NEWSGRIDS FEBRUARY 2002
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Russia Tells US to Keep Out of Its Backyard RUSSIA WILL NOT ALLOW ANOTHER WAR TO HAPPEN IN THE CAUCASUS Click. Witnesses Say GIs Were Duped in Raid on Afghans War for Oil? Colombian Rebel Says Thousands to Die in Total War Gaddafi son spurns idea of hereditary Libyan rule Bush promised the Japanese Premier Koizumi to assist in the issue of the South Kurile islands. Click. US security products are openly on display at a trade fair in Iran, despite sanctions banning virtually all trade and transfer of technology to the Islamic republic. Click. US Conference to Form Plan to Oust Saddam from Power Iran Now Can Strike Much of Mideast with Missiles Diamond-Backed Warriors The Division of Afghanistan Begins Click. Panel On Military Women In Peril Break For 3 Louima Cops Native American Suit Winds Down Bag Scanning System Called Easily Foiled Iowa Passes English-Only Measure RFK Jr. helps launch RiverKeeper program Pope says abortion could lead to downfall of democracies United Airlines to Start Stun Gun Training |
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Official scrambles to save information agency Jerry Brown riles his mayoral opponent. Incumbent's low-key campaign has rival Riles taking off the gloves Feinstein launches crusade against cancer Missing Crescent City teen safe in Portland Down, out and old. Homeless seniors get tips on how to survive golden years on S.F.'s streets THE BUSH WORLD.... Bush Headlines Retirement Summit Democrats Challenge Pentagon Ridge to Profit From US Security Boost Cheney's war against the right to know. Questions for Judge Smith. More Bush Nominees With Questionable Backgrounds. Senator Hollings Blames Bush Administration for 9/11 Attacks Bush to Push Social Security Private Accounts Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". U.S. Intelligence Team In N. Iraq US Fails to Find Evidence at Camp X-Ray Click. At Hearing, British Fingerprint Expert Calls FBI's Proficiency Test a "Joke" Click. More: Click. More: Click. Click. Recruiting Domestic Spies and Agents Click. DoJ Hiding Secret Weekly Reports to Ashcroft Report: Covert Action Targets Saddam FBI: 2 Aided Hijackers |
The Other Enron Whistle Blower Arthur Andersen Aims to Avoid Indictment with Quick Settlements The Scandal Before The Fall Liability insurance payments on hold to pay attorneys' fees Judge approves Enron worker fund Government might have to take over Enron pension plan Prosecutors weighing aid for testimony Smithsonian exhibit to tell Enron story MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... Hewlett speculates on life after Fiorina Fiorina makes last big pitch for Compaq deal Two Novato tech firms take blows How Michael Powell helped resurrect Ma Bell Global Crossing Whistleblower Files Suit IMF Says It Will Probably Send IMF Negotiating Team To Argentina Next Week Intel backs consumers over Hollywood Buffer Overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer Click. Bush shutting down "digital divide" programs Click. Dell Proves a Bit Gun-Shy Morpheus' File-Trading Fiasco |
![]() 3 NYPD Torture Convictions Voided More Questions About McVeigh Coroner might probe 1990 baby death INS allows widow, 72, previously facing deportation, to stay in the U.S. Renter protection measure advances High court hears disability case Neighbor describes 'dark shadow' over mauling victim. Witnesses call lawyer calm after mauling Student's head wrap bothers justices. UC Berkeley intern angry she was asked to remove scarf in courtroom New trial ordered in killing of DEA agents BIOWARFARE WATCH Investigators subpoena anthrax samples, records from research labs Five Top US Health Posts Are Unfilled Anthrax Spores Use Failsafe Protection System, Say University Of Michigan Scientists Scientists fights research controls. Click. |
![]() Hormone swings affect men too, suggests research Tyrannosaurus rex: See how they run Pollution blamed for cancer ravaging Quebec's whales. Mom's Worry Over Kid's Weight Ups Child's Fat Risk Annual Dose of Drug May Help Fight Osteoporosis Strength Training May Ease Fibromyalgia Symptoms Acupuncture May Safely Treat Morning Sickness New Neurons Work in an Old Brain Jupiter's Awesome Aurora Revealed Airships Get Tech Mission Researchers Discover Mechanism Of Plant Resistance To Pathogens Worm Neuron Research May Lead To Powerful Model For Parkinson's Study Silent Earthquake In Hawaii Offers Clues To Early Detection Of Catastrophic Tsunamis Testicular Cancer: Cure Rates Now So High Patients May Be More At Risk From Treatment Oral Diabetes Drug Shows Promise In Preventing Miscarriage In Common Infertility Disorder New Sensor Being Designed To Detect, Identify Invisible Agents Faster Forerunner To Insulin May Predict Coronary Heart Disease |
The Jitterbug Still Flies
Welcome to the Internet Movie Advisor Degrees of separation? Sarah Hughes: The Unofficial Sarah Hughes Web Page Tonda Traditional Japanese Bunraku Puppets. Can Bono Save The World? The Pen is Mightier.... NY Times' board member William E. Kennard is a managing director of The Carlyle Group. Click. Terrorism link in drug ads whips up backlash The meaning of Danny Pearl's death? Click. Detailed description of the Pearl tape. Click. U.S. Government Rebuilds Net Image Word of the Day Click. |
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![]() WW III Georgia Says It Has No Plans for Joint Operation with U.S. GAO Wants Halt in US Funds for Colombia Drug War A Canadian Link To Pearl Kidnapping? Suppose they gave a war that never ended U.S. hero search takes a wrong turn Land for Peace Is a Losing Trade Disorganized at Defense The lack of U.S. policy raises the risk of war Conundrum in Colombia Colombian rebels warn of 'total war' Peace on Israel's terms Deception As a Weapon Hawkish flights of faith Marines, Special Operations Command Increase Ties Report Faults Security of Russian Arsenal Army's Reality Game Takes a Deadly Turn Fort Bragg alters Ex Robin Sage A Critical Appraisal of Operation Enduring Freedom and the Afghanistan War Click. U.S. to Weigh Computer Chip Implant U.S. Update on Drug Growers Excuses Some Drug trafficking growing on Internet UN Africa Aid Workers in 'Widespread' Sex Abuse of Children Colleges Fear Anti-Terrorism Law Could Turn Them Into Big Brother Click. |
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Pesticide use on trails stops State investigating charter school system. Recent fraud probe sparks scrutiny Simon leaps in front of Riordan Wilderness group outlines top 10 endangered California wild areas State plans charter school audits after Fresno troubles Click. Family not buying Condit blitz. Click. Homing pigeons ruffle neighbors' feathers Grand jury has harsh words for Sonoma County psychiatric center Is there life for Brown when monarchy ends? Crescent City teen vanishes during bus trip. Girl had visited Sacramento Affordable housing gets lift Criminal record of direct-mail whiz stuns candidates Feng shui a Sausalito voter issue. Planned city building called energy blocker THE BUSH WORLD.... 'Axis of Evil' Author Quits White House Click. Tom Ridge says he has no plans to sell stock that he owns in several companies lobbying the Bush administration for defense contracts. Bush helps Elizabeth Dole raise money Hillary's Cash Machine Back in Gear Pelosi, Miller battle Bush budget for more national park funds "Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". DIARY OF A TERRORIST Chinese Arms Control Chief to Visit U.S. Where did the plan for space weapons come from and why is it controversial? The Disappeared Click. |
Framing Enron Lifestyles of the rich and infamous. Enron's elite indulged in cars, homes, art, trips Oil execs urged Cheney to open undersea tract. Deal sheds light on tangled web of energy interests at White House Investigator Fears "Dozens of Enrons" Click. Analysts deny being pushed Greenspan says Enron's collapse won't badly hurt economy Nine Florida legislators investigating Enron received money from company Creditors try to cut off use of funds Fired treasurer was 'seduced' by Enron, ex-colleague suggests Watkins blames Lay for failure MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... $152m worth of condos sell out in just five hours Click. Channel Islands agree tax haven deal 527 groups Exec pay latest dispute in HP battle Hewlett: HP, Compaq, hiding executive bonuses BIOWARFARE WATCH The CIA's Role in the Anthrax Mailings: Could Our Spies be Agents for Military-Industrial Sabotage, Terrorism, and Even Population Control? Click. U.S.: Enforcement of mad cow rules lax The Pen is Mightier.... Former President Bush to Marin County: 'I apologize' Click. Christian fiction takes off. |
![]() Pentagon: US Lacks Evidence for Tribunals Slobodan Milosevic in a Kangaroo Court Restaurateur wins $9.89 million suit Marin County joins lawsuit over weapons by mail Click. Court orders release of immigrant. Teacher pleads not guilty in sex case County ordered to pay in shooting A federal judge has granted $1 million in legal fees to the law firm that represents a man shot by a Sonoma County sheriff's deputy six years ago Click. Courts martial are 'flawed' Daughter relives sexual assault in pair's murder trial Jurors told lawyers' dog lunged at small boy in S.F. Prosecutors cite 30 other run-ins before fatal mauling |
![]() Britain To Lead Way with World's First Stem Cell Bank Evolving away from animal tests. Click. Romancing the molecule. Click. AIDS Vaccine Shows Early Promise in Human Testing An 'Atlas' to Count the Genes Prolific Sperm Donor's Bad Gene Hubble Servicing Promises High Drama Scientists Plan Pluto Flyby Sandia Tackles Tomorrow's Terror Click, No Film Buried ice suspected on Mars Obesity Growing Threat To World Health Study Shows Vast Majority Of Middle-Aged Americans At Risk Of Developing Hypertension Gene Linked To Accelerated Brain Aging In Healthy Adults Are Crackers Behind AOL Spree? |
The Truth About Color-Seers To save half a million children is a privilege. How to Listen. Floral Radiographs: The Secret Garden. Heloise to Peter Abelard. Hitler's clairvoyant Web sites help with homework Mormon Leader 'Ordered Massacre of Settlers' Pope May Sack Polish Prelate in Sex Scandal Net Gambit: See Art, Pay Amnesty Word of the Day Click. |
February 26, 2002
![]() WW III Rumsfeld: UN Arms Inspections of Iraq Insufficient Congress considers new kind of draft US to Waive Afghanistan Narcotics Sanctions Reports: Bush, Blair To Discuss Iraq Action U.S. Too Weak to Attack Iraq Click. Robots with energy guns to replace armored vehicles. The Overthrow Of The American Republic - Part 7 by Sherman Skolnick Pregnant women victims of gunfire. Palestinian, Israeli give birth to healthy babies after being shot The international war on drugs is the redheaded stepchild in the war-on-terror family. Click. Victims of missionary plane downing in Peru seek millions in compensation from U.S. Click. South Carolina has been surreptitiously collecting the DNA of newborn babies for their databank. Click. Are Agro-Giants Taking Over University Research? Handlebars go hi-tech Overhaul of Internet authority recommended Trust us, we're Microsoft 10 things Google has found to be true If ICANN Can't, Who Should? Chip Advances Chase Moore's Law Persuasive, Pervasive Computing Asian women love e-mail Microsoft Guru: Stamp Out HTTP |
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State to ask federal energy regulators to reverse power deals Teacher faces charge in student-sex affair Former exec gets 3 years in Internet sex case Teacher training: An 'administrative quagmire' Trees cut for butterfly habitat Click. Big plan to save Steelhead 'I can't pay the $2 bridge toll because ...' Livermore bars investigated after fatal crash Simon's gain in polls makes him a GOP target HUD's top local official says he's out. He blames criticism of S.F. housing agency Sturgeon's sawmill THE BUSH WORLD.... Click. Meet the new Dixiecrats, Ralph Neas and John Edwards. ''Ashcroft, American history, and speaking in tongues'' Cher steamed at John Ashcroft Ashcroft to defend Bush spending priorities Click. VP Cheney: 9/11 Godsend for Spy Tech Sector Bush Invites Mel Gibson To White House For Screening Of Vietnam War Movie
"Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". CIA Report Details Thefts Of Nuclear Fuel From Russia Click. Follow the money and see how right-wing ideologues infiltrated the USA. Musharraf Takes on Spy Agency Click. Click. Net As An Open Source Intelligence Tool |
Ex-Enron treasurer a possible cooperating witness Multiple Enron probes aim to avoid colliding The Enron Collapse: A Financial Scandal Rooted in Politics DA says Enron may owe back tax Sour deal brings big profits to insiders Enron can be a thriving firm, ex-staff told Lawsuit timeline debated CEOs may be held liable for accounts Skilling's testimony questioned by lawmaker Lay told workers of his support for Bush Lay gave list of favored names to White House for energy panel MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... Pilot's suicide ends tax saga Vaxgen, S. Korea investors in deal Financial services giant J.P. Morgan falls from pedestal Friendships at the office can be risky business Look into Bermuda tax dodge Idaho workers oppose HP merger. Click. Contracts So Complex They Imperil the System Click. BIOWARFARE WATCH FBI list of anthrax suspects at 18-20 people. No prime candidate rises to the top FBI Denies It Has An Anthrax Suspect Anthrax probe focuses on letter 'Several' Anthrax Suspects Claimed |
![]() Ashcroft's Police State Tightens Grip Ex-topless dancer pleads guilty to charges of Web-stalking ex-lover Click. Teenagers on bail to be tagged Inmate alleges threat by San Jose cop Lakireddy's lawyers want charges struck Court Rejects VoyeurDorm Case Indian Affairs security lapses exposed. Under instruction from court, lawyer easily infiltrated bureau's computer system Neighbors testify in mauling trial. Dogs described as out of control Antioch millionaire received housing assistance, pleads guilty. Can the World Be Copyrighted? Kidnap victim testifies at murder trial Attorneys in past SLA cases can remain, judge rules. Click. Use a bug - go to jail. Click. Critics Pointing an Accusing Finger at Prints Investigators secretly taped conversations involving SLA suspects, attorneys say Click. |
![]() Heart op on five-month fetus Half of U.S. HIV cases undiagnosed Transparent Aluminum now a reality Contraceptive patch set for Europe Hospitals cutting out episiotomies. Procedure doubles severe tearing cases Expert: Look at the Clean Genes Beating schizophrenia Cell study 'could aid vaccines' Developing drugs attack HIV in new ways
Duke Researchers Identify Age At Onset Genes For Alzheimer's And Parkinson's Disease Gene Therapy To Treat Angina Appears Safe New Treatment Options For Children With ADHD University Of Maryland Researchers Use "Artificial Intelligence" For First Time To Diagnose Colon Tumors Homing In On A Receptor For The Fifth Taste Asthma Researchers Present New Results, New Perspectives On The Disease "Smart" Methods For Detecting Computer Network Intruders |
Although Louis-Dreyfus show isn't funny, at least it's unusual Gods and monsters Virtual world of Neopets breeding success Chants of a lifetime: What I learned about yoga's pleasures, perils Tap Dancing Gets Its Feet Web Mormons Mum On What Lies Beneath This Cow's a Ham The Pen is Mightier.... Feds Order Public Libraries to Destroy Records Microsoft case files open to media Novato High journalists' will pays off A Medical Text That Heals Itself Blind Gain New Site for Literature A crime made for Hollywood Word of the Day Click. |
February 25, 2002
![]() WW III Swiss Patriots Say 'No' to UN Israel to Keep Arafat Confined Bush's Vietnam: An Afghan Quagmire Begins National Guard Longstanding Practice Of False Troop Reporting To The Pentagon Instability is intensifying Hole Under U.S. Embassy in Rome Fuels Terror Probe A tribal mentality keeps Saudi Arabia secret Rumsfeld seems to raise bar for Iraq to avert U.S. action Somalian Link Seen to Al Qaeda Arafat 'depressed and nervous' Behind Confident Front, Karzai's Control Often Illusory Not Much Change In Bishops' Policies A Magical Week Set for Sarah Mexico Wants an E-Revolution Tech's Toxic Trash IBM Builds World's Fastest Communications Microchip Plastic LEDs Digital Railroad |
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$2 billion at stake in bonds, taxes. School districts count on measures passing Rash of video game thefts THE BUSH WORLD.... U.S. Won't Last As World's Most Powerful Nation Says Clinton Did illegally counted overseas absentee ballots decide the 2000 U.S. presidential election? Rumsfeld and Powell: The Face-off McAuliffe Trashes Governor Bush At Democratic Dinner Tipper Gore: Military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy Doesn't Work "Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". KGB's Secret Tricks Still Beset Afghans Straw Huts and Sat Phones Satellite Subversives Click. Socrates Kokkalis - More Allegations Journalists must juggle safety, work. Threat of attack by militants makes job increasingly dangerous KURT COBAIN'S DIARIES WIDELY EXPECTED TO BE BESTSELLER. Analysis of Tape Raises Questions About Pearl's Killing The "New Yorker" Interview with Aaron Sorkin of West Wing The killing of Daniel Pearl |
Linda and Ken Lay's Shaky Family Foundation TOM DELAY'S INNER CIRCLE MADE BUCKETS OF CASH OFF OF ENRON: DELAY INITIATED THE DEAL About the Judge Who Will Oversee the GAO Case Against Cheney Insurers: J.P. Morgan disguised loans to Enron Professors in Enron-endowed posts get ribbed California asking FERC to modify power contracts Centrica OKs acquisition of NewPower 33 states oppose Enron aiding executives MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... The Red, White and ... Green? The price of securities deregulation is rapacious financial practices, phony audits and a sham SEC Army to Pick Lead Developer of Futuristic Combat System Scam In Sudan States Cut Back Health Coverage for Poor
BIOWARFARE WATCH Anthrax Suspect Worked in US Lab FBI knows anthrax mailer but won't make an arrest, US scientist charges |
![]() Jewish defense group settles S.F. spying suit Gestapo? - No, It's The DEA U.S. may seek extradition in Pearl case. New trial sought in horse-neglect case Military tribunals began in Crusades Feds Overwhelmed By Animal Trafficking Cafe Owners or Porn Police? DNA Profiling 'Will Transform Policing' Drugs in Our Food = National Security? Bullets Fly at Hells Angels-Pagan Biker Gang Brawl Remake for an Ex-Felon
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![]() To The Rescue GALILEO'S NOBLE VOYAGE Aquarium discovers two 'gay' penguins Vitamin C, Carotenoids Cut Women's Cataract Risk New Report Links Birth Defects, Premature Birth To Being Overweight Before Pregnancy Electrodes And Nanoprobes Signal New DNA Detection Method NASA Helps Fetal Hearts Beat Loud And Clear Scientists From Syracuse University And The Netherlands Create First Global Map Of Grazing Mammal Biodiversity Chinese Tallow Tree Invades Texas Prairies Operation on Fetus's Heart Valve Called a 'Science Fiction' Success... Sun ring could point the way to distant planet systems Robo-Therapist Helps Ailing Limbs |
Planet X Flyby In 2003 -- ZetaHysteria vs. ZetaFact Om schooling. Living in a hollow trunk? Raven's Bread. Cat of the Day. Help for Overly Frisky Felines Drinkers Bitter Over 'Fast' Guinness Legendary City of El Dorado Exists DNA Unveils Ghost Town Secrets Word of the Day Click. |
February 24, 2002
![]() WW III Pentagon Denies US Troops Are in Iraq Russia Angry at US War Plan for Georgia President Jiang tells Bush not to bully Iraq China won't stop 'axis' arms sales Sharon unveils buffer zone plan. Click. FARC explains Click. WAR TO START SOON. EUROPE APPROVES OF IT Click. In the Philippines, an enemy with three faces Click. US May Pay Ransom For Hostages Under New Policy U.S. Drops Pledge Not To Use Nukes Against Non-Nuclear States Click. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Helping Make Tomorrow’s Soldiers All They Can Be A Current Controversy: Is Europe About To Freeze? Burn down the shopping malls! Schröder calls for Europe to set tax rates Straw takes giant leap in favor of EU constitution Robertson Calls Islam a Religion of Violence, Mayhem Putin enters Olympic row Tale of the Radioactive Boy Scout. Webcasters worry royalties threaten free Internet service Famed Hacker Mitnick Greets Former Target Mac Cluster's Last Stand? |
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The S.F. Hustler SLA victim's rescuer now heads Foster facility Lawsuit seeks cleaner runoff from farms into bay delta Woolsey plans move for Pelosi post Dispute over Miwok site finally ends THE BUSH WORLD.... Daschle Gives Strongest Indication Yet Of Interest In 2004 Campaign... Wolfowitz and the Axis of Evil Where in the world is Neil Bush? The gospel according to John (Ashcroft) Molly Ivins: Profits trump patriotism The former President Bush made a tidy $4.5 million from his shares in now-bankrupt Global Crossing Click. The Bush Oil-igarchy's Pipeline Protection Package Click. "Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". Musharraf takes on spy agency CD-ROM of Key NATO Secrets Feared Sold Battle Brews Over Consumer Data Biometric Passports for Brits by 2006 Beijing to acquire espionage network via Global Crossing? Click. Instant DNA Fingerprinting Turns Sci-fi Into Reality Those Voices In Your Head May Be Real Gay movement archives given to SJSU library Presidio Press of Novato is sold Vietnam joins the Internet revolution Click. |
O'Neill: CEOs get paid `big bucks' to know details Enron Unit's Finances Set for Close Scrutiny Enron unit investment made profit for Jeb Bush Enron's entrepreneurial spirit finds new paths Enron exec's testimony disputed Enron fallout hits workers at Andersen Enron fall shows pension plan loss can affect politics Enron had an $8 million legal bill in December Enron VP tells Congress she feared for her life. But media remains silent on Baxter "suicide" Global Crossing Case Figure Not Questioned Click. Shady Enron Dealings Go Back to 1987 -- and Ken Lay Didn't Fire Perpetrators Lay's Lobbying Reached the Top of Treasury MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... PayPal hit by class-action suit Safeway to start home delivery SEC budget needs a boost, Inslee is told Franklin Graham Thrives in Family Business SEC budget needs a boost, Inslee is told BIOWARFARE WATCH Click. Army Offers License for Hantavirus Vaccine Dark Ages return to plague India Click. More data on dead microbiologists. Click. |
![]() Judge Terrence Boren reduces bail in baby death case 'Family' court papers describe ritual beatings, 'target practice' Killer dogs vicious: Witness Witness links attorneys to prison gang in dog maul trial. Probation Terms Eased for Paula Poundstone Four in race for seat on Alameda Superior Court Smutmonger's Day in Court Law on criminals' profits thrown out U.S. Judge Dismisses Challenge to Detentions Ex-teacher loses harassment lawsuit Judge wears two hats Sonoma D.A. candidates debate Mullins passes Passalacqua in campaign fund-raising State must provide for disabled on test. |
![]() Helping Girls Move 'Like Boys' Cuts Knee Injuries Bacteria Can Live Under Pressure Test of Alzheimer's Vaccine Is Halted Full-body scans offered at local hospitals 'Dig deep to find alien life' Tough bugs point to life on Mars Danger legacy of cancer cures Instant Diagnosis in Your Palm Ginger Still Needs Dance License Scientists Build Ultra-Broadband Laser Single Cell Type Seems To Control Internal Clock And Pupil Of Eye Wheat May Be Vital In Battle Against Cancer And Other Diseases Plant Stems And Leaves Are Always Proportional To Roots, Scientists Find Compounds Rejuvenate Rats, May Aid Humans Nicotine Withdrawal Woes Shown To Be Similar To Inflammatory Response Patents Prove Cell-Phone Dangers? Antimatter Captured New Superconducting Transformer Is Light And Compact |
Was George Handel gay? Click. Rudy Galindo Click. Hollywood's New War Flicks Love-Struck Toads on Road to Safety Secrets of Silbury Hill uncovered. Go on, I dare you, to Latin dance Nifty after 50: Famous women enjoy their age Looking for Hannah Activist priest set to speak in valley Zen Gardens. 1,500 year-old graveyard uncovered in Ireland. Turning into digital goldfish Losing e-mail proves strangely liberating Word of the Day Click. |
February 21, 2002
![]() WW III American military forces have landed in Iraq, on the territory of the northern no-fly zone near the Turkish border. Click. New Arabic website carries fresh messages of Osama, Omar Click. Sharon: 'We are at war' Click. Sharon Under Fire on Home Front North won't be hit, Bush tells Koreans The insanity of Europe's farewell to arms Europe is a terrorist target Wanted (badly): more Green Beret recruits Plot to poison Rome's water Philippines and the War on Terror Korea -- 50 years ago this week, Feb 21-27, 1952 Click. Milosevic tells some secrets. The hunt for Abu Zubaydah – the man believed to be in charge of operations for al-Qaida. Click. Network-enabled US infantry Click. As US Teams Guided Pilots' Attacks, Civilian Presence Made Task Tougher Click. Raid prompts nationwide crackdown on Iraqi bank accounts. Argentina Dropped From Non-Visa Travel Program Of Time and the Luger Israel Ordered to Accept Conversions Livermore lab participates in counterterrorism training demonstrations The Pen is Mightier.... Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer rift ABC To Launch Weekly 'Reality Series' On US Terrorism War Howard K. Smith New York Times bars free-lance author accused of misrepresenting story |
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Click. If the SLA had nabbed Eugene Trefethen, (former President of Kaiser industries) the organization would have held a target far different from Patty Hearst. San Diego child disappearances go back 4 decades What Lies Beneath Santa Barbara White House Pushes to Reshape Calif. GOP Marin leaders seek lawmakers' help to fight breast cancer Riordan's Lead Slipping In Calif. GOP Primary 'Family' kids mistreated, report says 30-day notices 'unethical' but legal Covered In Red Ink 'Like a Three Stooges movie' Robert Treuhaft memorial Davis budget plan may end health care for 900,000 kids THE BUSH WORLD.... Cheney's Quiet Visit Lieberman chides Bush environmental policies McCain-Lieberman Duo Destabilize the President California trip puts vice president back into public view "Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". The story about the Pentagon's disinformation campaign was obviously leaked by officials within the Pentagon who oppose the disinformation plan. Click. Click. Greek tycoon faces charges of spying, fraud The persistent theft of components from one of Britain's largest academic super- computers is taking a sinister turn. A scientist is warning that thieves might be selling the computer's brainpower to Iraq or al-Qaida for clandestine weapons research. Click. MI5 Fears Flood Of Afghan Heroin |
Two federal agencies gave Enron millions in loans Former Enron exec admits fake trading session Senate probes Clinton loans for Enron deals Click. Targeting Arthur Andersen Click. Who is Pugs Winokur, Enron Director Winokur and the President Click. Clinton helped Enron finance projects Battle over Andersen's Enron liability Click. Ex-exec defends partnerships in law firm review MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... Richard Grasso and FARC. Click. Caspian Abuzz Over New Oil Tenders Thumb Is the New Currency at Store, at Bank, on the Job Click. Enron fallout is spreading Microsoft told to open Windows Web rage hits the internet Grid Project to Wed Web Services Segway auction Analysis of Microsoft/Intel's mobile telephone plans Click. More: Click. New wireless Net access close to being practical Trust us, we're Microsoft The Grid Draws Its Battle Lines Wardriving: Hackers on Wheels Microsoft Program Tracks User Habits |
![]() Two San Diego men allegedly linked to child pornography ring Dog maul trial: the grisly details Vet says he warned of dogs' danger Asylum in Canada could be sought in pot case Woman says couple molested her on Oregon trip when she was 12 Accused's daughter tells of pre-teen sex attack Move grows to prohibit executing the retarded Court to decide whether police can monitor e-mail without a warrant Europe Offers Patent Proposal Foster care fund embezzlement gets ex-county worker 5 years Royalty rate set for Webcasts Florida seeks answers on investing in Enron |
![]() Europe's largest satellite to lift-off Fear no more the scar after surgery Scientists Give Up Search for Woodpecker Experts Chew Fat Off New 'Remedy' Abused boys 'have more health problems' Click. A breakthrough in heart disease detection Yeast breakthrough in cancer battle Cell transplant hope for diabetics Report: Infants' multiple vaccines not harmful to the immune system Strange New Fish—Or None At All Love & Marriage in a Space Colony Sex Survey Finds Age Is No Passion Killer Rat Makes A Partial Recovery Following A Spinal Cord Lesion |
Supernatural Selection Sleeping with the enemy Click. The circumstances surrounding the mysterious death of Richard II are set to be re-examined in light of research in the Scottish town of Stirling. Presbyterians overrule vote on ordaining gays. Rights groups promise to keep fighting Grover Krantz -- Bigfoot academic Salvation On A Shoestring Oliver Stone' "Looking for Fidel." Van Gogh's Van Goghs: Virtual Tour The idea that he had discovered evidence of ancient Europeans and Asians in the panhandle of Oklahoma was not unusual to Bill McGlone. Wendigo Word of the Day Click. |
February 20, 2002
![]() WW III? US Military Chief: Afghan War 'Just Beginning' Western Naval Force Of 45 Warships Blocks The Persian Gulf Saddam Training Suicide Pilots, Intelligence Expert Says Iran Agents Working with Afghan Rebels Italy Arrests Four Moroccans with Cyanide, Maps US militarism targets South American oil Replacing the USA Israel takes revenge on Arafat office China Building Port In Pakistan 200,000 Gulf Vets File for Disability US intends to set up a central leadership base in Bahrain in order to supervise the land war to be carried out by some 200,000 US soldiers from Kuwait under the cover of intensive air bombardment operations against Iraq from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Turkey as well as planes carriers in the Gulf. The countdown has started to carry out the strikes against Iraq in May. Click. Games Elevate Hate to Next Level Argentineans moving out of Argentina FEARS OF CRIME WAVE AS HEROIN ROCKETS Can Andrew Cuomo relax? Click. Despite newfound power, it's not easy being Greens. Many feel German party losing identity |
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Building a better bridge 25,000 Sonoma county absentee ballots at risk Kimball jury selection begins Naked corpse in Nob Hill love nest Naked women to gawk at? Flynt opens S.F. club. Flaunt it, shake it, and get that vote girl! THE BUSH WORLD.... Al Gore backs Bush's war plans Ashcroft Invokes Religion In U.S. War on Terrorism Cheney's Venues Change But Message Doesn't Democrat Carol Roberts gained fame in 2000 butterfly-ballot dispute Jeffords Plans to Stump for Senate Democrats Ramboized Jeb Appointed a Ken Lay Point Man to Head the Florida Energy Commission "Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". Government cyber security chief warns of threats to infrastructure The Security & Intelligence Digests from Aleksey Shcherbakov Pentagon Propaganda Plan is Undemocratic, Maybe Illegal Pakistan shakes up spy service in new sign of tilt toward West Iran’s Secret Diplomacy Beefed-Up Global Surveillance? BIOWARFARE WATCH.... Plague Confirmed In Northern India Detailed descriptions of the swift and relentless course of inhalational anthrax, and of doctors' futile efforts to save two women whose symptoms were not diagnosed early enough Click. FBI Says No Prime Anthrax Suspect Big Get Bigger |
"500 Enron-affiliated companies receiving mail at P.O. Box 1350, [Cayman Islands]" Froma Harrop: Ignorance at Enron: 'I dunno,' says the Fourth Monkey Lay says Skilling knew of Enron partners. Click. Chief fudge-the-books officer Enron Aides Say CEO Knew of Risks Enron - Someone knew. Click. Which Hat Was He Wearing? Spinsanity Accountants boycott state hearing. CPAs fear bias by lawmakers because of Enron scandal Congress Widens Enron Probe to Wall St. Lay repeatedly told probers he didn't know about deals Bankers believed deals hinged on investment Chief auditor takes Fifth at deposition Enron gets bid for broadband unit MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... Global Crossing's Strange Deals Accounting True Confessions Valley boards grill management on accounting practices Making Money, the Bush Way Computer Associates Under Scrutiny Google launches money-based placement system Next generation DVD born Battle lines drawn over future phones New cellular technologies are all about location The search for intelligence A Very Candid Camera Dangerous Yarner worm spells bad news |
![]() Feds, Microsoft want SBC out of settlement hearing Lockerbie appeal raises new questions Milosevic takes on 'unreliable' witness in four-hour tussle Women file lawsuit aimed at bankrupting terrorists Student Grading by Peers Passes Test of High Court Witness Says She Deposited $16,700 in Cash for Traficant Another California death sentence tossed Woman describes sexual assault at age 13 by Pleasanton murder trial duo Too Bizzaro for words High Court to Hear Case on Copyright |
![]() Virus link to brain tumors World said to be in palindromic symmetry Wednesday Alien worlds have seen Earth's signature of life New poll indicates diabetics misjudge heart disease Mars Odyssey maps Red Planet Animals dream about the rat race Artificial Muscles Gain Strength Social Interactions May Be Traced Back To Carnivorous Behavior Battle Of The Sexes Leads To A Biological Arms Race Raloxifene After Tamoxifen Not Beneficial, According To New Study New Software Helps Design Multi-Task, Jaw-Like, Surgical Mini-Tools EMBL Researchers Discover Rapid-Response, Interferon-Producing Cells "Cotton Candy" Fiber Barrier Protects Crops From Pests Alaskan Waters Growing Hospitable To Sharks While Seals And Sea Lions Decline The Pen is Mightier.... ABC News stars deny rift over Rosie O'Donnell story Peekabooty Aims To Banish Internet Censorship |
The Floating World of Ukiyo-e. When Pigs Fly Russia unveils newly restored Amber Room Who'd pay $2000 for a hairless dog? Click. Keep your Secrets ... How Queen Boadicea Stayed on the Wagon I Ching Ex Libris--an E-Zine for Librarians Lucian: Greek Science Fiction. Ancient Scotland Tour. UFO Fly-By Predicted for the Olympics Cats with Nine Lives and No Conscience. Click. I did not seduce that priest Word of the Day Click. |
February 19, 2002
![]() WW III? Bush Asks Koizumi to Lean on Iran Koizumi and Bush connect on 'axis' France and Germany Warn Bush Against Iraq Strike US to Fly Patrols Over Philippines Rebel Island Somalia Braces for US Attack Russia Says Some of Its Citizens Held at Guantanamo Arab Nations Lost in a Pit of Desperation Bush to Offer Bribe to N. Korea to Halt Missile Program The Overthrow Of The American Republic - Part 6 by Sherman Skolnick Priest abuse case eluded Archbishop Law's reforms What is behind the Olympics figure skating furor? FBI Said To Have Suspect in Anthrax Letters. Lax Security Persisted At Biowar Labs |
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A bold endeavor -- or just all wet? Funds to publicize baby law freed up S.F. voting system in shambles, mistrust. Errors, mismanagement, instability Migrants' housing on Napa ballot. 5 camps envisaged for farmworkers Redevelopment commissioner refuses to quit. Pressure from angry S.F. mayor THE BUSH WORLD.... Clinton prosecutor may run for Senate. Los Angeles Times: Bush Is Dogged by 'Axis of Evil' in Visit to Japan Bush draws from nuclear industry for energy team "Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". US to Boost Spying With Powerful New Birds The Middle Eastern Connection To Oklahoma City Philippine Terrorists Linked To OKC, McVeigh E-BOMB Report on a James Bamford Talk at Berkeley |
Controversial US Army Secretary, Ex-Enron Exec, Building Home in Naples Click. Records raise questions over some Enron gas trades Making a case the big question Stock analysts' reports flawed, experts warn Enron figures, auditor sat on same board Texans, a forgiving sort, may give Lay second chance Employees could alter dynamic of Enron's efforts to rebuild MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... Companies simplifying accounting "Smart" biometric ID cards in Hong Kong Click. The quest for near-perfect compression Radarlike technology wins OK from FCC |
![]() Supreme Court to Decide on Web Copyrights DNA of suspect in Livermore kidnap could tie him to other crimes. Kostunica Blasts Unfair Hague Trial Bush to Offer Bribe to N. Korea to Halt Missile Program Patent dispute getting woolly Battle to stay execution of delusional man. The Pen is Mightier.... PENTAGON NEWS SERVICE; 'FALSE STORIES' TO BE CREATED FOR DISTRIBUTION The chill is gone |
![]() Food Supplements Found To Reverse The Ageing Process Dinosaur discoveries wow Boston Certain Foods May Boost Brain Activity Campaign to save women from HIV Top scientist to research anti-oxidants. Hopes grow for anti-ageing drug Autistic boy treated by football physio HIV 'singled out for destruction' Hunting 'longevity genes' Schering-Plough Recalls Claritin-D Lots NASA Astronaut, Dr. Shannon Lucid, Selected as Chief Scientist Retired Marine General To Lead Johnson Space Center |
Who Will Determine Your Need To Know About Planet X (Nibiru)? Married Men Open Up in Old Age, Study Shows BoschUniverse Patent to protect ancient knowledge Reality beyond 3-D on verge of detection, physicist says Word of the Day Click. |
February 18, 2002
![]() WW III? Iran Claims Capture of Osama's #2 Man U.S. Green Berets Land on Philippine Rebel Island Israelis Losing Faith in Military Solution Laser of Death Cleared for Take-Off Pershing's Ghost Returns to the Philippines Columbia: Forget Drugs, This is About the Guerrillas Farrakhan condemns U.S. war on terrorism U.S. Gung-ho and Alone in Iraq British marines storm Spanish beach by mistake Bush endorses Koizumi's reform plans IRAN, URANIUM, AND UNCLE SAM Click. U.S. ready to attack Iraq. Click. Pilot's Licenses Easy for Aliens in US Porn watchdog under fire War wounds `The Eviction' tells potent tale of downfall Federal government takes over security at nation's airports Colombia to go ahead with IRA terror trial A Career In Microbiology Can Be Harmful To Your Health - Especially Since 9-11 Smallpox tests show signs of success Bush Withdraws Documents On Major Germ Weapons Major effort to crack flu Call for bioweapons database |
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University of California at Berkeley has suspended a male sexuality class after allegations that students watched their instructor have sex at a strip club and participated in an orgy at an extracurricular party Click. Davis support only lukewarm Man arrested at LAX for possession of explosive device Yosemite Sunrise. S.F. assessor in political fight of her life John W. Gardner Sale of BART land may drive out Livermore's llamas Priest to enter plea on warrant Riordan, a liberal Republican, is hard to categorize
Sheriff proposes tent city to help homeless in L.A. THE BUSH WORLD.... Bush gaffe sends yen south Bush's world view Jeb Bush and Enron Click. Solving Climate Change With Texas-Style Accounting AS CORPORATIONS CONTINUE TO USE OFFSHORE TAX SCAMS, THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION CONDONES THE PRACTICE "Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". U.S. Tightening Rules on Keeping Scientific Secrets. Beijing spies get ready to greet Bush. Politician Wants to 'Get Chipped' FBI in Libraries and Bookstores - Eyeing What You Read CIA showcases array of spy gadgets at Reagan Presidential Library |
DNC chairman has 'two Enrons' Enron hedged bets, curried Gore's favor Enron Got Advice on Whistleblowers. Enron for Dummies Litigation king leads Enron case; UC calling shots Tech fearing Enron backlash Army Secretary's Enron Role Probed Handling of claims by Enron queried Newsweek: Andersen internal probe clears top managers in shredding case Acting Enron CEO Plans Litigation MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... Martinez Reverses Course And Releases HUD Fund To Nonprofits Incorporating in Bermuda. Click. Reinventing the company Small firm nets giant partner Nanotechnology finding backers United Consulting with Bankruptcy Lawyer
The Worldwide Computer Small step for NASA; giant leap for small cars Click. Duncan Frissell on AAMVA, licenses as biometric smartcards USNews' Dana Hawkins on biometrics, facecams, and "light prints" |
![]() Irony confronts ex-Panther on trial High-tech teens turn to life of cybercrime SLA holdup defendant free on $1 million bail Kimball molest case goes to trial Click. New laws to suppress academic research. Click. Click. County jail inmates cut off by exorbitant phone rates Sex change complicates custody Jamaican Jails Going Online Blair government refuses to protest false imprisonment of British nationals by Saudi Arabia Click. Transnational Crime Reports and More Grand Jury Eying Sheik Spies in Blue at the WEF Protests World of unreason. Click. 'Rogues' Gallery' Strains Resources At Plymouth Jail Theory Links Auto Fires To Zero-percent Financing |
![]() Click. Scientists are developing a mouthwash that contains a genetically modified bacteria that prevents tooth decay. Ultrasound can cauterize wounds deep in the body Cocaine Speeds HIV's Spread In Cells: Mouse Study How Origami Helps Science, Saves Lives Brain scans help aged improve memory Natural relief for osteoarthritis pain New pap guidelines can ease anxiety Shielding monarchs' kingdom Atomic clock slices time Moon Hides Saturn, Joins Jupiter 'Suicide gene' hits rat tumors The Pen is Mightier.... CNN cancels Greenfield show Click. NBC shows its true colors Pearl Abduction Said to Be Warning Political reaction and intellectual charlatanry: US academics issue statement in support of war |
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Nibiru Chile: The Long Walk. Art: In the Ear of the Beholder Parrot's powers of reasoning make him professor's star pupil The Last Cargo Cult A risk-taking director with spiritual curiosity The music man: For 23 1/2 years, he's made Castro Theatre's pipe organ hum King Arthur Traveling the Old Roads of Italy
Scientists wants to know why sex is popular. Click. Word of the Day Click. |
February 16, 17, 2002
![]() WW III Click. Bush Plans Big War Click. Bush Oil Ties Supporting Slow Coup d'Etat MORE: Click. Milosevic Says US Was Ally of Al-Qaeda in Kosovo Afghan Drug Money Financing Albanian Rebels A Kenyan diamond mine owner, in Belgian custody, explains business dealings between al-Qaeda and one of the world's largest arms trafficking operations, run by a Russian broker named Victor Bout. Click. Protection for oil pipeline raises U.S. profile in Colombia. New policy stirs fears Bush seeks to widen war Bush renews North Korea warning Vatican: Mosque will be `cancer' in ties between Jews, Christians Since September 11, the US has extended new military assistance to governments engaged in serious human rights abuse, including torture, political killings, illegal detention, religious persecution, and attacks on civilians during armed conflict Click. Taliban returned to Libya Nevadans go on high alert to protect Yucca from Bush's nuclear dump plan Priest-Sex Scandal Expands to New Hampshire Rags-to-riches sugar daddy of copied cat. Sharecropper's son put up $3.7 million kitty for clone Judge's sobbing outburst propelled medal review THE OLYMPIC WAR The spirit of 'sportsmanship'? – Fugeddaboutit! Click. Open Letter to the NTSB Witness Chairman Regarding a Witness Who Observed Flight 587 Very Early in Flight Skin and sin are in again on the Las Vegas Strip THE ROBERT C. BYRD BRIDGE TO POVERTY There Are No Winners in Montana's Politics of Hate Click. |
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'Dilbert' goes to prison -- a con's tale. Bay’s Falun outlaws More: Click. Davis blocks sale of personal data Sexuality class under fire New table grape market Step into California history Petaluma police chief to retire Napa Valley tunnels a new trend One man still in jail after local pot arrests Another $1 for tolls on East Bay bridges? Local historian's imprint on Palm Springs THE BUSH WORLD.... Enron dogs Cheney's path to California. President goes to Asia with new priorities Disenfranchised Florida Black Voters Win Victory Bill Clinton: Less Defense, More Foreign Aid: "Build A World With More Partners" Bush's Mexican Amnesty Plan Resurfaces Angry tone to Bush Asia tour White House Mulls Probe of French Bank, represented by Bush's lawyer in the Florida election situation. "Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". Pentagon Blames CIA for Allies' Deaths Vernon Walters Iridium launches five satellites to boost global constellation Scanning Tech a Blurry Picture Click. G8 Gov-ISP Plan for Cyberspace Spying Click. FCC Approves Ultra-Wideband Snooping Systems Click. US Army Manual: Basic Cryptanalysis Click. OMB Report on Government Infosecurity Fighting Terror With Databases Click. |
Records: Bush smoothed path for Enron Enron creditors question cash 'hole' Enron Spanned the Globe With High-Risk Projects Memo: Bush, Enron lawyers may have appearance of conflict UC leads lawsuit against Enron Enron's history of ducking taxes probed by Senate Finance panel Lay borrowed millions, repaid Enron with stock Enron's retired get burned, too. Deferred-salary plan fizzles Pay for new Enron boss rings to tune of $110,000 per month Los Angeles Times: Enron Flew Under the Radar MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... Accounting worries hit IBM In praise of the barcode PayPal IPO best in almost a year Global Crossing's Washington influence Click. Breaking Moore's Law by 2006 will take teamwork Justice identifies 'major' complaints with Microsoft settlement deal A Fine (Print) Mess Comcast Is In Utah Getting Traffic 411 on 511 Coming Soon: Foot-powered Laptops FCC approves use of ultrawideband technology MSN Messenger Worm Marks Troubling Trend Weblogs Make the Web Work for You Click. |
![]() Millions Are at Stake Over War-Crimes Cases Racist Flyers Considered 'Terrorism' Jurors in dog-maul trial chosen. S.F. prosecutors' opening statements to start Tuesday Court overturns big jury verdict. Marin brothers had sued Citicorp EU Arrest Warrant Put On Fast Track Shoplifters snatch $42,800 ring FBI to Probe Nose-Biting Assault as Hate Crime Poor elderly fight federal evictions A jailhouse romance may halt deportation Click. Raise The Fist Charges Dropped FBI Says Arson Killed Woman Accused in License Scheme Click. |
![]() Scientists probe the life in rocks. Exotic bacteria, microbes offer evidence creatures exist in some unexpected places Humans will 'sail to the stars' Deep fish 'trawled to oblivion' Gene mutation risk of HIV children Cancer concern over vegetable nitrates Colds at nursery 'a good thing' Nerve fault linked to domestic abuse Ocean Beauty, Medicine at Risk Arthritis Drug Linked to Rare Lupus Side Effect Decay of World Coral Reef Threatens Ocean Wonders "Magic number" for space pioneers calculated Oldest jewelry disputes "out of Africa" theory BIOWARFARE WATCH.... India plague scare: report on Monday Mysterious rash hits school kids here, across U.S. |
Standing out in the crowd Sept. 11 helps fuel new era of military impostors Hollywood has a new enemy: Big Medicine Turn-on Literary Daybook Barbara Walters 'Outs' Lesbian Rosie O'Donnell From Houston to Delhi Atoning for Atonality Art: In the Ear of the Beholder
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February 15, 2002
![]() WW III Arrogance, ignorance and the real new world order Click. U.S. aircraft in southern Afghanistan are dropping $100 bills tucked into envelopes bearing a picture of President Bush. Bush's "evil axis" speech destabilizes the Korean peninsula Is WWIII imminent? Click. Who will run Iraq after Saddam? War, on Advice of Counsel FBI Failed to Notify Embassies of Terror Threat U.S., Britain Conduct Joint Nuclear Test Duh Award! Six Yemenis Taken off List In Terror Alert because they were in jail anyway. Osama bin Laden’s terrorist organization may have moved up the Sept.11 attacks on New York and Washington because law enforcement agencies were closing in.Click. Despite therapies, pedophilia eludes cure Powell Urges Condom Use France: the politics of presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Chevènement German Chancellor arrives in Argentina. Click. China's elite clearly split over foreign policy Click. Japan's single mothers fight back Click. Foreigners stand in for Falun Gong 1.6 Million Jeep Cherokees Are Recalled Belgium to Drop Case Against Sharon The Olympic War of 2002. Click. Something's Fishy About That Lipstick? Medical team probing plague-like infection Click. Mystery Death Of Yet Another Top Microbiologist A Career In Microbiology Can Be Harmful To Your Health The Cowboys Are Ruining Our Food |
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Police say Marin man used lover to recruit Boy accused of threats to kill Novato principal Fatal stretch of Tassajara under fire Marin man acquitted of racketeering Billionaire's sale of Santa Rosa homes may oust hundreds of renters THE BUSH WORLD.... Ashcroft's integrity questioned over Microsoft campaign contributions European foreign ministers attack Bush's policy Moscow Times: Axis of Evil? Click. No Clarity on 'Evil' in Gore's Talk Senate Democrats Fault Bush Nuclear Plan A Biography Restates Its Assets re: Secretary of Army White GORE BLASTS BUSH'S "KYOTO ALTERNATIVE" DID THE NEW YORK TIMES SCRUB AN OSAMA BIN LADEN STORY PRINTED TWO DAYS BEFORE 9/11 BECAUSE IT MIGHT EMBARRASS THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION? Being Critical of Bush Can Get You Fired "Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". The Other Spy Case Isn't So Open and Shut U.S. outsourcing spy services CIA Conducts Its Own War in Afghanistan Vet Accused of Iraq Spy Bid Indictment Says Suspect Tried to Sell Defense Secrets US Lets Airlines Continue Dealings With Argenbright Click. Protests against Echelon are growing also in Japan. Click. The Pen is Mightier.... Soros supports plan calling for Web-based science journals Big Brother Is Watching You Read Click. Does the White House Have a Press Blacklist? Click. |
BG Group buys Enron stake in Panna-Mukta No notes taken when Lay talked to Powers. Click. CEO Was 'Misserved' At Enron, Hill Told Exec tells of fear at Enron Enron's Lay Accused of Pressuring TVA Do You Have Any Confidence in this Investigation by the Man "Kenny Boy" Lay Picked to Head FERC? Enron Is But a Pebble in the Wave Click. Does Enron Need a Trustee? Click. Multinational Monitor - Enron Web Page Click. Risk Management of "Fiasco" Stocks Click. Enron agrees to release tax records In their own words: Watkins testimony Fake transfer of ownership filed for Lay properties MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... Euro-constitution for business
Battle over HP's fate gets nastier Report by GAO Cites INS on Benefit Fraud SEC seeks money from fraud case Factors Behind Global Crossing's Failure Click. Microsoft tools up for .Net expansion Internet: More flexible ID method Experts say biometric security needs tech standards Collapsible cardboard speakers unveiled Click. Why Your Digital Data Could One Day Disappear Click. |
![]() Jail threat for MMR vaccine refusniks FBI convicts Saudi man of lying Milosevic wants to call Clinton and Albright Report From the Kangaroo Court at the Hague No Longer Material Witness, West African Still Detained Sex harassment case will set state law on employers' liability Woman's freedom up to governor. Victim of violence may get parole |
![]() Lab-built bladders on the way Doctors herald grow-your-own organs Malaria drug offers new hope Promising results for 'superbug' vaccine 10 minutes crucial in cardiac recovery
Cloned - but not an exact copycat 'Super Aspirin' May Prevent Neurological Ills 'New research suggests chameleons colonized the globe by surfing across the seas.' Robot mine hunter does job quietly. Babies Can Learn in Their Sleep—But You Can’t Archeology Keeps Secrets Examining a family's 'Chemistry' |
Parrot fashions new thinking The Addams Imagination Islam's Female Converts Love cats The appeal of innocence Cupid's rules: courtship in a chatroom age Bristling With Attitude Venus and Adonis at the White Hart Inn, St. Albans. Love is a battlefield. Trickster's Way. Word of the Day Click. |
February 14, 2002
![]() WW III The Pentagon and the CIA have begun preparations for an assault on Iraq involving up to 200,000 US troops that is likely to be launched later this year with the aim of removing Saddam Hussein from power, US and diplomatic sources told the Guardian yesterday. Click. Bush Orders Plans to Topple Saddam Two Men Arrested Near Pentagon Powell: US Knows What's Best For Iranians Bush Now Says US Won't Act Alone Against Iraq Click. In rare interview, Iraqi opposition leader rejects the "Afghan model" of intervention. Return of the 'military-industrial complex'? Staid Afghan City Tunes Into the World of Porn A suspected al Qaeda terrorist wanted in connection with the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole blew himself up with a grenade as Yemeni security forces closed in on him. Click. Afghan villagers killed and prisoners beaten in US military "mistake" Extreme Right Wing Austrian Leader and Saddam Hussein Militant Sect of Black Muslims Probed for Terrorist Ties California Raids Charter School with Ties to Terrorists CIA: EGYPT CONTINUES MISSILE PROJECTS WITH N. KOREA Want to be harassed? Call Miss Cleo now to make it come true Possum capital of the South Girl Scouts Survey Net Sex Rebels without a clue Click. US Vaunts Intellectual Piracy Rights |
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Feds vs. S.F. on pot Kidnap attempt inspires action by officials Options few in effort to aid renters Big salmon run in Marin Marc Klaas offers help to missing girl's family Napa Denny's accused in racial discrimination suit Inches away from death Newsom plan gets a razzing THE BUSH WORLD.... CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM BILL PASSES HOUSE IN EARLY MORNING VOTEASHCROFT WON'T ALLOW 9/11 LAW ENFORCEMENT TO CHECK GUN RECORDS Axis of stupidity. Click. Talkin' Turkey "Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". FBI Seeks 2 Men in Tanker Truck Incident Russian judges deal blow to spymasters Stiner, Clancy explain Special Ops in 'Shadow Warriors' More: Click. FBI: Fiery Death of 'Crooked' DMV Worker 'No Accident' Cameras to Monitor Wide Areas of DC The Pen is Mightier.... Bizzaro world. Life as a comic book. Click. Cheney May Bar Media on Mideast Trip Media Prods US to Open Up on War What's a Wireless Editor to Do? M-Business: M Is for Moribund Lou Dobbs' jousting. Click. Increasingly, the government is demanding that bookstores reveal what books their customers have purchased. Porn king blasts his S.F. critics |
How Wall Street marketed Enron's "partnerships" Click. Enron: A "partnerships" blueprint. Click. Immunity deal with an ex-Enron accountant who's described as a potential "ace in the hole"? Click. What the U.S. news media has missed about the Bush-Lay coziness. Click. Feds plan to probe Enron deals in West Bush and Andersen's Texas Two-Step Enron's Watkins Advised Lay on How to Blame Others Enron Whistleblower Watkins Testifies Ken Lay Sells Aspen Home for $10 Mil FERC chairman ordered to reveal Enron contacts Click. Lawmaker says Enron executive warned of 'outright manipulations' Lay gave list of favored names to White House for energy panel Executive offered advice to Lay on steps to save Enron Documents map details of creative accounting Two subsidiaries close to sale, may bring $3.4 billion Board told about deals, records indicate MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... Click. Critical Path CEO Pleads Guilty Business Is 'Awful' During Salt Lake Games 02/13/02 Levin seeks to end the double standard of stock options. Share market fall deepens Japan's banking crisis He Invented Links Microsoft Security Patch Said Ineffective Chip fuels tiny monitor resolution Comcast Will Stop Tracking Users ICANN Warns of Domain-Registration Back Doors Chips Could Revolutionize Digital Photography The Nanotube Computer |
![]() Witnesses say 'Family' used drugs, white guilt on recruits "Family" baby had abrasions, report says Incumbent D.A. stresses experience, challenger cites Pelfini case in debate Judge rules recent S.F. housing law invalid. Tenancies in common in conflict with state Petaluman faces pot charges after 2-nation bust Hague justice should not become a habit Judge Dubious About Link Patent Traficant Says He's a Victim as He Opens Own Defense Yale's Child-Porn Professor Gets 15 Years Neighborhood Law Corps Click. US Secret Service: Seizure of E-Evidence |
![]() Buildup of specific amino acid linked to Alzheimer's in study Fossil bolsters avian theory Oregano is good for more than spaghetti sauce Texas Scientists Clone Domestic Cat Study Shows Babies Do Have Minds of Their Own Reapplying Sunscreen Earlier Offers Best Protection NASA Ramping Up 'Cliff-Bots' to Explore Mars Global Warming Will Lengthen Day Keeping Alien Samples Safe for Study Major Company Targeted for GM Foods Gene Therapy Promising For Rheumatoid Arthritis New Mouse Model Enables Studies Of Heart, Brain And Spinal Cord Antidepressant Provides A Cool Choice For Hot Flashes Low-Nicotine Cigarettes Sandia Gun Residue Detection Technique Will Help Police ID Shooters Right At The Crime Scene |
Distant love Miss America denies reports of unhappiness Bound Manuscript Three magic little words Galway's Medieval Mermaids. Water Spirit Legends. Spark a Little Romance With Some Tea Revisiting the Dawn of Avant-Garde Films Strange cloud puzzles Mars scientists Word of the Day Click. |
February 12, 2002
![]() US Chooses Saddam's Successor US Says It's in a Fog of Confusion in Afghanistan Pentagon Blames CIA for Errant Missile Attack How US strategy in Tora Bora failed Terror suspect released on bail French Investigators Getting an Earful on Al Qaeda Russia: We did have prisoners of war. Click. India: Ayodhya campaign heightens the danger of communal conflict and war Savage girls and wild boys Davos Exposed! Pseudo campaign reform Synergizing MIT Professor Alleges Fraud in Missile Defense Research Click. Click. Russia's leader: Smart, modest and an enigma. The Pen is Mightier.... Anarchists and oddballs US Troops Threaten to Shoot Wash. Post Reporter E-mail Transformed Personal Communication After September 11th Attacks Click. A Kidnapping in Pakistan War Against Journalists! Click. Flynt’s hustle: Pseudo kiddie porn ad raises San Francisco's ire. |
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Five arraigned in death of baby Leader of the Hunt Democrats' focus shifts to practical business matters Notices to vacate stun area renters Rush is on to make state tax law conform Historic span will get retrofit Citizen groups to patrol Russian River High-tech tracking of homeless. San Jose-born militant sentenced to be hanged Danville man writes of prison A tale of my life 50 years ago in Napa The City’s welfare is best of the Bay THE BUSH WORLD.... '80s flashback: Deficits are OK "The Company Presidency," Gigantisme Militaire Report: Clinton Diverted Billions from Pentagon to UN Peacekeeping Donald Rumsfeld: Matinee Idol or Prevaricator-in-Chief? Viewing Oil as a Bonding Agent "Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". Kissinger: Bush Sr. considered too weak for China mission. CIA, Military Lines Blur in War on Afghanistan How Briton Hid Deadly Boot Bomb on Jet Click. |
The Enron Black Magic - Part Five Senators Chastise Ex-Enron Chief Boxer blames Enron for high energy pacts. Senator demands regulators reduce inflated contracts Defense Department Included In Effort to Save Enron Data Enron and the Gramms of Texas Details of Jeb Bush's relationship with Enron Click. Enron Executives: Every Man For Himself Click. Former traders for Enron start work under UBS Law firm's Enron work comes under scrutiny Andersen is Auditor for Federal Thrift Savings Plan MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... SEC widens net in telecoms accounting probe The mutual fund from hell Businesses should play the name game Sell offs of Biotech Stock Ahead of Fed News Sparks Furor Internet mosaic continues to grow Languages in the palm of your hand Louisiana government accuses Paypal of running unauthorized bank |
![]() 2001 Laws Cost Taxpayers $733 Billion Evidence 'bogus,' say lawyers for ex-SLA members What's a nice girl doing vetting jurors in a case like this? Probe sought in county sex case How to Fake a Passport Click. Why This Link Patent Case Is Weak Cybercrime Bill Ups the Ante Congress weighs life imprisonment for some computer intrusions Attorneys In SLA Case Reveal Strategy Defense Lawyers Say Hearst Will Be Challenged at Trial |
![]() Freak storm decimates butterfly population Differences found in autistic brains The cause of bad moods Under fours suffer depression Bioengineered Skin: Alternative to Animal Testing Dust from 9/11 WTC collapse analyzed by Livermore scientists Study Links Chiropractic Neck Treatment to Stroke Night Eating Syndrome Due to Stress, Not Hunger Piglets Cloned From Ear Cells of Prized Boars. |
Better than a saint How to survive a cougar attack Rift Between Vatican, Orthodox Irish step dancer owes livelihood to `Riverdance' Documentary photographers find intimate moments of truth Athena and Me Hummingbirds. Reading on the Net With Boys Word of the Day Click. |
February 11, 2002
![]() Bush Team Agrees to Target Saddam Putin Warns U.S.: Don't Attack Iraq Iran Commander Threatens US with Attack on Gulf Oil Fields Iran's Khatami Warns Against 'Unfathomable' War FARC triggers concern in U.S. Islamist hide-outs in Virginia Pakistan, Afghanistan Agree on Major Pipeline Deal An Empire Preparing for War Idea of bridge tolls for walkers horrifies some Invade Iraq and Iran Raytheon hopes to show off gun system at U.S. sites Iran May Have Nukes Soon On battle alert: Tense Wall Street Journal waits for Perl. Click. Jacobses could become first family in world to be implanted with microchips that contain personal info UN dumps Pol Pot trials "American Porn" Alternative routes to globalization Hobnobbing with the elite Free Money Canada's Prime Minster accuses opposition of assisting terrorists Argentina overhauls political system The day that rocked US-Saudi alliance Within four decades, one in 20 Americans may be a Mormon UN Protects Balkan Sex Industry A Resolute Law Repeats He Won't Go |
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Santa Rosa Jr. College at a crossroads Of Pasties And Pews No news is good news for Fermilab researchers Students struggle with new standards GOP core still sees Riordan as a traitor Gadfly group spurs affordable housing If bonds pass, Santa Rosa may have to accommodate charter schools Vote Flawed But Legal Tot Death Shakes Marin Land Trust preserving Napa's open space THE BUSH WORLD.... Bush incensed, then soothed, the Saudis Bellicose Bush pushing his luck with coalition Why Bush Won't Let Go Bush, Oil and Taliban: Bernard & Dasquie interview Bush Team Targets Hillary in Expanded Scandal Probe Katherine Harris is Getting Sued by Her Kinfolk! "Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". Tech salesman foils espionage plan Simple error means big change Israeli Intelligence Misled Bush On Iran Intelligence suggests Osama is alive, say US senators Click. Witness Statements on 911 Failure Inquiry |
Enron chief may face perjury charge Enron lobbyist plotted strategy against Democrats Skilling's combative lobbying style Enron's law firm may face own lawsuits Government seeks removal of Enron executives from retirement plan Click. Markets lost faith in Enron before politicians did. Executives Beyond Enron Took Months to Report Insider Sales Enron Agrees to Let U.S. Take Over Pension Fund After Millions Are Lost MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... Qwest receives SEC subpoena on Global Crossing documents Japan the Asian Argentina? Click. Illegals Stuffing US Banks With Cash How to Get the Truth About Earnings Tech trainees remain upbeat Google to Offer New Search Product for Companies Dell service complaints appear to be on the rise Women help drive car design Wi-Fi is the guerrilla revolution Snoop Software Shreds Reality |
![]() Crank Out The Cyber Defenders Death Penalty Reversals Studied Fugitive Broker Surrenders To FBI Agents in Cleveland Human Resources: More disclosure of background checks required Church beliefs at issue in case Canadian Farm Searched for Bodies of 50 Prostitutes DAs Name 49 More Sex Abuse Priests in Boston Diocese BIOWARFARE WATCH.... Dengue fever threatens carnival Empty Medicine Cabinets The bio-terror time bomb Research into Agent Orange Origins of Spanish Flu Disputed 'Lethal Anthrax' Report Kept from CDC |
![]() Adult Stem Cells From Knee Fat Turned Into Cartilage, Bone, Fat Cells More: Click. Next-Generation Biomaterials To Help Body Heal Itself New microchips run small biolabs Depression 'lowers disease immunity' Click. A space probe launched 30 years ago has come under the influence of a force that has baffled scientists and could rewrite the laws of physics. Shocking strokes
Tonic boost from ants Stem cells therapy 'may grow tissue' Inventor creates translating glove for deaf Healing heat Oceans of Hope Europe blasted by UV rays Cockroaches in Coke Is Secret Potion for Star Athlete Heart Attacks: Recognizing and Treating Them Jurassic Age Dinosaur Vomit |
'Skittles' the Cat Finds Way Home in 350-Mile Odyssey Oldest living surrealist tells all Skeleton on ice The hidden side of Monticello Family affair Our intrepid reporter tries speed dating, meets men in seven minutes flat
The Pen is Mightier.... Networks sue over new video recorder National Review's military socialism. Click. What's New On the Tube in 2002? Newspapers filter out "bad words" from email to their reporters |
February 8, 2002
![]() Iran Arrests Taliban Infiltrators Mind games: Captors, detainees at Guantanamo psych each other out Guantanamo Inmates Are POWs Despite Bush View -ICRC NASA Budget Promotes Space Nukes Propaganda War in Philippines Bush's Comments Bolster Old Guard in Tehran Click. Ridge: Gov't might need reorganizing Sophisticated Design Indicates Shoe-Bomb Suspect Didn't Act Alone High Islamic Council in Saudi Arabia issued a "fatwa," or edict, that decreed women should join men as suicide martyrs for Islam. Click. Delta jet searched after 'security incident' in Atlanta The British Are Coming! The Romeo File Experts Veto Internet Elections 6 more priests removed on allegations of abuse Microsoft settlement may be `refined' Mitnick to Plead for Ham License Have Cell Phone, Will Shoot Big China Sites at Crossroads Google Offers Cash to Creative Coders Corvette Floats on Air Deaf go mobile phone crazy |
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Point Reyes land bought Bridge panel open to toll above $5 Food stamp hurdles. For many, the hassle outweighs the benefits Bomb hoax at S.F. federal court building 'Survival sex' a risky reality for poor Protester tells us what drives the anti-corporate fracas THE BUSH WORLD.... Bush, China and religion Click. Cheney: asset to albatross. "Reasons why Mr. Bush may prefer to whip up irrational war hysteria" Click. Bush Admin. Wants 'Charter Forests' "Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". CIA's Venture Capital Unit Grows After 9/11 CIA: Government Inside A Government Click. 9/11 cover-up? Spy trial for later this year Watching your every move Russia Rips CIA Report on Technology Face Facts: Biometrics Is Future Of Security Iran rejects Britain's ambassador as Jew, spy BIOWARFARE WATCH.... Bigger than bioterror. Click. |
Skilling's high-stakes strategy Ex-Enron Employees Spawn Online Community "Unusually bitter and personal" Former CEO Skilling's Testimony Elicits Disdain, Derision in Houston Click. Enron Workers Say They Faked Trading to Impress Analysts Click. Why so many people want Andersen shut down Click. Enron Execs Touted Their Ethics on an Educational CD Click. Auditor independence and the fed: a problem? ENRON: WHAT DID CITIGROUP KNOW, AND WHEN DID THEY KNOW IT? Former Enron boss blames panicking investors Chao Pledges Labor's Help in Effort Save Enron Pensions Lay's lawyer makes living getting clients out of jams Empire strikes back over use of 'Star Wars' names MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... Bio-Rad stock up 6% on record sales increase of 42% HP courts institutional investors The Kyl Amendment to Lock in Permanent Repeal of The Estate Tax FBI, SEC Investigate Global Crossing |
![]() Three strikes law takes a hit Law powered by Polly case Defense attorney: Russell taped sex A trail of suspicion in elder abuse case HP faces age-bias suit that's all relative B.C. farm searched in missing-women case Former LAPD officer tells court about false police report Wife sought as dead lawyer ID'd Out of harm's way: Can mothers who have abused children be rehabilitated? Linking Patent Goes to Court Scientist Ends Copyright Law Crusade Lawyers in rape trial argue over telling jury of earlier sex attacks |
![]() Beam Me Up Scotty: Teleportation Becomes A Real Possibility Secret to body's 24-hour time clock is in the eye Ovarian cancer blood test promising Study shows atom bomb tests caused genetic anomalies. Soviet radiation results surprise U.S. scientists Supercomputer Opens Up Physics Database Fat? Pop a Pill Robot wars for real Video pill makes 'fantastic voyage' inside body Scientists Say Cough Syrup May Be Waste of Money Women Should Avoid Third-Generation Pill Clues to Why Breast Cancer More Fatal in Blacks Hot flash: Hormone therapy doesn't work as claimed "Bionic" Replacement Parts Becoming More Human |
Get thee to a nunnery A wild time at Oakland Zoo Image of Stone Age death The Pen is Mightier.... Man Detained in Reporter Kidnap Case The prison diary Michael Moore on his book almost not getting published Click. Bush-Speak - From Churchill To Goldilocks Internet Book Promotions |
February 7, 2002
![]() US: Iraq Needs 'Regime Change' Powell Rejects Iraq Talks Sharon and Bush to Meet on Moves Against Iraq Will Russia Accept Force Against Iraq? Russian Military Intelligence: The War on Iraq Will Be Launched in September Military exercises to test the “Iraqi scenario” have recently been carried out in Israel by Israeli and US forces. Click. Beware unilateral war without end. Click. China Wants 'New World Order' Warlord Gets Money, Arms From Iran, Afghan Aides Say Sharon Meets With Bush on Mideast Talib's Anti-American E-Mails France Upbraids U.S. as 'Simplistic' Where antiterror doctrine leads - preemptive strikes Senate Extends Jobless Benefits Did Werner Heisenberg try to scuttle the Nazi bomb project, as he later claimed? Click.. More: Click.. Nazi Documents Stun Scientist Bohr New World Order in Canada via Vaccination program? Click. China buys U.S. satellite data to target Taiwan
Web service economy 100 People Who Changed Our World Google Down on Pop-Up Sneaks Q&A: Steve Ballmer -- Trust Us 'Unrippable' CD? Impossible, Experts Say The Illustrated Guide To Breaking Your Computer |
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Pelosi rock 'n' rolls into new job. S.F. Democrat sworn in as first female whip Streamline school agencies, Jones says Mendocino man king of the vines Panel approves Rohnert Park annexation plans State OKs Cesar Chavez lessons Ex-cop accused of raping prostitutes out on bail. THE BUSH WORLD.... Republican loyalists in Washington stood by their party for eight long years, expecting a chance to play on George Bush's team. It seems no one told them the president hates pros. Click. Bush is proposing to spend more on defense than the next 25 countries combined Click. Bush's executive-privilege two-step Cheney will come out of hiding to visit nine Middle East nations Bush Plans Early Warning System for Terror LAY'S TIES TO BUSH GO BACK YEARS Burton renewing efforts to get documents in Boston mob informant case "Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". DARPA funds open-source bug hunt Click. India Pakistan war risk highest since 1971: CIA 'See No Evil': A Former C.I.A. Cowboy and His Disillusioning Ride CIA Chief Identifies Enemies Galore Why Germans Can't Spy |
Low-Profile Partnership Head Stayed on Job Until Judge's Order 'Low-Profile Guy' Was Wizard Behind Enron's Complex Books CEO Pushed Hard for Transformation of Firm Arthur Andersen and the Baptists Execs risk fines, jail in failing to appear at state Senate Enron lawyer questioned off-the-book deals Enron's use of partnerships made some executives very rich Enron's In-House Collapse Click. Enron executives enter hot seat as sham transactions alleged Deal paid off for Fastow proxy Lays selling houses, land worth millions Letter links Lay to federal energy regulator Andersen given 20 days to send data to creditors Playing the Enron Blame Game MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... Hawala, Click. The 750 Million Dollar Man Investigators probe $750m AIB forex fraud Exchange dealers baffled by how it was done Lawmaker warns SEC to lay off financial portals |
![]() Incarceration Policies Eased, Sun Microsystems preparing to sue Microsoft Lindh's Lawyers: They Threatened Him With Death Milosevic Will Try to Call Clinton, Blair to Testify Jury prospects for mauling trial tell stories of dogs and bites El Dorado water agency faces state criminal counts Ex-Santa Rosa officer cleared in 1996 killing Missing baby found safe at grandfather's -- 4 arrested What Marin man said could be key at his trial. Defense seeks to keep comments from jury 'Riders' trial slated to start April 29 in Oakland Accused arsonist goes on trial in Napa court Hundreds of molestation charges filed against Napan Playmate Checkmates Hef's Mag The price of milk (and sex) in Cuba Outlaw mom |
![]() Science 'giant' Perutz dies Healthy sex drive HIV-AIDS spreads along Asia's drug routes Scientists take money for papers ghostwritten by drug companies Breakthroughs in effort to map body's proteins Men Overestimate Women's Sexual Interest: Study Lifestyle Changes Reduce Diabetes Incidence Group names bioengineered Kraft foods Physics Simulations Create Convincing Illusions in Films and Games Click. Deep brain stimulation to stop shaking: Steady progress Osteoporosis: Part II GM Superweeds 'Not Uncommon'
First Genetic Evidence Uncovered Of How Major Changes In Body Shapes Occurred During Early Animal Evolution Potential Allergy Vaccine Boosts Hope For Sufferers Stem Cell Study Provides New Clues To Origin Of Down Syndrome Scopolamine Should Be Tested As New Nerve Agent Treatment Time Machine may change the way we view TV Hantavirus detected in Redlands |
Woman asserts right to wear her cross Gay priest no longer a Father Contraception service for Catholics Laughing Indian guru The Complete Petra Quetzalcoatl The Shapwick Project. The Pen is Mightier.... Mormons take media beating The Father of Spin: Edward L. Bernays and The Birth of PR Click. Apocalyptic Christian Sci-Fi Is a Smash Hit Reporter off radio after Taliban story Click. BIOWARFARE WATCH.... Bush requests BBC smallpox drama. Drug-Resistant Bacteria in Pigs Spread to People Word of the Day Click. |
February 6, 2002
![]() Iran Asks US to Help Catch Al-Qaeda Rumsfeld: 'No Question' Al-Qaeda in Iran Teheran's tentacles of terror Click. Bush sides with the Iranian people, and they back him. US Defiant Over Growing Split With Europe Bin Laden in Chechnya? US Official: Attack on Iraq 'Unavoidable' US Will Dictate Canada's Military Roles Suspected Bin Laden Operative Put on Trial Russian deserters massacre seven Raytheon hopes to show off gun system to protect domestic infrastructure sites Power, counter-power, Part 2: The fractal war Click. Pros and cons of being a surfer in military Israel says U.S. will attack Iraq in May. Click. Libya Revives Missile Program After Lifting of UN Sanctions China: The new and 'pushy' boy on the block Click. Moscow revitalizes its old priorities in Asia Click. Nuclear experts on risky Georgian mission Click. Battling Hopeless Diamond Trade Terrorism Electronic ID System Scheduled To Begin On Some Bases Feinstein offers measure to OK curative cloning. Senate committee debates use of fetal stem cells for research Something rotten in Nepal Thai families partners in child sex trade. Border area's products are drugs and daughters |
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Click. In the East Bay, a year of full-time child care for a toddler costs about twice as much as the annual tuition at UC Berkeley. Shelters for women to get funds Elk Grove's new school of thought Sea bass whisked off menus 8 Novato parents sue schools re: show's references to gays $5 Golden Gate Bridge toll proposed Judge allows special Bahia fee assessment W. Marin writers to lose their cabins Burton political machine throttles up. S.F. election pits connected insider against newcomer CHP officers to fly as sky marshals. FAA has approved Davis security plan Drug costs leap for mentally ill jail inmates Oakland: Police warn prostitutes after serial car rapes Bold jewel heist THE BUSH WORLD.... Bush team stumps for deficit spending. Economy can handle red ink, Bush team argues Daschle derails stimulus package Billions for war and repression: Bush budget for a garrison state Bush's proposed budget boosts electronic surveillance, wiretapping Clinton Apologist Ann Lewis Named to Top Democratic Party Post California Supremes Consider County Bans on Gun Shows "Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". CIA: No Iraqi Terrorism Against US FEMA: 400,000 Volunteers Needed CIA's Tenet warns of more planned al Qaeda attacks Craving those ID chips now FBI Appoints Training Director, Highest-Ranking Black Woman FBI Eyes Virginia Link to Militant Muslim Sect Click. Europol Monkey-Boys FBI |
Congress Told Enron Cover-Up 'Pervasive' Delay is the name of the Enron game. Click. Ken Lay's un-American activities Enron board actions were ‘appalling’ Click. Enron Europe debt pile to total ‘billions of dollars’ America determined to cauterize the Enron bug Click. Click. Former Enron adviser Paul Krugman's latest dishonest accounting. The Betty Crocker of Cooked Books. Click. Report: Execs sold off stock knowing of loss concerns Former chairman of Enron to face lawmakers next week Andersen leader testifies before House committee Enron's broadband unit owes back taxes MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... Rogue trader missing after $750m fraud HP, Compaq set shareholder votes Protection Money Sweden's Ericsson posts historic losses Click. Freezing Records of Enroning US Indians Irish Bank Defrauded of $750 Million
Click. Computers hinder paper shredders. DotNow? DotNever--part deux Click. Microsoft launches MSN mobile portals Digging Deep Into Compression Computer Crash Strikes Space Station |
![]() Federal Report On FBI OKC Foul-up Could Be Released In March Castro Faces International Criminal Charges Boy who burned dog must enter foster care The roving rape and kill couple: Pair studied killing, lawyer says. More: Click. Civil jury weighs fatal shooting by Santa Rosa officer Seattle: Who runs police? A lot of people Charges mount for Marin Taliban. At bail hearing, lawyers to argue he was mistreated After lifetime in law, Judge Orrick rests his case. He sentenced Hearst to 7 years in prison There is no new baby, cult mother tells court Click. Jurors weeded out in mauling case. One didn't want to see gore Protecting People Above Patents Man Gets 19-Years for Prez Threats Religious Sect Parents Jailed Over 'Missing Baby' Man, 26, charged in Oakland-Reno pimping racket |
![]() Group Pushes Earth-Mars Transit System Horse gives birth to donkey to save a species Click. Mental patients in some of the world's most remote areas have been successfully treated using telemedicine. Measles study raises bowel disease link Electronic module to predict class of cancer Satellite in orbit to study solar flares. UC team rejoices after overcoming communication glitch Selling the Moon Results of NASA Mission Survey Asteroid gives the Earth a close shave Hormone Therapy Can Lower Energy Levels, Study Says Novel Vaccine Combats Cancer New Study Links Homophobia with Homosexual Arousal Nuclear Powered Spacecraft Get a Boost BIOWARFARE WATCH..... First Suspected Case of Human Form of Mad Cow Disease High-stakes food fight goes national |
Sesame Street tries to ease kids' fears Dating an undertaker `Outrageous science'. UC Berkeley's highly praised anthropology department turns 100 Spanish occupation told with no glitz Sculptures of the goddess Athena The Way 'Rollerball' Bounces 100 Views of the Moon. Woman briefly at helm of Kuwaiti parliament. Gloucester Cathedral. The Pen is Mightier.... UK militant linked to reporter's kidnap Pearl case: Jaish leader key suspect Did 9/11 cause a downturn in IQ levels, as well as the stock market – or is it something in the water? Click. Andrea Barrett: The Science of Stories The top video of 9/11 attack. Click. Word of the Day Click. |
February 5, 2002
![]() Bush plan may expand US involvement in Colombia Tehran challenges US over axis of evil Old Enforcers Limit New Freedoms Woman bomber didn't mean to kill herself Click. Allied Jets Bomb Iraqi Air Defenses South Korean foreign minister dismissed Canada accused of failing to care for troubled troops Trillions Lost To US 'Ghost Army' Afghan War Costs $1.8 Billion A Month New US Military Bases: Side Effects or Causes of War? Brits Seek Use Of Chinese Bases Is bin Laden targeting Olympic Games? The Few, the Proud, the Well-Dressed The wild card in Sudan's civil war is a "lake of oil" that happens to ooze just beneath the surface of some of the most contested real estate on Earth. Click. Ethics: Can the Senate Police Its Own? Exiled Royal Makes Bid for Return to Italy Norton calls fear of terror threat to liberty Argentine Leader Moves Against Court and Banks Russia Preparing To Supplant Saudi Arabia As The Main Supplier Of Oil To The U.S. EBay CEO donates $30 million to Princeton
Hillary Joins in US Bashing at World Economic Forum Teacher Accused of Murder Allowed in Class for Two Years |
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Workers' comp bill headed to Davis San Rafael adopts bicycle master plan Illness may force Sonoma County Supervisor Cale to resign Speier's shakedown Sam Deitch -- North Beach personality School illegally rented city space, say officials THE BUSH WORLD.... Judge Rejects Bush Pick For Civil Rights Agency Bush Unveils Management Scorecards Bush's New Stridency Bush budget to cut state's highway funds Bush Eyeballs Heavy Tech Spending Bush boys' old dealings. Click. Bush Shell Game. Click. "Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". CIA Gets Big Boost in Bush Budget Who Is Osama bin Laden, and Does He Have Anything to Do With the Sept. 11 Attack? Old Tin Eye got what he wanted without mistreating prisoners Top-Secret Russian Equipment Swiped Spyplane Could Hunt for Terrorists THE BRIEFCASE OF THE MURDERED SCIENTIST CONTAINED UNIQUE, TERRORIST-SEARCHING METHODS Click. |
What happened to the Linda and Ken Lay Family Foundation's $48 million in Enron Stock? Click. Odds workers will receive Enron payoff: 'Slim' 401(k) holders are the last to recover losses under bankruptcy law Panel Gives 'Road Map' For Enron Indictments Raptor accounts brought Enron dinosaur down Critics: Probe 'pretty soft' on Enron board Identifying the limited partners in the Enron scam Click. Insiders reaped pots of gold from development Dynegy charges Enron has only itself to blame Enron workers' benefits reportedly raided MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... Equitable Life members take £1.9bn and run Japan's Death Spiral? Tax Doctors Making Hay On The Nasdaq
Spotlight on Speed: Microprocessors Keep Surpassing Threshold Who'll Pay, Pal, for This IPO? Inside Intel's Monster Chip Getting a Piece of the Anti-Terrorism Action Econ Forum Site Goes Down Click. FCC to Hear Kevin Mitnick on Radio License Interview with the new CEO of Google Click. 'Dangerous' hole discovered in Morpheus |
![]() Questions remain about Columbine school massacre Click. ABA Proposes Courts-Martial Legal Rights for Terror Suspects Rape is on videotape, Alameda cops say. Raiders player, others face 25 charges each Click. A Marin woman who said she was forced to go on welfare after an insurance company cut off her disability benefits was awarded $7.6 million in damages and fees by a federal jury yesterday. Yosemite killings trial to proceed Quackenbush and deputy won't be charged, sources say Renters' revenge Judge rejects bestiality references. Prosecution gets OK to mention prison gang ties in dog-maul case Defending the indefensible: more US lies on Afghan prisoners and Geneva Convention Alleged spammer claims California anti-spam law is unconstitutional BIOWARFARE WATCH..... West Nile Virus Heading Toward Texas |
![]() Smiling to the Beat of a Normal Life Review finds flaws in federal biological opinions New studies are providing some hope, but great challenges lie ahead in finding cure for muscular dystrophy RU-486 is tested as birth control Gray wolves heading to California. Defenders seek protections as ranchers howl Solar flares focus of satellite set to orbit. Berkeley scientists designed spacecraft The End of Cancer? Study Links 'Western' Diet with Adult Diabetes Report Says Gene-Modified Crops Could Create Superweed Are There Other Universes? Johns Hopkins Scientists Find Brain's Nose Plug A Key "Brake" Of The Immune Response Propellant-Free Space Propulsion Technology Cave Men Diets Offer Insights To Today's Health Problems, Study Shows A Peptide Whose Absence Leads To Narcolepsy Also Might Play Role In Pain Sensation |
Occultic and Masonic Influence in Early Mormonism Click. The man who found a formula for Hollywood success 'Machismo isn't that easy to wear' Lost boys and One for the lads Click. Carson McCullers' dinner party for Marilyn Monroe and the writer desperate to meet her. Final touches on 'Peanuts' mural Cryptic fliers perplex cat fans In Peru Highlands, Temple Remains Offer Window on Pre-Inca Civilization The Pen is Mightier.... Network President Plans to Restore ABC's Happier Days Click. E-Mail That Lures Book Readers Madonna Called 'Role Model for Women' Michael Ovitz Asserts Contrition As Hollywood Gasps and Slavers Click Word of the Day Click. |
February 4, 2002
February 2, 2002
![]() U.S. focuses attention on rural Muslim group FBI seeks origin of al-Qaida computer We must 'go after poverty' to stop terror, Powell says ANTI-TERRORISM TRAINING DAY Kandahar: Snakes, sand, scorpions, snipers - and stench Napoleon at the Gates of Ramallah: Ariel Sharon's Mistake Bay Area native fights terror in Central Asia Potomac Watch: Fund for terror victims sparks fight over gay rights Foundation seeking trademark for phrase. Beamer Foundation seeks to trademark Sept. 11 rallying cry Voting Rights in Peril Click. Anti-European agenda of the Freedom Party provokes government crisis in Austria Only a few friends say final farewell to slain prostitute Church To Keep Low Profile During Olympics The Most Advanced City in France Hackers kill British Web firm The financial and social costs of protecting digital information are growing Click. |
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Earth to United Airlines... SFO No! Kilo of cocaine, cash found in Novato bust Business: Marin man guilty; clients bilked out of $500,000 Commuters testing card good for all public transit SFO screener admits his part in airport security fiasco 'Godfather' convicted in gang attack Vote early by touch-screen at your local city hall GAO v. Cheney Is Big-Time Stalling by John Dean Click. Long delays in access to Bush's gubernatorial papers Click. George, Jeb, those Bush kids and the anti-Reno crowd Hillary's 'Iowa' Cash Bash Stirring Up Prez Buzz USA Freedom Corps Blasted by Libertarians, Taxpayer Group "Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". U.S. intelligence agencies to increase their monitoring of Iran, Iraq and North Korea. Click. CIA Outlines North Korean Weapons Plan |
Accounting group drops resistance to SEC limits Cheney denies seeing memo Enron debacle spurs debate over 401(k) suspension periods Gov. Davis met with Enron leader, but ignored his advice Click. Houston, We Have a Problem Click. Enron allegations too vague for his staff to probe, DA says Lay's son, sister profited from dealings with Enron Congressmen cry foul in Enron's self-investigation MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... Disgruntled HUD official shunted to L.A. Move follows memo on ex-S.F. housing chief case The Chinese banker who had it all World Bank Insider Speaks Out The Pen is Mightier.... A row has broken out between the American network CNN and the Arabic satellite channel Al-Jazeera over the broadcasting of an interview with Osama bin Laden. Click. Will Fox Spin A ‘Foxy’ Van Susteren? |
![]() Sacramento FBI office loses another chief Blood clot class action hits Qantas Bail $1 million for ex-SLA pair Emotions grip courtroom Daughter of Slain Virginia Biophysicist Arrested Judge bars Seattle man from publishing retelling of Tolkien epic Family law court judge honored in S.F US Attorney Says No to Columbine Grand Jury |
![]() Meteor Sounds Captured on Tape Electrodes Help Partly Paralyzed Man Walk Study: Calcium May Help Determine Risk of Stroke BIOWARFARE WATCH Albright Criticizes Bush Foreign Policy Israel's military has concluded a huge simulation exercise to test its response to an Iraqi missile attack that delivered nonconventional weapons to the Jewish state. The exercise, held over two days last week, was based on a scenario that Iraq fired missiles tipped with warheads that contained anthrax. The scenario envisaged up to 15,000 people affected by a single missile salvo. Click. |
Eva Hesse's enduring art Two orcas like peas without pods The Sea In Winter A voice to take your breath away. Men Paying on Dates: Women Love It Sex Clubs of Enlightenment Scotland and Their Rituals Click. Word of the Day Click. |
February 1, 2002
![]() Don't make empty threats against Iraq The Gun Is on the Table, and Iraqis Await Their Liberators FBI Says Malaysia Was Site of Sept. 11 Planning U.N. Seeks Nuclear Devices in Georgia Communist rebels may have fired DoD cannot account for $2.3 trillion Click. Click. Never mind Osama, Let's conquer the world instead. Report: Saudis financed escape of 4,000 Al Qaida to fight Israel Intricate Screening of Fliers in Works Arthur Anderson oversaw Pooh case at Disney as shredding went on Murder Throws Spotlight on Rise in Satanism Brazil's Anti-Global Gadfly Click. Are compact discs going to be replaced? Russian hacker breaks into US bank database. Click. Judge drops Napster bombshell. Click. FreedomCAR: Will It Drive? |
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Speakers recount Marin family court troubles Anatomy of an airport security breakdown SFO security firm accused of trying to hide mistake Andal demands UC fire outside lawyers 1 shot in 'food rage' fracas New Director for Faith-Based Office Europe reacts nervously to Bush's State of the Union speech Drapes of Wrath Click. Bush Excuses Groom Lake Filth Analysis of Bush's use of political code-words Click. Kidnappers Threaten 'Real War' on US... Cheney Made Millions Off Oil Deals with Hussein Media Mergers: Who Should Rule? "Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play". Click. CIA Report on Weapons of Mass Destruction Technologies Full text |
Lay hasn't sought immunity. Click. Bush made Lay's man regulator chief Wakeham quits in Enron scandal Buying In Regulators to probe Enron's role in Calif. energy crisis Lay gave list of favored names Lawmakers out to lift 'shroud of secrecy' at Lay hearings Enron exec concedes he gave poor advice Probe likely to blame former execs Senate panel seeks data on aid for Enron Motions filed for former Enron workers Did Enron Jack Up Energy Futures? Click. MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... Canada's 'Loonie' Heading South Regulators move to speed US accounting overhaul CSFB and Deutsche show debt damage The Pen is Mightier....
Journalist's kidnapping a puzzling power play Radio steams ahead as TV falters |
![]() Lockerbie appeal told of possible Heathrow link Babies stolen for sale on Chinese black market Just days before his criminal trial is set to begin, Ohio Rep. James Traficant (D) has been handed what legal experts called "a ticking time bomb" Click. Undercover FBI investigation nets hundreds of fake badges online Click. How sex criminals get punished twice. Dog mauling defendant loses bid to oust counsel |
![]() Unfertilized monkey eggs give stem cells Scientists close in on wonder drug Spinal implants give hope to disabled Sperm-less embryo produces stem cells Hollywood's Hot Diets Reaching For Pluto - A Rendezvous Between Planetary Science and Politics Smart bandage’ detects germs BIOWARFARE WATCH Mysterious 'Alien' Corn Invades Mexico Countryside |
Saint receives a rockstar's welcome If the Kilt Fits, Wear It Six Degrees of Separation Word of the Day Click. |