WAR IRAQ
On the ground:
Al-Sadr to enter politics, aides say. Cleric reportedly tells his men to quit attacking GIs +
French captives plead for lives. Journalists urge Chirac to drop ban on Muslim scarves +
Captors' Focus on Islamic Head Scarf Ban in France Prompts Harsh Criticism in
Arab World +
12 Nepalese hostages 'executed' +
Cleric calls for release of journalists +
Days of plunder +
Najaf's negatives +
Orders of battle
AFGHANISTAN:
Security in Kabul tightened after powerful car bombing. Death toll reaches 7 in
blast outside American guard company +U.S. Warplanes Bomb Militants Near Afghan Village, Killing More Than a Dozen
People, Wrecking Relief Workers' Camp
IRAN:
The Iranian bomb
MIDDLE EAST:
Twin
bus bombs rock Israeli city +
In
pictures: Beersheba blasts
U.S. Criticizes Syria's Attempt to Keep President in Office, Sends Senior Envoy
to Damascus
AFRICA:
IAEA Questions Libya's Nuclear Program
Sudan's key ties at the UN +
Darfur: Corpse that points the finger of guilt
ASIA PACIFIC:
Pakistani workers trapped in cycle of debt.
Indonesian Military Applauds Human Rights Acquittals (WaPo)
EUROPE:
Divided France Unites Over Hostages
New Chechen Leader Says He Will 'Eradicate' Rebels
Georgia, the unlikely war state
War prisons:
Soldier
was a pawn, her lawyers say. Military policewoman is 1 of 7 charged with abusing
prisoners at Abu Ghraib +
Witness: Marine beat Iraqi prisoners to show he was in charge +
Lynndie England 'had fun' at Abu Ghraib +
Generals May Pay a Price for Iraq Abuse
INTELLIGENCE
AGENTS AT WORK AND AT PLAY....
Moscow
station hit by car blast
Spy in Pentagon:
FBI Interviews Senior Defense Officials in Probe of Analyst (WaPo) +
F.B.I. Is Said to Brief Pentagon Bosses on Spy Case; Charges Are Possible (NYT) +
FBI Questions Israeli Lobbyists in Spying Probe (LAT Reg) +
Pentagon briefed on probe +
A molehill without a mole +
The scoops that followed `Scoop' +
New spy scandal comes as major blow to Israel, AIPAC +
Did CBS Smear Israel and AIPAC? +
Dreyfus: Next of spies +
Xymphora opines +
FBI briefs Wolfowitz on Israeli spy claim
Iran:
Iran Says It Has Arrested Several Nuclear Spies (WaPo) +
Iran arrests dozens 'for spying'
Iraqi sleeper:
Iraqi Charged With Lying on Petition For U.S. Citizenship (WaPo) +
Suburban man called Iraqi spy +
Des Plaines man arrested as 'sleeper' spy for Iraq
Anderson betrayal:
Guardsman Anderson accused of "betrayal" as court martial begins +
Military trial begins for guardsman accused of trying to aid terrorists +
Soldier's mental health disputed +
Court-Martial Opens in al-Qaida Aid Case +
U.S. says man was Iraqi spy (CT Reg)+
Man Accused of Lying on Citizenship Papers
Russian plane crashes:
Terrorists find a crack in the shield +
Twin-crash probe focuses on women
Equatorial Guinea:
Mummy's boys and mercenaries +
Africa: Adventure playground +
Du
Toit may be pardoned in return for 'co-operation' +
Equatorial Guinea Suspends Coup Trial, Seeking Information on Mark Thatcher
Famous Soviet Spy Philby Knew Nothing About Stalin’s Repressions
The Milosevic
trial is doing its job
Talks Continue in Hamdi Case (WaPo)
Air marshals' fitness reviewed
HOW
LOW
THE
LAW
GOES....
Utah Judge Finds Man Charged in Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping Competent to Stand Trial
Doctors challenge federal English-translation mandate
Jury selection in Bryant case resumes behind closed doors+
Jury tryouts in Kobe case tip off in court
UK:
Lawyers face curbs over 'profits before ethics' CALIFORNIA BREAKING LAW NEWS....
Santa Clara County: New
chief of probation named, Sheila E. Mitchell (SJM Reg)
Richmond leaders
urge community to refrain from retaliation re: murder of football star (CCT Reg)
Man's 'I forgot' defense for failure to register as sex offender doesn't hold up in court (CCT Reg) +
Forgetting is ruled no excuse. Sex offenders who blank out face '3-strikes'
Church officials were warned about San Jose priest (SJM Reg) +
Priest abuse cases examine hierarchy (SJM Reg)
Belmont: Plea
deal of 8 years for dealer in teen's `ecstasy' overdose
Sacramento: Shifting persona of John Lone Eagle adds mystery to a murder
Cruz kidnap suspect, San Jose: `I was scared'
Sacramento: Pimping
suspect preyed on teen, trial told
Bank
robbers: One
farewell kiss, then they're off to jail
Fresno legal aide services faces changes in light of federal audit
Well-dressed man robs Larkspur bank
Oakland: 15-year-old
charged in baby's death
Alameda: Cops
hold man in college aide's slaying
Alameda biotech plans delayed
Manteca police arrest 3 women after a hit-and-run
Manteca home invasion a shocker
LA district attorney's office investigating Pomona council meetings re: open meeting law
San Diego man pleads innocent to child abuse, imprisonment for locking child in car trunk
Ex-Beverly Hills Bar Association leader sentenced for embezzlement
Salinas:
3 sentenced to 16 years for murder of carnival worker +
Three get 16 years for slaying
Prosecutor challenges Alexander witness in Sausage King trial
Vacaville: Photos of 2 suspects in slaying released
Hayward: Women arrested in killing of ex-boyfriend
Sonoma County rapist found guilty of assault
San Leandro man
confronts alleged abuse by priest after 50 years
Missing Orange County girl was murdered in 1969, DA says
Five people indicted in alleged SoCal credit score scam
Santa Rosa: Jehovah's Witness church seeks dismissal of suit over child abuse
Hayward woman
wields crowbar, escapes kidnap attempt
Napa: Quilters
want to stick it to thieves
High tech solution brings old Napa County courthouse records into view
Scott Peterson:
Timeline at center of Peterson trial +
Laci may have been online Dec. 24, expert says (CCT Reg) +
E-mail record undermines prosecution (SJM Reg) +
Timeline problem hinted +
Peterson's odd behavior attributed to media, stress +
Who was Web surfing Dec. 24? Expert: Someone at suspect's home was
Internet shopping +
Developments Monday +
Defense attempts to poke holes in timeline+
Defense: Peterson felt heat of family |
ONLY IN
CALIFORNIA....
The Governor:
Far From Left Coast, Many See Gov. as Mr. Right +
Election fund freeze protested + Release of Vote Funds Is Sought
Click. (LAT Reg) +
Report: Overhaul savings oversold +
Governor rejects teacher evaluations bill +
Rail safety bill vetoed +
Governor vetoes oral surgery bill. Plastic surgeons' turf stays off-limits + Major Prison
Reform Eludes Lawmakers
Click. (LAT Reg) + Florez's bill to aid pesticide victims heads to governor
Click.
+ Talks sought on bridge funds
Click. (CT Reg) +
Internet sex offender registry awaits governor's OK +
A look at Internet-accessible Megan's Law information +
Phone tax for hospitals? +
San Francisco's $5bn bridge to nowhere
Election Pits Dove and Hawk in Alameda County, Barbara Lee v. Claudia Bermudez (Contra's daughter)
Click. (LAT Reg)
Stem Cell Initiative Attracts Backers
Click. (LAT Reg)
Senate underdog Jones basks in GOP limelight
Click. (FB Reg)
Machado settles dispute with FPPC over funds
Click.
GOP's McCarthy bashes anti-Florez ad
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Dan Walters: Uphill climb for California GOP to recapture its relevance
LOCAL NEWS:
Project restores creekbed to help steelhead
Indian Tribes:
Tribe disputes man's claim of leadership at Point Molate (CCT Reg) + +
Richmond's casino-land plan slowed (CCT Reg) +
Judge delays casino land deal in Richmond +
Point Molate casino to get hearing. Council session tonight on disputed plan
+ One GOP convention brochure promotes unlimited-expansion of California's $6 billion Indian gambling
industry
Click.
School days:
Bailed-out Vallejo schools start year (CCT Reg) +
Lead found in water at Novato school +
San Francisco Dream Schools open doors on a new era. One problem: Mandatory ties in short supply +
Many Newark schools deal with changes +
Problems mar first day of school in Vallejo +
Court case opens in fight over Santa Cruz area school closings + State Data
to Show How Well Schools Met Academic Goals
Click. (LAT Reg) +
New fall classes too few to cure college-fee pain +
Details on New SAT, Debuting in 2005
San Jose City
Hall costs spur new court challenge (SJM Reg)
San Jose: Coyote
Valley infrastructure costs examined (SJM Reg)
Santa Clara County: Sen. Bryon Sher leaves environmental legacy (SJM Reg)
Homeowners losing ground on insurance
Compromise sought over Klamath
Berkeley battles over prostitution measure +
Sober forum, street theater on prostitution ballot issue. Measure on relaxing
enforcement shaping into hot election item
San Francisco:
Greek God found in Crocket Bar +
200 BART workers on terrorist patrol +
Permits delayed on Natoma tower +
Richard Sklar named PUC panel member
High-rises planned on Richmond toxic site. Developer says fans will disperse
fumes +
Rotten egg smell and brown dust. Life in Seaport -- next door to a plant
making pesticides
Oakland losing deal for fuel tax
11th-hour talks can't save jobs of Oakland city workers
Health workers walk out of Alameda County Med centers +
Medical workers protest staff cuts. More than 500 walk off the job at hospitals, clinics
Alameda biotech plans delayed
Bullet train
(S.F. to L.A.) study comments close today
Fetzer's Valley Oaks poised for upgrade
Pleasanton: Non-profit group Crime Stoppers joins the Valley
MILITARY
How the Pentagon
has failed U.S troops
Canada: Military
probes links between soldiers, biker gangs
Sex Assault Widespread at Bases
Japanese Navy Ship Types--Kaiten type Human Torpedoes
LEAKGATES
Taking Stock After a Pre-emptive War
NIST Tests Provide Fire Resistance Data On World Trade Center Floor Systems
Poll: Half of New Yorkers Think Govt Let 9/11 Happen
U.S. should welcome Islamic scholar
Feds Attempt Subpoena For Indymedia Logs
Breaking Into Voicemail Is Easy
Website Offers Caller I.D.
Falsification Service
CONNECT THE DOTS....
She went to the Amazon and stayed
Stardom:
BARCO DO ABORTO
Blood for pork....
U.S. and Russia
still top list of weapons dealers (NYT)
BIOWARFARE WATCH....
West Nile fatal to 22 more horses in California +
Horse owners rein in West Nile virus
Needle-free Anthrax Vaccine Shows Promise In Animal Studies
Whole-body scans raise risk of cancer. 1 in 1,200 could get tumor from single test, study finds
NASA plans to announce new class of planets
The Havoc of an Undetected Extra Chromosome
Blueberry Compound Shows Promise Of Lowering Cholesterol As Effectively As Drug
Light Oscillations Become Visible
NASA Satellites Detect "Glow" Of Plankton In Black Waters
How An Insidious Mutation Fools DNA Replication
Molecular Assemblies Created To Convert Water To Hydrogen Gas
Global Study Shows Nine Factors Identify Majority Of Heart Attack Risk
Children With ADHD Benefit From Time Outdoors Enjoying Nature
Shrimp, Anyone? Biologist Discovers Two New Species
Mars Odyssey Begins Overtime After Successful Mission
Astronomers pick off small worlds
Call for
'cowboy cloners' ban +
Human
cloning attempt has failed
Prisoners' clue to hep C vaccine
'Long-lasting' hip joint tested
Humans march to a faster genetic 'drummer' than primates
Doctors sceptical of 'wonder drug' claims
Earth-like planet could harbour life
PSYCHOTIC MICE USED TO STUDY DISEASE
New Stent Helps to Prevent Strokes |
Linux slowly picking up steam with businesses
Advanced Micro Plans to Show New Chip Ahead of Intel
Can Microsoft Beat iTunes With a Store of Its Own?
Lighting The Way To Better Nanoscale Films
Patented Process Preserves Transplant Tissues/Organs
Software Difficulties Cost Builders Billions
'Electronic Crystal' In High-temperature Superconductor
Apple shows off new iMac in Paris
Microsoft spends £1bn to keep out the hackers
Photosynthesis Drives Solar Cell
Air Conditioning for Motorbikes
First
Practical Plastic Magnets Created
THE BUSHWORLD...
Bush Forms Civil Liberties Board
Bush wants to relax national standards for selenium, toxic metal causing mass deformities of water fowl
Overtime Rules Dispute Is a Numbers Game
Bush says War on Terror cannot be won +
Bush
speech to veterans reaffirms commitment to all-out victory in war on terror
+
PRESIDENT BUSH CALLS INTO LIMBAUGH; SAYS AMERICA WILL WIN WAR ON TERROR +
Bush Says U.S. `Winning' War on Terror as Kerry Criticizes Earlier Remarks
Bush’s Military Bill Beats Cold War Spending
Man Held
for Coming Within Feet of Cheney
WTO Authorizes Sanctions Against U.S. Over Antidumping Rules
THE 2004 ELECTION:
In New York, New York, many don't want to be a part of it
Election Overseers Want Big Win
Court Fights
Loom Over E-Voting Paper Trail
The Pentagon's Troubling Role in E-mail voting
Republican Rep. Ed Schrock of Virginia announces retirement following claims he is gay
BUSH/CHENEY:
Corporate interests will be at the forefront during the final weeks of campaign +
GOP's 'Safer World' gambit not necessarily foolproof +
Governor
Schwarzenegger to do his part for party
KERRY/EDWARDS: Garrison Keillor: Candidate Kerry's
introduction to the Fair
Click. +
Pinning Down Kerry
OPINIONS:
Questions For a Wartime President (WaPo)
Not close and no cigar--Bush as Churchill
Michael Moore: The GOP doesn't reflect America
Click.
Jonathan Greenberg: Five reasons Giuliani's no hero
Click.
Jimmy Breslin: From the heights of hypocrisy
Click.
Thomas Oliphant: A convention village of GOP fantasies
Click.
Paul Krugman: A no-win situation
Click.
David Corn: The McCain fizzle
Click.
M. J. Parrish: The new road to serfdom
Click.
Helen Thomas: Hand Rumsfeld his walking papers
Click.
Greg Palast: Florida fixed again? Madame Butterfly flies off
with ballots
Click.
Let's stop Bush-bashing and listen to what he has to say
John Dean: The
New Book Attacking Kerry's War Record: How It Defames the Candidate, and Why He Should Sue
War prisons:
Soldier was a pawn, her lawyers say. Military policewoman is 1 of 7 charged with
abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib +
Witness: Marine beat Iraqi prisoners to show he was in charge +
Lynndie England 'had fun' at Abu Ghraib +
Generals May Pay a Price for Iraq Abuse
MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK....
U.S. Consumer Sentiment Has First Drop Since February; Factory Index Slips
Harrah's, Caesars looking to sell four casinos
Mutual funds
reveal their votes in corporate elections
Hollinger's Black `Victimized' Company, Independent Committee Report Says
Oil Market Shrugs off Iraqi Export Troubles as Fears of Supply Crunch Ease
San Francisco gay marriage
and beyond: A 'sense of
betrayal' for gay Republicans
Click.
The Pen Is Mightier....
Sacramento radio exec buys city's No. 1 Spanish station
A pop culture magazine for freaks and 'new outcasts'. Other journal is pro-rant, pro-loopy and pro-anarchy
When the
reporting comes before the fact
Hersey's "Hiroshima" and Habakusha
Columbia campaign desk
Today's papers
Shepherds of Arcadia, Nicolas Poussin
Enlarge Daily picture from the Metropolitan
California getaway: Markleeville's lures include hot springs
Theater lab exploring issues of religion
Breakaway Episcopal parishes reject refusal to surrender churches
Latin grammys
Free gin for UK juniper spotters
Hunting for the long-lost sleeping Buddha of Bamian. In 629 A.D., a pilgrim described a 1,000-foot-long statue
Roswell UFOs And Billy The Kid's DNA
Bisexual Viking idol marks ancient circle
Adam Gopnik on wine
Mozart may have had Tourette's syndrome
Leonardo of Liverpool
Inheritor of Bacon's fortune went on 11-year spending spree
Colombia to gatecrash hippos' pool party with tourist park at Escobar's hacienda
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