. "I must continue."
Violenceguardian.co.uk/ ... 19:31:04A British Airways passenger plane was forced yesterday to make an emergency landing... flight from Berlin to Heathrow was diverted after a caller told a German television station there was a bomb on board....arabnews.com/ ... 19:30:00 Insurgents stooped to a new low when they killed 34 children gathered to collect candies after the opening of a new sewage plant in the Iraqi capital.... The attacks came as the Arab news network Al-Jazeera showed footage of 10 new hostages seized by militants. ...six Iraqis, two Lebanese and two Indonesian women ...Hours earlier, a suicide bomber had killed two Iraqi policemen and a US soldier by blowing up his car near a US checkpoint at a crowded intersection in Abu Ghraib, just west of Baghdad. Around 60 people, including women and children, were wounded.... Another soldier was killed when a rocket hit a US logistics base near Baghdad.... In northern Iraq, another car bomb blew up near an Iraqi police convoy in the center of Tall Afar.... four civilians ...killed and 19 wounded. Five policemen ...also hurt.apnews.myway.com/ ... 13:51:09Elsewhere, insurgents fired a rocket Thursday at a logistical support area for coalition forces on the outskirts of Baghdad, killing one soldier and wounding sevenicsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/ ... 13:48:09A group of Iraqi children had just run across to US troops for sweets at a neighbourhood celebration in Baghdad when the first of three bombs exploded, killing at least 35 youngsters... killing 42 people and wounding 141 others, including 10 US soldiers... targeted a ceremony in which residents were celebrating the opening of a new sewage system.... Of the 131 Iraqis wounded in the blasts, 72 were children under the age of 14....
WED 2004-SEP-29
Netsurf Flotsamap.tbo.com/ ... 19:01:06 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is launching a new share repurchase plan in which it will buy back $10 billion of company shares.... 4.24 billion shares outstanding... the buyback would cover 188 million shares, or 4.4 percent of the company's stock at current prices. Typically, companies buy back stock to reduce the total number of shares outstanding and increase the ownership value of each share. The risk in buying back shares is if a company pays too much for its own shares, the money may have been better spent on other things.....
Preternatural Patternsnews.myway.com/ ... 21:18:15A fiberglass statue of Christ that washed up on a sandbar in the Rio Grande three weeks ago is attracting scores of devout pilgrims to a police department lost-and-found and being hailed as a miracle.dailyrecord.co.uk/ ... 21:17:35A DESPERATE patient pulled his own teeth with pliers - because he could not get registered with an NHS dentist.... downed a pint of vodka before carrying out the DIY surgery. ...suffers from severe rheumatoid arthritis... said:"People will think I am crazy but they weren't living with the pain. In the end, I couldn't take any more. I had pliers. They were old and rusty but I knew they would do the job. I thought the vodka would dull the pain - but I was so wrong, it was agonising...."news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 18:59:34A four-year-old girl is wowing the New York art world with paintings that are drawing comparisons with Jackson Pollock and Wassily Kandinsky.reuters.com/ ... 13:54:26An Indian gold coin which is nearly 1,900 years old and shows one of the earliest depictions of Buddha is to be sold at auction where it is expected to fetch up to $27,000.reuters.com/ ... 13:54:10San Francisco renamed its most storied sports stadium "Monster Park" in a deal that trades $6 million from an electronics cable company for the name to Candlestick Park.... The stadium, located between the airport and central San Francisco, has a rich history. Baseball legend Willie Mays set National League records for the San Francisco Giants before the team moved to a stadium closer to the city center. Pope John Paul II once preached a mass to the faithful, and the Beatles played their last regular concert there.
Rather Embarrassedlittlegreenfootballs.com/ ... 13:44:15On last night’s CBS Evening News they ran a story about the military draft being reinstated—based on long-debunked Internet hoax emails and the testimony of an unlabeled Bush-hating advocacy group member.... CBS News also reported that there are two bills in Congress to reinstate the draft, but failed to mention that they were both introduced by Democrats.
Whoopsnews.bbc.co.uk/ ... 21:18:51A teenager has lost both his legs after taking part in "train surfing"thesmokinggun.com/ ... 18:59:17Kids Visit Margaritaville -- Virginia grade schoolers accidentally served alcohol at lunchap.tbo.com/ ... 00:38:39Tony Garza returned the carved and gilded altarpiece three years after it was stolen from a Mexican convent. The thieves had hoped to sell it at a Santa Fe, N.M., art gallery for $255,000.
Digital Consequencesg4techtv.com/ ... 18:56:23The Piracy Deterrence and Education Act passed by the House of Representatives would make... [bootlegging a copyright movie] a federal crime punishable by up to six years in prison... still has to win Senate approval before it can be signed by President Bush, but supporters think the Senate could vote on the bill as early as next week.... would also make it a lot easier for the Justice Department to prosecute Internet users who illegally distribute large amounts of music and other copyrighted works....news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 13:46:25...the Catalan city of Barcelona... the exclusive VIP Baja Beach Club... The night club offers its VIP clients the opportunity to have a syringe-injected microchip implanted in their upper arms that not only gives them special access to VIP lounges, but also acts as a debit account from which they can pay for drinks.

This sort of thing is handy for a beach club where bikinis and board shorts are the uniform and carrying a wallet or purse is really not practical.nytimes.com/ ... 13:44:57Schools Relax Cellphone Bans, Nodding to Trendnews.bbc.co.uk/ ... 00:35:59A US computer games firm is offering subscribers the chance to re-enact John Kerry's role in his controversial Vietnam Swift Boat mission.dhs.gov/ ... 00:35:13In those cases where a visa is issued by the Department of State, biometrics such as digital, inkless fingerscans and digital photographs allow the Department of Homeland Security to determine whether the person applying for entry to the United States is the same person who was issued the visa by the Department of State.
US Election 2004dailyrecycler.com/ ... 21:06:45MAD TV on the Presidential debates (Windows Media Player plug-in required; probably also javascript)worldnetdaily.com/ ... 19:14:32...Kerry...asked about the comment he made in March, when he said, "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it."..."I had one of those inarticulate moments late in the evening when I was dead tired in the primaries and I didn't say something very clearly."... the comment... was actually made at a noontime appearance....ap.tbo.com/ ... 19:03:00President Bush never was disciplined while serving in the Texas Air National Guard, never failed a physical and never asked his father or family friends for help to get him into the guard during the Vietnam War, the White House said Wednesday.reuters.com/ ... 13:52:14The newspaper in President Bush's adopted hometown of Crawford threw its support behind Bush's Democratic rival, Sen. John Kerry.cnn.allpolitics.printthis.clickability.com/ ... 13:38:25Although the Bush and Kerry camps have meticulously crafted an agreement on the rules for this year's presidential debates, the television networks broadcasting them refuse to go along with the plans... object to provisions in the agreement that place limits on their cameras, including prohibitions on shots of one candidate while the other is answering questions....nationalreview.com/ ... 13:36:11Kerry Waffles listednationalreview.com/ ... 13:35:56...a close reading reveals that Kerry's attacks were less substantive than they appeared. They were a string of logical fallacies, half-truths, and smart-sounding criticisms followed by generic, vague pledges to do better....news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 00:36:17BBC News Online examines historical debates that have represented turning points - both good and bad - for the candidates.washingtonpost.com/ ... 00:34:22President Bush's campaign called on 6 million supporters nationwide Tuesday to "set partisanship aside" and contribute to hurricane relief in Florida....
US Military Casualtiesdefenselink.mil/ ... 13:59:03[flag]Army Spc. Gregory A. Cox, 21, of Carmichaels, Penn., died Sept. 27 in Balad, Iraq, when his military vehicle was unintentionally run off the road by a civilian vehicle causing it to rollover. defenselink.mil/ ... 13:58:33[flag]Marine Pfc. Kenneth L. Sickels, 20, of Apple Valley, Calif., died Sept. 27 due to a non-combat related incident in Al Anbar Privince, Iraq.
Human Rightworldnetdaily.com/ ... 21:14:49 T-shirts proclaiming the message "I cant ... I'm Mormon" are apparently too hot for Brigham Young University, as the college newspaper has yanked all advertisements.ap.tbo.com/ ... 13:48:51Saudi Arabia's highest religious authority has barred the use of mobile phones with built-in cameras, blaming them for "spreading obscenity."reuters.com/ ... 13:47:32Part of the Patriot Act... was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge on Wednesday... U.S. District Judge Victor Marreo ruled in favor of the American Civil Liberties Union, which challenged the power the FBI has to demand confidential financial records from companies as part of terrorism investigations...
Only Naturalap.tbo.com/ ... 00:37:59At long last, Azy and Indah had arrived. They even flew through a hurricane to get here. The brother and sister orangutans are the first two residents at the Great Ape Trust of Iowa, where scientists will study the behavior and learning capabilities of four types of great apes.
Threatsnypost.com/ ... 21:15:34The Justice Department has charged that a veteran New York Times foreign correspondent warned an alleged terror-funding Islamic charity that the FBI was about to raid its office — potentially endangering the lives of federal agents.ap.tbo.com/ ... 19:02:09 A man in prison for extorting a business competitor was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of possessing ricin and nicotine sulfate, both possible biological weapons... indictment does not indicate how much ricin and nicotine sulfate were found....ap.tbo.com/ ... 19:01:32 A prisoner who allegedly taught religion at an al-Qaida camp boycotted a U.S. military hearing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Wednesday meant to evaluate his legal statusguardian.co.uk/ ... 18:58:31Washington DC ...the Defense Department is testing a security blimp - fully equipped with surveillance cameras. ...equipped with infrared cameras designed to provide real time images to military commanders on the ground. The equipment on the blimp already is being used to protect troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.....defenselink.mil/ ... 13:59:29This week, the Army and Marine Corps announced an increase in the number of reservists on active duty in support of the partial mobilization, while the Air Force and Navy had a decrease. The Coast Guard number remained unchanged. The net collective result is 1,726 more reservists mobilized than last week.
9/11 - still with usreuters.com/ ... 13:51:529/11, al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden and Patriot Act are all new entries in the second edition of the Encarta Webster's Dictionary of the English Language to be released next week. ...new definitions assigned... for Ground Zero and Gulf War, many of the additions are connected to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the Bush administration's war on terror which has dominated the news ever since that day when almost 3,000 died....
Violencecapeargus.co.za/ ... 21:18:00Bus conductors in Swaziland have vowed to assault and rape female passengers who wear mini-skirts, sparking outrage among women's groups in the conservative African kingdom.worldnetdaily.com/ ... 21:15:12Remnants of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime may be seeking to fund terrorism against Israel by continuing the payments to families of Palestinian suicide bombers that Hussein previously provided, a document recently seized in Iraq and obtained by WorldNetDaily indicates.swissinfo.org/ ... 19:05:18Passengers said on Wednesday the attacker stood up without warning and walked to the open cockpit to attack the pilots. Some passengers screamed in fear but two others managed to overpower him. "It was highly dramatic. The pilots fought off the attacker while struggling to gain control of the plane... It is a miracle that it did not end up in a crash."abcnews.go.com/ ... 18:57:02A U.S.-held Saudi suspected of being an associate of Osama bin Laden and a Yemeni militant were sentenced to death by firing squad Wednesday for the bombing of the USS Cole four years ago, the first convictions in the al-Qaida terror attack that killed 17 American sailors. The judge ordered four other Yemenis jailed for five to 10 years.washingtontimes.com/ ... 13:41:28A pilot flying a Delta Air Lines jet was injured by a laser that illuminated the cockpit of the aircraft as it approached Salt Lake City International Airport last week... Officials were unsure of the source of the laser and could not determine whether the exposure was deliberate or accidental.... "The Air Line Pilots Association has received reports in the past of incidents where lasers penetrated cockpits and, in at least one case, caused injury...." incidents of lasers being directed at commercial airliners during takeoff and landings have raised fears that "this in fact may be a new form of terrorism."...news.myway.com/ ... 13:38:49An Algerian-born man attacked two pilots and a passenger with an axe on a domestic Norwegian flight on Wednesday in an unexplained assault that police said could be linked to his asylum status.reuters.com/ ... 13:09:25Palestinian militants eluding an army crackdown killed two Israeli children in a rocket attack from Gaza on Wednesday and troops killed six Palestinians in raids in the coastal strip and the West Bank.
TUE 2004-SEP-28
Whoopstbsource.com/ ... 11:42:55Taping of a Thunder Bay Crimestoppers re-enactment was interrupted this afternoon, as the officers involved were forced into action to help make an arrest.
Rather Embarrassednewsday.com/ ... 11:37:37"Dan Rather is a classic example of liberal media bias," state the advertisements. "It wasn't just sloppy journalism, it was political bias." Forrester said he expects the media campaign will garner names for a petition drive to oust Rather on a new Web site called DanRatherMustGo.com.
Preternatural Patternsreuters.com/ ... 11:27:00 Pro-hunt demonstrators dumped animal carcasses and women went topless amid noisy protests on Tuesday outside Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labor Party conference.reuters.com/ ... 11:26:43"The captain of the vessel was not aware there was a whale basically impaled on the bow ... this is an extremely unusual case..." the 60-foot finback whale could have been stuck there for up to two days before "Jewel of the Seas" docked in Saint John, New Brunswick, on Sunday, after a cruise through waters where the giant mammals abound....
Digital Consequencesnews.bbc.co.uk/ ... 11:24:16In the past, people could download e-mail from Hotmail into Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express for free. But now only people who had paid an annual subscription fee will be able to access their messages without opening a browser window.
US Election 2004foxnews.com/ ... 17:46:35Bush: 'I Fulfilled My Duties'worldnetdaily.com/ ... 11:46:43And then came John Kerry's faux pas – the one the press ignored, the one the pundits ignored, the one even the Republicans ignored.
Every week, too many American families grieve for loved ones killed in Iraq by terrorists forces that weren't even there before the invasion – many of which got their weapons from the very ammo dumps that George Bush didn't guard after we won the war ...
Yes, that's what John Kerry said is his speech – that we had already won the war, which, of course, we have....
he quickly corrected himself. "... after we won the military part of the war."...cnsnews.com/ ... 11:41:06The email says the Bush administration "is quietly trying to get these bills passed now, while the public's attention is on the elections." In fact, the bill in question - HR 163 - was introduced by liberal New York Democrat Rep. Charles Rangel on Jan. 7, 2003 - almost two years ago -- and it does not have administration backing.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 11:21:53George W Bush has claimed he is not interested in the verdict of history, but history will certainly record at least one fact about him: his toppling of Saddam Hussein. [BBC's American views on the war & the election]volunteer.johnkerry.com/ ... 11:20:34Since my apartment is teeny, this is an invite only event. Please let me know if you're coming or not. After the debate we can bitch and moan about Bush and drink more beer and boxed wine (I'm a college student, what do you expect?) If you can, bring some beverages because I do not meet certain requirements to purchase them at local establishments, but I'm still planning on having a bit.drudgereport.com/ ... 11:19:02KERRY ON ORANGE ALERT... Is it the late September Wisconsin sun during debate prep that has turned Kerry's face to rich pumpkin-colored hues? Or has he been campaigning in the rust-belt?...
US Military Casualtiesdefenselink.mil/ ... 17:49:37[flag]Army Sgt. 1st Class Joselito O. Villanueva, 36, of Los Angeles, Calif., died Sept. 27 in Balad, Iraq, when he was at an observation post and was shot by a sniper. defenselink.mil/ ... 17:49:15[flag]Army Capt. Eric L. Allton, 34, of Houston, Texas, died Sept. 26 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when he was struck by a mortar round.defenselink.mil/ ... 11:50:41[flag]Army Spc. Robert Oliver Unruh, 25, of Tucson, Ariz., died Sept. 25 in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, when enemy forces using small arms fire attacked his unit. defenselink.mil/ ... 11:50:21[flag]Army Spc. Clifford L. Moxley, Jr., 51, of New Castle, Penn., died Sept. 25 in Baghdad, Iraq, of non-combat related injuries.
Human Rightap.tbo.com/ ... 17:37:44A grade school soccer team with both girl and boy players was ordered to forfeit its season because their league doesn't allow girls to play.ap.tbo.com/ ... 17:37:31A woman who moved to Virginia with her 2-year-old daughter after the breakup of her civil union in Vermont was awarded sole custody of the child Tuesday. The decision by Frederick County Circuit Judge John Prosser is the latest twist in a case that has resulted in conflicting decisions by courts in the two states.ap.tbo.com/ ... 11:27:48The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide when governments may seize people's homes and businesses for economic development projects, a key question as cash-strapped cities seek ways to generate tax revenue. At issue is the scope of the Fifth Amendment
Only Naturalpaloaltoonline.com/ ... 17:41:55A 6.0 magnitude earthquake in Central California that rattled the Bay Area today could be a precursor to a larger temblor to follow, according to U.S. Geological Survey Seismologist Andrew Michael.olympics.reuters.com/ ... 17:39:11 A strong earthquake and more than a dozen aftershocks struck central California on Tuesday, rattling a large chunk of the state along the San Andreas Fault but apparently causing little damage.ap.tbo.com/ ... 17:36:31The House on Tuesday authorized spending $104 million over the next five years to stamp out the brown tree snake, a voracious viper that has wreaked ecological havoc in Guam and is threatening Hawaii and neighboring islands.news.yahoo.com/ ... 11:41:40A 108-year-old man has taken up smoking again, encouraged by gifts of cigars from as far away as London. Retired railroad worker Walter Breuning spoke at his birthday party Tuesday of how he reluctantly quit smoking cigars at the age of 99 because he couldn't afford them.wired.com/ ... 11:41:25Psychedelic drugs are inching their way slowly but surely toward prescription status in the United States, thanks to a group of persistent scientists who believe drugs like ecstasy and psilocybin can help people with terminal cancer, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, to name just a few.suntimes.com/ ... 11:40:33"If life is a card game, I got the winning hand, and most people have only a small idea of how really good it is... Usually, you know, our religious values suggest you have to pay the fiddler, that if you get a lot of good breaks, there has to be something wrong with it, and usually there is. Not to suggest that my life hasn't been full of trials and tribulations. Of course, it has. It wouldn't be a life without it. But I know how lucky I am.... blessed to be a part of it, blessed to be alive to celebrate this existence, and to celebrate in a way that makes existence better for others, and that is the best of what religion is. That's the good part." [-Hugh Hefner]news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 11:23:29In pictures: Brigitte Bardot (she turns 70)... "Thank God for allowing me to make it this far. But, all the same, I would prefer turning 30."news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 11:19:24The scientists who cloned Dolly the sheep have formally applied for a licence to clone human embryos to find a cure for motor neurone disease.
Rebuildingcsmonitor.com/ ... 11:49:47Iraqis wary as school year starts -- Six million students are expected to begin school Saturday in a key test of security.
Threatsnews.scotsman.com/ ... 19:09:37A bomb-threatened Olympic Airways plane was preparing to complete its journey to New York tonight after being diverted to Ireland after a warning telephoned to an Athens newspaper. The Airbus 340 with 295 passengers and 12 crew was cleared to take off from Shannon Airport after a thorough search found nothing suspicious on board.themoscowtimes.com/ ... 11:37:58Southeast Asian terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah plotted to hijack an Aeroflot plane from Bangkok and crash it into Singapore's airport to show support for the Chechen cause, a security expert said Monday.canada.com/ ... 11:36:52 Yusuf Islam, the British singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, was the guest of honour at a Toronto fundraising dinner hosted by an organization that has since been identified by the Canadian government as a "front" for the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. In a videotape of the 1998 event obtained by the National Post, Mr. Islam describes Israel as a "so-called new society" created by a "so-called religion" and urges the audience to donate to the Jerusalem Fund for Human Services to "lessen the suffering of our brothers and sisters in Palestine and the Holy Land."ap.tbo.com/ ... 11:27:17Sauder Woodworking Co. is recalling 300,000 TV/VCR carts because they can tip over, posing the risk of injury if the television on the top shelf falls on a childnews.bbc.co.uk/ ... 11:24:30Authorities in Kyrgyzstan say they have arrested two men who were trying to sell a large quantity of plutonium on the black market.olympics.reuters.com/ ... 11:15:04 Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie marked the anniversary of a Palestinian uprising against Israel on Tuesday by calling on both sides to rethink tactics that have brought four years of bloodshed. Qurie urged Palestinians to reflect on past mistakes as well as successes but proposed few specific changes and did not repeat previous criticism of Palestinian suicide bombings in Israel. He accused the Jewish state of blocking peace.voanews.com/ ... 11:14:29Major oil companies operating in Nigeria's oil-rich southern region say they will not give in to threats of attacks on their facilities and employees by militias.
Violenceap.tbo.com/ ... 17:38:00Kidnappers released two Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for at least 18 foreigners still in captivity.nationalreview.com/ ... 11:43:53we've misunderstood what the recent beheadings are all about.... The beheading films are recruitment tools. They've been around for a long time, part and parcel of the first generation of "jihad" home movies, circulated mostly in North Africa to excite homicidal fanatics and lure them into the Islamist bands. The main difference between then and now is that their marketing and distribution have improved, thanks to their comrades at al Jazeera and al Arabiya, and the Internet....ap.tbo.com/ ... 11:29:03In a city where the threat of terrorism looms large, the small pipe-bomb explosion in a Times Square subway station was enough to spread panic and halt trains. The episode in July was mostly a false alarm. The real jolt was the arrest of the prime suspect: a police officer who had sacrificed his own safety - and some say his sanity - on Sept. 11, 2001.ap.tbo.com/ ... 11:28:29A 15-year-old student pulled out a handgun and opened fire in a classroom in southern Argentina on Tuesday, killing three students and wounding six others... The suspected student was detained and was being questioned by police...reuters.com/ ... 11:25:15Two Italian women aid workers held hostage in Iraq have been released and handed over to the Italian charge d'affaires in Baghdad, Al Jazeera television said on Tuesday.... There was no immediate independent confirmation of their release....reuters.com/ ... 11:24:41Palestinian gunmen on Tuesday released an Israeli Arab producer for CNN television kidnapped a day earlier in the Gaza Strip.thisislondon.co.uk/ ... 11:17:42a woman was captured on CCTV lying unconscious in the gutter of a busy road, suffering from a serious head wound.... the unnamed woman has yet to recover sufficiently to be interviewed.... Motorists drove around the woman as she lay across double yellow lines....voanews.com/ ... 11:14:09Pakistani security forces have detained at least 11 suspected militants in a series of raids following Sunday's killing of a top al-Qaida leader and the arrest of two of his aides.iht.com/ ... 11:13:52 U.S. forces struck by air Tuesday at what they called a hideout for associates of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Falluja, and troops battled insurgents on a main thoroughfare in Baghdadvoanews.com/ ... 11:13:07 Israeli troops shot dead an unarmed Palestinian described by witnesses as mentally handicapped... the man approached soldiers and ignored their order to stop....
MON 2004-SEP-27
Digital Consequencesfool.com/ ... 21:23:43 Today, longtime partner HP admitted it would be dropping the beleaguered, 64-bit Itanium chip from its workstation lineup. Instead, HP will sequester Itanium chips to its high-end servers. At the lower end, it will use a mix of AMD's 32-64 bit combo Opterons, and the similar, backwardly compatible Intel chips....
Mechanical Disasterapnews.myway.com/ ... 11:47:44 A wall collapsed at an airport construction site Monday, killing more than eight workers and injuring many more
US Election 2004news.yahoo.com/ ... 21:30:04Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry (news - web sites) appealed for an end to the TV advertising war that has marked his election battle against President George W. Bush.... Kerry said the avalanche of negative television spots and attacks being shown on US screens was scaring off voters.....news.myway.com/ ... 21:29:22President Bush on Monday mocked his Democratic rival John Kerry for shifting his positions on Iraq so many times he could "debate himself"...news.telegraph.co.uk/ ... 11:48:09Senator John Kerry was given a stark warning yesterday that President George W Bush is an unorthodox genius at live television who will spurn a debate with his opponent and instead appeal directly to viewers in Thursday's presidential showdown.reuters.com/ ... 11:17:12...Bush's statement in an interview with Fox News in which he was asked if he would still have shown up in a flight suit for that May 1, 2003 speech aboard an aircraft carrier off the coast of California. "Absolutely." Kerry... called the statement "unbelievable." ... "I will never be a president who just says mission accomplished. I will get the mission accomplished. That's the difference."news.ft.com/ ... 11:11:51French and German government officials say they will not significantly increase military assistance in Iraq even if John Kerry... is electedboston.com/ ... 11:11:16The Bush administration's failure to shut down al-Qaida and rebuild Iraq have fueled the insurgency and made the United States more vulnerable to a nuclear attack by terrorists, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said Sunday.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 11:09:42Voting arrangements in Florida do not meet "basic international requirements" and could undermine the US election, former US President Jimmy Carter says.... accused Florida Secretary of State Glenda Hood, a Republican, of trying to get the name of independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader included on the state ballot, knowing he might divert Democrat votes... He also said: "A fumbling attempt has been made recently to disqualify 22,000 African Americans (likely Democrats), but only 61 Hispanics (likely Republicans), as alleged felons.",,,
Preternatural Patternsreuters.com/ ... 11:14:41...a symbol of profound family-style dysfunction, a new documentary film about the fabled punk rock group the Ramones reveals. "The Ramones' dysfunction was their genius, but it limited their careers," said Jim Fields, who made the film with Michael Gramaglia. "I think they were born miserable and they just found each other," Gramaglia added....reuters.co.uk/ ... 11:02:52Living in the suburbs... can lead to nightmares such as high blood pressure, arthritis and headaches, researchers reported on Monday.... the culprit seems to be exercise, or the lack of it...
Transportcsmonitor.com/ ... 12:23:36"Don't Be Fueled! Mothers for clean and safe vehicles."voanews.com/ ... 11:01:33In Greece, a schoolbus filled with teenage students bound for the Paralympic Games has crashed on the way to Athens, leaving seven passengers dead and at least 24 injured.... a truck travelling in the opposite direction swerved into the path....wane.com/ ... 10:49:15Motorcycle buffs across the country are buzzing about the man ticketed by the State Patrol in Minnesota for allegedly speeding at 205 miles-an-hour. Many say the bike couldn't have been going that fast. ...editor-in-chief of Cycle World magazine in California ...says Tilley's bike would have needed an add-on turbo charger to go faster than 165 miles-an-hour....
US Military Casualtiesdefenselink.mil/ ... 12:24:42[flag]Army Spc. David W. Johnson, 37, of Portland, Ore., died Sept. 25 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his convoy vehicle.
Reasons for Repealreuters.com/ ... 11:15:16 They are young, male and so lean they often have just 3 percent body fat. They speed long distances by foot over deserts and rugged mountain trails on the U.S.-Mexico border with heavy drug loads strapped to their backs.
Only Naturalnews.yahoo.com/ ... 21:29:02U.S. crude oil futures hit a new record on Monday at $50.01 a barrel as worries about the stability of supplies from Iraq, Nigeria and Russia compounded concerns over low fuel stocks ahead of peak winter demand. Prices settled at $49.64 on Monday....komotv.com/ ... 11:10:14Seismologists believe there's an increased likelihood of a hazardous event at Mount St. Helens due to recent changes in the mountain's seismic activity, and a notice of volcanic unrest was issued Sunday afternoon by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Human Rightinterestalert.com/ ... 21:30:29 U.S. troops stationed in Germany are upset over plans to change the Uniform Code of Military Justice to make paying for sex a punishable offense.medicalnewstoday.com/ ... 11:00:39In order to address the UK's growing obesity problem, king sized chocolate bars are soon going to be scrapped in most shops. This is one of seven voluntary guidelines for chocolate makers set out by the Food and Drink Federation.
Aftermathreuters.com/ ... 21:21:40Pfc. Lynndie England, the pregnant 21-year-old soldier ...photographed holding a naked Iraqi prisoner on a leash will face court-martial on 19 charges that include sexually abusing and assaulting detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison, the Army said on Monday....
Threatsap.tbo.com/ ... 21:34:43Israel would not be able to destroy Iran's nuclear installations with a single air strike as it did in Iraq in 1981 because they are scattered or hidden and intelligence is weak, Israeli and foreign analysts say.reuters.com/ ... 11:12:37Osama bin Laden and other senior al Qaeda leaders are most likely hiding in Pakistan, the U.S. commander of 18,000 foreign troops hunting militants in Afghanistan said on Monday.msnbc.msn.com/ ... 11:10:36Deep in the Pentagon, admirals and generals are updating plans for possible U.S. military action in Syria and Iran.
Violencenynewsday.com/ ... 21:31:51A Bronx school employee forced four fourth-grade boys, accused of stealing a teacher's ring, to strip to their underwear and jump up and down....reuters.com/ ... 21:27:37Armed Palestinians kidnapped an Israeli Arab producer for the CNN television network from a car in Gaza City on Monday after asking for him by name.maarivintl.com/ ... 11:46:59The respected London based Arabic daily Al Hayat reports that an Arab intelligence agency has been cooperating with the Mossad, providing it with significant and sensitive information about Hamas, especially its international activities. ... probably Egypt....news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 11:12:22At least four Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Stripnews.bbc.co.uk/ ... 11:12:10An Iranian diplomat who was kidnapped in Iraq in early August has been freed.theaustralian.news.com.au/ ... 11:03:39PAKISTAN'S security forces yesterday claimed to have delivered a "crushing blow" to al-Qa'ida by killing a leading terrorism suspect wanted over a failed bid to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf. Amjad Farooqi, gunned down during a two-hour shootout....
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1960s - still with uschannelnewsasia.com/ ... 22:01:30Bob Dylan ...told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper that he wasn't sure how good his memory would prove to be when he sat down at a manual typewriter to begin his forthcoming autobiography, "Chronicles Volume One". "However, as I wrote, my memory seemed to unlock... I surprised myself with how much came back. I found I could visualise what people looked like and what they were wearing and even how particular rooms were furnished...."
Extraterrestrialecho.jpl.nasa.gov/ ... 21:58:46The Sep. 29, 2004, approach is the closest [1 million miles] in this century of any known asteroid at least as large as Toutatis
US Election 2004time.com/ ... 16:06:43Time looks at upcoming debatesmsnbc.msn.com/ ... 16:05:40Newsweek looks at the upcoming debatesreuters.com/ ... 15:55:42President Bush said he had no regrets about donning a flight suit to give his "Mission Accomplished" speech on Iraq in May 2003 and would do it all over again if he had the chance, according to excerpts from an television interview released on Sunday.
Mechanical Disasterap.tbo.com/ ... 16:04:14A commuter train broadsided a car that went through a railroad crossing arm, killing the 87-year-old driver... driver ...had glaucoma and trouble hearing... the crossing arm was down and hit the car's windshield before passing up over the roof....ap.tbo.com/ ... 16:03:03The burned wreckage of a missing tour helicopter was spotted Saturday in a remote mountainous area of Kauai, but rescuers were unable to reach the area before dark to learn if the pilot and his four passengers survived. The helicopter, reported missing on Friday, apparently crashed into a ridge and burst into flamesnews.bbc.co.uk/ ... 15:51:41An Israeli minister has warned that part of a holy site in Jerusalem sacred to both Muslims and Jews may collapse beneath the weight of worshippers.
Digital Consequenceschannels.netscape.com/ ... 22:45:12customers who called to report a fault with their service were told: "You are through to NTL customer services. We don't give a (expletive) about you. We are never here. We just (expletive) you about, basically, and we are not going to handle any of your complaints. Just (expletive) off and leave us alone."news.com.com/ ... 22:01:51May I buy your beloved pet dog, just so I can take him around back and shoot him? That's how the chief executive of PeopleSoft, Craig Conway, described Oracle's hostile bid for his company, which Oracle intends to use to move PeopleSoft customers to its own software.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 15:59:52Search engine site Ask Jeeves has overhauled its service and mascot.ap.tbo.com/ ... 15:59:33Taran Rampersad didn't complain when he failed to find anything on his hometown in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Instead, he simply wrote his own entry for San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago.reuters.com/ ... 15:57:04A new breed of TV -- featuring on-demand programs and choose-your-own music video channels -- is delivered over phones lines that are equipped with a high speed Internet connection.news.com.com/ ... 15:48:33May I buy your beloved pet dog, just so I can take him around back and shoot him? That's how the chief executive of PeopleSoft, Craig Conway, described Oracle's hostile bid for his company, which Oracle intends to use to move PeopleSoft customers to its own software.
Preternatural Patternsap.tbo.com/ ... 15:59:12In a city battered and traumatized by 17 months of violence that seems to grow worse by the day, real-life horror has become the viewing fare of choice, supplanting the explosion of pornography that filled the post-Saddam Hussein vacuum.guardian.co.uk/ ... 01:49:14Author 'stole my life', says psychiatrist ... Playwright accused of plagiarism over serial killer drama
US Military Casualtiesdefenselink.mil/ ... 22:32:22[flag]Marine Lance Cpl. Aaron Boyles, 24, of Alameda, Calif.
[flag]Marine Sgt. Timothy Folmar, 21, of Sonora, Texas
[flag]Marine Lance Cpl. Ramon Mateo, 20, of Suffolk, N.Y.
died Sept. 24 as result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
[flag]Marine 2nd Lieutenant Ryan Leduc, 28, of Pana, Ill. died Sept. 24 as result of a non-combat vehicle accident in Rutbah, Iraq
Human Rightnewsday.com/ ... 22:08:57concert tapes, live recordings made and swapped by fans of groups like the Grateful Dead and Country Joe and the Fish... have narrow constitutional protection from copyright, a judge in Manhattan ruled Friday, handing the Recording Industry Association of America's anti-piracy crusade another defeat.expatica.com/ ... 21:56:24Hirsi Ali has been moved to a safe house following new death threats and the publication of her private address on an Islamic website just four days after her controversial film 'Submission' was screened on Dutch TV. ... Ayaan Hirsi Ali was always irritated at the lack of freedom under Islam... Somali-born Hirsi Ali, 34, is herself a former Muslim and an outspoken critic of Islam's treatment of women. Her film 'Submission' which depicts the text of the Koran on the naked flesh of Muslim women, is provoking a furore in the Netherlands....
Justice?guardian.co.uk/ ... 16:04:53Lennon fans threaten his killer as release looms
Only Naturallocal6.com/ ... 22:43:32A man in Orange County, Fla., was injured Sunday when winds from Hurricane Jeanne lifted him off the ground and blew him through a plate-glass window....ap.tbo.com/ ... 16:02:16Vignettes along the path of Hurricane Jeanneapnews.myway.com/ ... 15:49:58Hurricane Jeanne... latest ...to pound Florida... sliced across the state Sunday with howling wind and rain, turning streets into rivers, peeling off roofs and rocketing debris from earlier storms through the air.... At least three people died... came ashore in the same area hit by Frances three weeks ago. More than 1.5 million homes and businesses were without power.... fourth punch to the state in just six weeks... an ordeal no state has endured since 1886, when Texas was the target. And the hurricane season still has two months to go....
Future is Nowfuturliner.com/ ... 01:48:47GM Futureliner -- Only 12 were built! This Web Site is dedicated to documenting the restoration of a 1953 Futurliner and providing background information on the Parade of Progress, Paraders and vehicles.
Violencefoxnews.com/ ... 23:56:45Irrelevant Arrogance by Oliver North -- Will the U.N. go the way of its doomed predecessor?foxnews.com/ ... 22:37:12Iraq is Not Vietnam, It's Guadalcanalap.tbo.com/ ... 15:58:13Two car bombs wounded American and Iraqi troops west of the capital Sunday... The two attackers who died in the twin blasts tried to ram their cars into a National Guard base in Kharma, a town on the outskirts of the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah... a statement from the U.S. Marines said there were no serious injuries among American troops...ap.tbo.com/ ... 15:57:21Paramilitary police killed a suspected top al-Qaida operative, wanted for alleged involvement in the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, during a four-hour shootout Sunday at a southern Pakistan house, the information minister said. At least two other men were arrested.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 15:51:09US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said the conflict between US forces and insurgents in Iraq is getting worse. He told US TV networks that militants wanted to disrupt elections in January - but the US would increase efforts to defeat them.voanews.com/ ... 15:45:20...in the Syrian capital ...car bomb... ....senior member of the Palestinian militant group Hamas.... military commander Izz el-Deen al-Sheikh Khalil ...Sunday morning while starting his car.... Hamas immediately blamed Israel... officials in the Gaza Strip threatened to carry out reprisals against Israeli targets abroad....boston.com/ ... 15:43:43 A month of U.S. airstrikes on rebel-held Fallujah has killed more than 100 suspected insurgents, taking a heavy toll on the terror network of Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, senior U.S. military officials said on Sunday.ap.tbo.com/ ... 00:50:01A French national was shot and killed in the Saudi Arabian city of Jiddah early Sunday
Threatsnews.bbc.co.uk/ ... 16:04:39How prepared are we as a nation to deal with the growing threat of chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear terrorism? The BBC sets out to ask this question in Dirty War, a drama that tells the story of a dirty bomb attack by terrorists on the City of London.ap.tbo.com/ ... 15:58:41On Thursday, the Navy will shut off its extremely low frequency (ELF) radio transmitters in northern Wisconsin and Michigan, saying the 15-year-old system, first proposed in the 1960s, is outdated and no longer needed. The Navy now will use 12 "very low frequency" transmitters located worldwide.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 15:53:58A senior member of the Iraqi National Guard... Gen Talib al-Lahibi, in charge of security for Diyala province north-east of Baghdad... is in custody after being arrested for suspected links with insurgents... There are now 30,000 members of the Iraqi National Guard across Iraq, in addition to 80,000 police... poorly trained, poorly equipped and some do not even have proper uniforms... subject to daily attacks....news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 15:52:36Olympic Airlines flight 411 ...on route from Athens to New York when a Greek newspaper received anonymous telephone calls saying there was a bomb on board.... RAF jets were scrambled and escorted the airliner to Stansted in Essex. ...All 301 passengers and crew have left the plane and a search of the aircraft has so far found nothing suspicious....ap.tbo.com/ ... 00:49:26Antiterrorist police arrested four men in London, acting on information from a newspaper which claimed it had foiled a terror plot
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US Election 2004suntimes.com/ ... 20:30:27First lady Laura Bush and her daughters breezed into Winnetka Friday to stir up enthusiasm among women voters and raise campaign cash during a private fund-raiser at the gated estate of Aon Corp. chief executive Patrick Ryan. The pitch: President Bush is very supportive of women. The menu: Lobster tail and tomato aspic....
Preternatural Patternschron.com/ ... 20:25:46DALLAS -- A teacher is on paid administrative leave after sending a first-grader home with feces in his backpack because the boy went to the bathroom on the classroom floor.
Transportthisislondon.com/ ... 16:19:51Speed limiters could be fitted to cars in London under radical plans backed by the Mayor.
Rather Embarrassedsuntimes.com/ ... 20:31:45WALTER CRONKITE WEIGHS IN:
''We must wait while CBS management conduct the investigation they have promised. We can then decide what our reaction should be... 'The reaction at the moment, of course, is embarrassment for everyone who is connected to CBS, and that embarrassment, I hope, will be squashed in time as we know what happened...."washingtonpost.com/ ... 20:28:16Bill Burkett... is looking for a lawyer to pursue a possible defamation case against the network... has had little luck finding a lawyer to represent him....apnews.myway.com/ ... 16:10:39CBS News has shelved a "60 Minutes" report on the rationale for war in Iraq because it would be "inappropriate" to air it so close to the presidential election, the network said on Saturdaychron.com/ ... 15:58:55Betrayal over CBS 'scoop': Been there, didn't do that -- Why feelings of professional sympathy, empathy didn't last -- By ROBERT ZELNICK
Digital Consequencesobserver.guardian.co.uk/ ... 20:36:09The race is on to create a gadget to outgun the iPod - playing not only music but movies - and usurp it as the ultimate icon for Christmas shoppers.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 00:00:24Rumours surround Google browser... Online journals, or weblogs, have put together a series of developments which suggest that the search engine is developing new web tools. ... A US newspaper has also reported that Google has poached former Microsoft workers who created early versions of the Internet Explorer browser....
Supernaturalreuters.com/ ... 20:39:16Also being prepared are previously unheard 1969 studio recordings that reveal the Jimi Hendrix Experience developing songs for an album that was never completed because bassist Noel Redding left the group. (Redding died last year.)
Reasons for Repealsuntimes.com/ ... 20:29:35On the heels of Mayor Daley's endorsement of a plan to fine people caught with small amounts of marijuana, representatives of the Cook County state's attorney's office and the Chicago Police Department will meet next week about it.
Liberty Worksap.tbo.com/ ... 16:12:45AMARILLO, Texas, city officials have filed a lawsuit against a prostitute with the virus that causes AIDS, asking a court to send her into treatment to get her to stop spreading the infection. ...has infected at least one person and refused efforts by health officials to find treatment, according to court documents....
Extraterrestrialnewscientist.com/ ... 16:08:04One of the hottest, most energetic mergers of two colossal galaxy clusters has been imaged in exquisite detail by an X-ray observatory in space, astronomers announced on Thursday. The collision is one of the most powerful cosmic events ever witnessed by astronomers.
Only Naturalnews.bbc.co.uk/ ... 20:40:35West Africa is in the grip of its worst plague of locusts for generations, with massive swarms infesting thousands of kilometres of land from the Atlantic coast to Chad, eating everything in sight.ap.tbo.com/ ... 15:57:32Ohio communities that were damaged by last week's flooding from remnants of Hurricane Ivan are running dangerously low on food and other supplies
US Military Casualtiesdefenselink.mil/ ... 00:02:10[flag]Army Sgt. Skipper Soram, 23, of Kolonia Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, died Sept. 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, when a vehicle-based improvised explosive device detonated near his security post. defenselink.mil/ ... 00:01:48[flag]Army Staff Sgt. Lance J. Koenig, 33, of Fargo, N.D., died Sept. 22 in Tikrit, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was conducting a dismounted patrol. defenselink.mil/ ... 00:01:27[flag]Marine Sgt. Benjamin K. Smith, 24, of Carterville, Ill., died Sept. 22 due to enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
Human Rightfreep.com/ ... 16:22:38The mayor of Flint had a newspaper carrier for the Flint Journal arrested earlier this week after the carrier refused to reveal the names of his subscribers who got the paper in City Hall... In July, Williamson issued an executive order forbidding city employees from reading any newspapers or magazine article or other material that wasn't exclusively devoted to city business. The American Civil Liberties Union said the ban violates the First Amendment....msnbc.msn.com/ ... 00:00:51Wal-Mart has been sued in federal court by a man who claims the world's largest retailer discriminates against blacks in 12 Southern states from seeking truck-driving jobs.
Threatstime.com/ ... 20:25:07According to aviation sources with access to the list, there is no Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) on the no-fly registry, though there is a "Youssouf Islam."theadvertiser.com/ ... 16:21:25LAFAYETTE LA — a new fingerprinting system that Lafayette police will put into effect in about a week.... hundreds of small fingerprint pads that officers will use at the scene of a traffic stop when there is doubt about the person’s identity....ap.tbo.com/ ... 16:13:17 U.S.-led forces trying to protect landmark Afghan elections face a rising wave of violence from about 2,000 insurgents, including al-Qaida militants slipping in from Pakistan, an American general said Saturday.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 15:58:00Sudan says it has foiled a coup plot by backers of detained Islamist opposition leader, Hassan al-Turabi.ap.tbo.com/ ... 15:57:15PADDOCK LAKE, Wis. ...man sitting in a car along the route for President Bush's motorcade faces charges for having a loaded gun and a throwing knife... was noticed by another spectator because he was dressed as a woman.... gun, in a case, and the knife were in the vehicle.... couldn't explain why he had the weapons but told an investigator he was only there to take a picture of the president... had a camera with him....
Violencedailytimes.com.pk/ ... 20:26:35 Twenty people, including five American soldiers, were killed on Saturday in Iraq as an Islamist website reported that British captive Kenneth Bigley had been killed.katu.com/ ... 16:25:21A Hillsboro, Ore., father has been sentenced to three years in prison for repeatedly siccing his dog on his two children as a form of punishment.suntimes.com/ ... 16:24:36The Crane High School girls volleyball team refused to shake hands with Juarez High's players after losing a close match.... In minutes, the unsportsmanlike snub escalated into violence when Crane players followed the Juarez girls into the locker room and pummeled them... Two of the Juarez players went to the hospital after they were punched and kicked in the Wednesday melee....reuters.com/ ... 16:11:06 Israeli forces stormed into a Palestinian refugee camp on Saturday, killing one man and flattening rows of housesrferl.org/ ... 16:10:14At least 21 people, including four U.S. soldiers, were killed today in fighting between U.S. forces and Islamic militants in Al-Fallujah, Anbar Province, and in the center of the capital Baghdad.washingtonpost.com/ ... 16:10:00U.S. forces carried out more strikes on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Saturday, hitting what the military described as a "known terrorist meeting site" in the center of the city.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 15:58:33At least seven people have been killed in US strikes on the volatile Iraqi city of Falluja... at least 11 other people were injured, as US planes, tanks and artillery units shelled the city...ap.tbo.com/ ... 15:57:48Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle carryin Iraqi National Guard applicants in Baghdad on Saturday, killing six peopleap.tbo.com/ ... 15:55:45U.S. troops and helicopter gunships killed five suspected Taliban rebels Friday, hours after militants attacked Afghan army troops in southern Afghanistan... 20 Taliban fighters were involved in the violence and that five of them were killed....
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Rather Embarrasseddailypress.com/ ... 23:55:25A news-talk radio station in southeastern Virginia has dumped CBS News because of listener outrage over Dan Rather's "60 Minutes" report questioning President Bush's National Guard service. WNIS switched Thursday to ABC News.
US Election 2004www4.thedailytimes.com/ ... 23:33:5475-year-old Ed Morrisey Jr. is a retired colonel with Texas Air National Guard. He swore Lt. George W. Bush into the service in May 1968....Individuals questioned by an evaluation board and then chosen by the commander had to be the best. ... "Bush was selected and he turned out just fine,'' he said....apnews.myway.com/ ... 23:31:30Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry faulted President Bush on Friday for pursuing Saddam Hussein instead of Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden
Crazynews.telegraph.co.uk/ ... 23:58:39 the 10-part animated series - which featured back-stabbing cardinals and an infantile Pope who bounced around the Vatican on a pogo stick - was too offensive to broadcast....reuters.com/ ... 23:40:17A Malawian man believed to be high on marijuana beheaded two women with an axe Friday... "We believe he had an overdose of the hemp that made him go berserk...."reuters.com/ ... 23:38:55The walls of the world's tallest skyscraper were used as a vertical catwalk Friday, with models rappelling down the building in Taiwan's capital Taipei in fashionable sports outfits.news.independent.co.uk/ ... 23:30:17The Singer Sinéad O'Connor has taken out a full-page advertisement in an Irish national newspaper to complain that she should not be "called crazy".
Transportworldtribune.com/ ... 23:30:37A report by the Center for Global Energy Studies asserted that the price of crude oil was no longer under OPEC control.ap.tbo.com/ ... 02:45:58An airless tire, cars that warn drivers they're drifting out of their lane and built-in air fresheners are among new technologies being unveiled at the Paris International Motor Show
Future is Nowthejournalnews.com/ ... 23:58:59Lightbulbs promise to last 10 years
History - still with usap.tbo.com/ ... 23:38:05 A British woman is planning to auction a rare edition of a Shakespeare book that she inherited from a distant relative she didn't know existed. ... bequeathed a 380-year-old First Folio - the name given to the first printed edition of Shakespeare's collected plays.... dated 1623. About 750 copies were printed but only some 230 are known to survive worldwide... a conservative estimate of the sale price was $108,000-$144,000.
Only Naturalreuters.com/ ... 23:40:34 Europe's biggest mushroom growth, spanning an area 800 by 500 meters, has been discovered in a Swiss national park....local6.com/ ... 23:34:27Seismologists in Washington state report hundreds of tiny earthquakes at the Mount St. Helens volcano, but the activity is unlikely to threaten anyone outside the crater
Human Rightwnbc.com/ ... 23:56:58...50 students at Gorton High School in Yonkers marched out of school Sept. 10 to protest budget cuts... Yonkers school officials suspended the students, but a federal judge overturned the suspension, saying the walkout is protected under Free Speech....reuters.com/ ... 02:44:40SAN FRANCISCO ...City prosecutors on Wednesday said it was not illegal to perform naked yoga in the city -- even at the crowded tourist destination of Fisherman's Wharf.
Extraterrestrialnews.bbc.co.uk/ ... 02:44:14Scientists studying the deepest picture of the Universe, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, have been left with a big poser: where are all the stars?
9/11 - still with usjpost.com/ ... 23:55:03Arab 9/11 conspiracy theorists (guess who they blame)
Peace 3000deepikaglobal.com/ ... 23:28:54India ready to consider all options to resolve Kashmir: PM
Violencenews.scotsman.com/ ... 23:57:43Date-rape campaigners warned today that spiked cigarettes could be used to lure victims into drinking drugged alcohol... 'fry' cigarettes... A drug-soaked cigarette, thought to have been dipped in embalming fluid...arabnews.com/ ... 23:56:15The Al-Qaeda terror network attracts young Saudis and then controls them by threats of jail and torture by security forces if they desert, two captured recruits told Channel One of Saudi Television.ap.tbo.com/ ... 23:38:18A series of explosions rocked central Baghdad on Friday.sacbee.com/ ... 23:34:11At any given time, some 10,000 people in the United States are forced to work against their will under threat of violencechinadaily.com.cn/ ... 23:29:50Eight telecom workers became the latest victims of kidnappers determined to drive foreigners out of Iraq, as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi asked world leaders to back upcoming elections in Iraq, amid confusion over whether the vote would take place as scheduled in January.reuters.com/ ... 23:29:30 Israel fired a missile into a refugee camp in Gaza Saturday, killing a Palestinian... followed a mortar attack by camp-based Palestinian militants on a nearby Jewish settlement that killed a woman of 24 Friday, and the ambush killings of three soldiers guarding another settlement the day before.....usatoday.com/ ... 02:42:18Gunmen stormed a mobile phone company office in Baghdad and seized two Egyptian employees
Threatsalertnet.org/ ... 23:55:55Mexico has detained two men thought to be from the Middle East on suspicion of having links to terror... deported from Costa Rica and held in Mexico this week for traveling with false passports, are Jordanians who may have been trying to enter the United States...straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/ ... 02:41:50 He hasn't been an entertainer for decades, but when the folk-rock singer once known as Cat Stevens has resurfaced over the years, it's usually in a way that stuns or confuses the fans who still love his old songs.
THU 2004-SEP-23
Rather Embarrassedcsmonitor.com/ ... 22:12:11Bill Burkett of Baird, Texas, will have a prominent place in the annals of political trickery. He'll be remembered as the one who aimed at President Bush and felled the mighty Dan Rather and "60 Minutes."apnews.myway.com/ ... 19:09:54Station managers at several CBS affiliates said Thursday they appear to be a target of a national e-mail campaign placing pressure on the network to oust Dan Rather as anchorman of the "CBS Evening News."forbes.com/ ... 15:00:42Here's one breaking story that Dan Rather will be watching closely. Reacting to the document scandal at CBS News, Sumner M. Redstone, chairman and chief executive of Viacom, CBS' parent, vowed that the results of a recently announced probe would be "appropriate--and the consequences will be appropriate."...
...Redstone said that while Sen. John Kerry was a "nice guy," the re-election of President Bush would be best for Viacom's interests, since the Administration backed deregulation and other issues that would help the company....
Preternatural Patternswftv.com/ ... 22:35:47BRANSON, Mo....The former Andrew Wilson, a 43-year-old self-employed inventor, was granted legal permission last week by a circuit judge to change his name. It's just They, no surname....wftv.com/ ... 22:34:03A Virginia man is accused of covering virtually every surface in a motel room with petroleum jelly.wftv.com/ ... 22:32:26WHO YOU CALLIN' 'HANDICAPPED?'
MIAMI -- A man in a wheelchair said he robbed a bank because a homeless assistance center and a hospital refused to help him.wftv.com/ ... 22:29:53"Honestly, we just wanted to say we had a stripper pole," Foster said. "We never actually expected girls to dance on it."ap.tbo.com/ ... 22:19:05Two Forest Service workers who were believed killed in a fiery plane crash huddled together to stay warm in the freezing temperatures of the Montana wilderness, and one was in such excruciating pain that he had trouble bending over to get water from a stream... a spinal fracture and burns over 20 percent of his body on his hands, face and chest. But he was joking and talking with nurses and relatives.... the aircraft went from more than 100 mph to zero in less than 40 feet. "Who can survive that?... [A fire] "literally melted everything."....ap.tbo.com/ ... 15:07:18Two days after they were reported killed in a plane crash, two Forest Service employees emerged from the wilderness, astonishing their relatives and baffling rescuers still picking through the charred wreckage.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 00:59:55Experts have dismissed a suggestion that mobile phone radio waves could help children think more clearly.
Digital Consequencesisraelnationalnews.com/ ... 19:25:33The young 18-year-old female suicide terrorist, Zeinab Ali Isa Abu-Salem, who murdered two Israelis yesterday, was none other than a children's TV show hostess on a local station in Shechem.foxnews.com/ ... 19:23:17Critics of the Diebold (search) touch-screen voting machines turned their attention Wednesday from the machines themselves to the computers that will tally the final vote, saying the outcome is so easy to manipulate that even a monkey could do it.... And they showed video of a monkey hacking the system to prove it.worldnetdaily.com/ ... 19:20:10As a matter of routine, state-sponsored Internet service providers block certain newssites from Chinese computers, but Google appears to be aiding Beijing's censorship by not even bringing up those restricted sites in its search results.... Google: "In order to create the best possible news search experience for our users, we sometimes decide not to include some sites, for a variety of reasons... These sources were not included because their sites are inaccessible."news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 00:59:38Gagging the bloggers -- Blogs are everywhere and governments are beginning to sit up and take notice, says technology analyst Bill Thompson.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 00:58:33Hundreds of Iranian online journals have been protesting against media censorship by renaming their websites after pro-reformist newspapers and websites that have been banned or shut down by the authorities. ... Many of the websites, known as blogs or weblogs, have also posted news items from the banned publications on their websites....
US Election 2004wftv.com/ ... 22:58:10The H.J. Heinz Co.... [says] its ketchup is a nonpartisan condiment enjoyed by "Republicans, Democrats and Independents alike."washingtontimes.com/ ... 19:20:24President Bush yesterday said Sen. John Kerry's repeated flip-flops on Iraq are sending "mixed signals," demoralizing U.S. troops trying to secure the war-torn nation and discouraging Iraqis working toward free elections.phoenix.bizjournals.com/ ... 19:09:11HEINZ-KERRY INTIMATES BUSH MANIPULATING THE HUNT FOR OSAMA FOR POLITICAL GAIN
Teresa Heinz Kerry... criticized the Bush administration on tax cuts, Iraq and the war on terrorism at the event, which was held at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa.... In regard to the hunt for terror leader Osama Bin Laden, Heinz Kerry said she could see the al-Qaida chief being caught before the November election....guardian.co.uk/ ... 19:07:12Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Thursday that Iraq's Ayad Allawi was sent before Congress to put the ``best face'' on Bush administration policy. ...contradicted reality on the ground.weekly.ahram.org.eg/ ... 14:54:05Everything seems ideal for the Bush administration. It may have failed to reduce unemployment or revive the American economy, but that hardly matters. The American political process is now dominated by a single issue: terrorism, and its defeat, is the single criterion upon which everything is judged.msnbc.msn.com/ ... 00:45:08...President Bush... Over the past four years, ...abandoned positions on issues ...changed his mind ....made a major exception... Democrats working for John F. Kerry cite these twists and turns with glee -- but even more frustration. Polls have shown overwhelmingly that Kerry... is this year's flip-flopper in the public mind....
US Military Casualtiesdefenselink.mil/ ... 19:16:49[flag]Army Pfc. Adam J. Harris, 21, of Abilene, Texas, died Sept. 22 in Mosul, Iraq, when he was shot by a sniper while on patrol. defenselink.mil/ ... 19:16:28[flag]Army Pfc. Nathan E. Stahl, 20, of Highland, Ind., died Sept. 21 in Iraq, when his vehicle was struck with an improvised explosive device. defenselink.mil/ ... 19:16:08[flag]Army Sgt. Brandon E. Adams, 22, of Hollidaysburg, Pa., died Sept.19 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., of injuries sustained in Fallujah, Iraq, on Feb. 16 when a grenade exploded as he was clearing a house. defenselink.mil/ ... 19:15:35[flag]Marine Sgt. Foster L. Harrington, 31, of Ft. Worth, Texas, died Sept. 20 due to enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
Reasons for Repealap.tbo.com/ ... 19:12:15Afghans significantly increased their poppy crop in the past year
Future is Nowamazon.com/ ... 23:11:47J. P. Getty, America's first billionaire. "You must be in business for yourself; you'll never get rich working for someone else."boingboing.net/ ... 23:06:31Mark Cuban, world's first Billionaire Blogger -- Aside from being an HDTV and digital cinema entrepreneur, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, and the star of a new "Apprentice"-like TV show on ABC in which he hands out $1M to strangers, Mark Cuban is now a blogger.maccafan.net/ ... 23:06:03Paul McCartney is set to become the world's first pop star billionairechinaembassy.org.au/ ... 23:04:42Qoinpe Cering, a former poor Tibetan farmer in a small village of Xigaze City in the Tibet Autonomous Region, southwest China, has become the first billionaire in the region.forbes.com/ ... 23:03:22New Zealand's First Billionaire... John D. Todd, chairman of The Todd Corporation in Wellingtonnewsday.com/ ... 22:58:441909: John D. Rockefeller Is World’s First Billionairenews.yahoo.com/ ... 19:10:35There are now 313 billionaires in the country, the largest number ever and a huge jump over the 262 counted last year, according to Forbes magazinereuters.com/ ... 15:04:38Walt Disney Co. said it has partnered "Youth Palaces" run by China's Communist Youth League to build awareness of its stories and characters in the mainland ahead of the opening of a Hong Kong Disneyland theme park in late 2005 or early 2006.
Only Naturalwftv.com/ ... 22:33:37GULF SHORES, Ala. -- A 1,000-pound alligator that slipped away from a small coastal zoo amid flooding during Hurricane Ivan was found in a ditch and returned to his handlers.reuters.com/ ... 19:11:51Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000 Americans each year and shortens the lives of these people by an average of 30 yearsstory.news.yahoo.com/ ... 14:55:11and researchers have discovered an unexpected folded section deep beneath the ice cap, findings that may indicate the ice is less stable than had been thought.newscientist.com/ ... 14:54:50Antarctic glaciers are thinning and slipping ever faster into the seamsnbc.msn.com/ ... 14:54:37Why did sea monsters have long necks?news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 00:57:31The world's oceans are now so saturated with noise that whales and other marine mammals are dying... the search for oil and gas, and the use of low-frequency military sonars.....
Rebuildingcsmonitor.com/ ... 19:06:10President Bush, for his part, could benefit from the Iraqi leader's relentless optimism. Since his arrival in the US earlier this week, Allawi has insisted that the situation in his country is getting better by the day - and that most Iraqis are grateful that the US has freed them from Saddam Hussein.ap.tbo.com/ ... 15:06:58A Text of President Bush and Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi Press Conferenceapnews.myway.com/ ... 14:57:34 Iraqi interim prime minister Ayad Allawi: "Thank you America... Elections will occur in Iraq on time in January because Iraqis want elections on time... Despite struggles and setbacks, "the values of liberty and democracy" are taking hold in his country..... Today, we are better off, you are better off, the world is better off without Saddam Hussein... Your decision to go into Iraq was not an easy one, but it was the right one."
History - still with usnews.bbc.co.uk/ ... 00:49:34...A top-secret Colonial Office file from 1943 shows that Mr Churchill favoured a plan to try to bribe King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud, with £20m and the leadership of a new Arab confederation, in exchange for the Saudi monarch's help in handing over Palestine to the Jews. As Mr Eden pointed out to his boss, such a move would be the opposite of British official policy....
Violencenews.bbc.co.uk/ ... 22:15:04The Arab media has presented the latest hostage crisis in Iraq as just another element in the bloody and chaotic pattern of violence in the country.trivalleyherald.com/ ... 19:27:45A Pentagon study of sexual assault in the military released in May found that 9 percent of the 2,012 reported victims of sexual assault in the armed forces in 2002 and 2003 were men.foxnews.com/ ... 19:26:14On Wednesday, an Internet statement purportedly by a group which claimed to have kidnapped two Italian aid workers in Baghdad said it had killed the women.wftv.com/ ... 19:09:39LAKELAND, Fla. -- Two brothers serving in the military and a third man exploded a small bomb inside a McDonald's because they were angry over a bad milkshakenews.bbc.co.uk/ ... 15:01:13Three Israeli soldiers have been killed in a Palestinian militant attack on a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip.... Two of the Palestinians were killed during the gun-battle that followed, and the Israeli army said another who escaped was eventually killed....foxnews.com/ ... 01:40:08A pair of car bombs exploded in separate incidents Wednesday, with one killing six people and the other injuring six people, including four U.S. soldiers. Three U.S. soldiers were killed in separate in