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NEWSGRIDS JANUARY 2002

January 31, 2002

Bush's 'Axis of Evil' Draws Fire

Nobody wants to be in the 'axis of evil'

Democrats Back Bush's Wider War

America's War On Terror Moves to Philippines Against Complex Web

Back To The Future: Our Philippine Adventure

Detainees unstitch lips

Sharon says Israel should have killed Arafat 20 years ago

Israeli army reservists refuse to serve in occupied territories

France Edges Closer to U.S. on Defense

Saudi bomb victim's torture ordeal

Exercise seen as preparation for war

Defying Critics, Chile to Buy F-16s

Nuclear plants targeted for terror attacks

GERTZ: U.S. intelligence agencies have issued an internal alert warning that Muslim extremists are planning another spectacular attack to rival those carried out on September 11.

Beijing asked to provide British airbases.

Scottish Taliban Freed

World's elite gather for economic forum. Money, power converge behind a wall of security

Colombia Tilts Right As Rebels Press Fight

Tampa teen's family doubts suicide

Pupils and Porn and Games, Oh My!

French prepare powerful eye in sky

Where's the Virus-Proof Computer?

Digital cameras capture imagination

Space Imaging Introduces IKONOS Satellite Stereo Imagery Products to the Global Commercial Marketplace Click.

Ersatz Designs Honor Apple

Master Maker of Mockup Macs

Doom Ahead for Search Engines That Charge

Worries About the Mobile Generation

Monkey Moves Computer Cursor by Thoughts Alone

Displaced dot-commers unwelcome

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA....

Pt. Reyes parkland in peril, says study

Cat Woman protester arrested in Shasta Lake after climbing smokestack

Riordan: 'Pro-choice' as mayor and now

Davis' rating continues skid

The money rolls in, the wheels go ’round

Foster care policy of safety first, family reunification second, to stay

2 charter operators claim same school -- state probing

Tribes issue call to action

Oakland military institute marches forward

THE BUSH WORLD....

Bush declares war on the world

At Camp David, Advise and Dissent

Why We're Suing Ashcroft

Reno Reported Doing 'Fine' After Collapse Click. More: Click.

Bush to ask Congress for large budget increase for sexual abstinence programs

Bush Used Expansive Estimates On Terror

Clinton: Find 'Common Humanity'

Bill Clinton and Neil Bush work the Saudi circuit. Click.

Neil Bush on how to win American hearts. Click.

Free Noell Bush! Click.

"Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play".

FBI Director Mueller Replaces Acting Chief Of Spy Investigations

Click. Guantanamo GPS Ground Site

Quirks in Nature Enhance Global Positioning System Click.

Groups Find Way to Get Names of INS Detainees

Moussaoui Probe Pushed U.S. Limits

Most Cyber-Attacks Originate in US, Israel

A Bizarre Hovering Spy Plane Takes To The Skies

Admission in Ha'aretz: IDF Studies Nazi SS Warsaw Methods

The CIA is dipping into the hi-tech expertise of a Bangalore company to give it more teeth. Click.

Boxer, Feinstein seize on 'smoking gun' note. White House actions mirrored Enron's ideas

Andersen under gun to salvage lost data

Enron women break `scandal glass ceiling'

Insider Buzz on Enron Click.

Enron's Web of Hedges, Bets

Bush and Andersen's Texas Two-Step

Enron Directors Backed Moving Debt Off Books

Concerned ex-worker was sent to human resources

Lay conviction is unlikely, say legal analysts

Judge will tell Enron to release internal report

Amityville Buries a Native Son

What did Enron receive for its contributions? Click.

Andersen reportedly missed $644 million error in NASA audit.

The minutes

MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK....

Suit contends bank depositors misled on insurance

UN Planetary Tax Plans

Spin on tech financial results comes under more scrutiny

CPA's Held In Cuban Camp Under Tight U.S. Military Security

Microsoft head pans pessimists

SEC sues stockbroker accused of defrauding a client out of $68 million

The Pen is Mightier....

White House is buying time during FOX's s Super Bowl broadcast to launch campaign tying together the wars on drugs and terrorism. Click.

Taking a page out of another's book

Teletubbies to air in China

U.S. poet sues FCC over ban

Release Daniel Pearl!

Writers ask Putin, Bush to free journalist held on spying charges

Love Bombed

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

Immigration Judges Call for Independent Court

'Break in' before Lockerbie bombing

Creating a virtual Bloody Sunday

Scores of priests involved in sex abuse cases

Deal in Irish Child Sex Abuse Cases

'Pedophilia village' case shocks Belgium Click.

Child molestation charges dismissed in Palo Alto
 

Exercise seen as preparation for war

'I Have Never Been With a Terrorist'

Mass. seeks alleged sect baby

Oakland Cannabis Buyer's Club puts U.S. commerce clause on trial.

Germany authorizes stem cell imports

Police Break Up Mexico-U.S.
Child-Smuggling Ring

Judge Casts Doubt On Government's
Case Against California Student
Questioned In Terror Probe

Joint replacements rising, study says

California's breast cancer blight

Dino feet leave their mark

Experimental Test Finds Early Stages Of Colon Cancer

War birds missing

Scientists can now manipulate DNA using remote control

Chip Could Create Mass-Produced Clones

Elephant seal takes 2,300-mile detour

Breast cancer gene patterns ID'd in test; could spare need for chemo

Osteoporosis: Part I

Our galaxy - from the outside 

Scientists Discover 'Body Clock' in Mouse Eye

Puberty Hitting Girls at Younger Age

BIOWARFARE WATCH

CAPITOL HILL MAIL-HANDLER BLEEDING FROM NOSE AND EARS.

States, CDC Reviewing Quarantine Laws

Largest-Ever Deployment of CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Officers

 
Van Gogh, Vincent, Morning, Leaving for Work
(Le matin, le départ au travail)  Hermitage, St. Petersburg, 1890

Controversial scientist flogs his book

The Graying of the Great White Way

Musical based on Boy George's life opens in London

Put Yourself in the Picture

Ten of the greatest rock images ever

Torah scrolls here from Lithuania

Blake's lost work found

Free therapy:  Psychology of Weblogs

Harvey Milk Institute has home, at last

After last night's speech, we could all use a dose of Xanax. Click.

E.T.s Coordinating Spacecraft Fly-by at the Olympics?

Word of the Day Click.

January 30, 2002

POTENTIAL SHOE BOMBER GETS AWAY AT SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT. 28 GATES SHUT DOWN. Click.

We might shoot first, Bush warns. Click.

Bush Lays Down A Marker for 3 'Evil' States

Bush: 100,000 Al-Qaeda Killers At Large

Bush Wants 'Voluntary' Universal Service

'CRONY CAPITALISM' & WAR - American Foreign Policy & The Rockefeller Connection

Militant preacher a focus for Asian terror hunt

Jerusalem woman bomber said affiliated with Fatah movement

Eisenhower's German POW Death Camps - A US Guard's Story 

Is Saudi Arabia worth it?

Click. Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia says it's "difficult to defend" the United States because of its support for Israel.

The Coming Saudi Eruption

Saudis Want 100 Detainees Held by US

Is the US preparing for action against Iran?

Pakistan denies Osama visited for dialysis

'1,200 Al-Qaeda men have regrouped in Afghanistan'

War On Iraq Would Be `Catastrophic': Turkey's Ecevit

Fortress Jerusalem planned

What corporate money buys on Hill: inaction

Chinese leadership comes full cycle

Anarchists lead dissent Click.

Schröder risks making neo-Nazi martyrs

Aryan Nations ousts founder

Lewis Confirms Tyson Bit Off Chunk of Leg

Beyond PCs

How the Wayback Machine Works

IBM Gets a New Head

AT&T to sell email-cellphone device

New Email Worm 'My Party' Surfaces, Begins to Grow

Wireless Carriers Exploit Firewall Bypass Click.

Psalm's New E-Book Reader

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA....

Miracle in bus yard Pinned man lifts 12-ton vehicle off self.

Enron isn't alone in auditor fee dance. Ratios worse at many Bay Area firms Click.

Bay Area paychecks shrink for first time in years

Novato rejects pitch for Bahia land purchase

Woolsey leads challenger Martini by wide margin

Casa Grande chinook thrive

2001 a good year for California wineries

Copia, two months later

DOE inspectors to test security at Livermore

Bighorn lambing season shuts trails in Santa Rosa Mountains

On Wine: Kids of state winery pioneers are putting their stamp on family businesses

Officer's canine companion becomes part of the family

Prune burgers in the school cafeteria? Kids get to try new menu items

THE BUSH WORLD....

Hill Democrats offer wave of Enron bills. Click.

Red Ink May Last a Decade

Global Crossing Exec Sent Warning

Utah asks Bush to preserve desert canyons

Mondo Washington

The Democratic leader looks for chinks in a popular war presidents armor Click.

"Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play".

Diagrams for U.S. Targets Found

F.B.I. Director Removes Official Over Her Handling of Spy Inquiry Click.

Main witness in German neo-Nazi party trial exposed as secret service agent

Introduction to electromagnetic pulse weapons Click.

ChoicePoint Public Sector: Helping Government to Serve the Citizens ("Search over 10 billion records on individuals and businesses") Click.

Russia Closes Cuban Spy Base

The Russian VA-111 Shkval (Squall) supercavitating  torpedo. Click.

The Electronic Small World Project

Memo details Cheney--Enron links. Company's suggestions resembled elements of the administration's energy policy

Video: Angry employee demanded to know if Lay on crack

Click. Investors in Enron's off-balance-sheet partnerships knew that the energy group was using the vehicles to enhance its earnings and maintain its credit rating.

Click. Enron's Yanked Dirty Movies

Attorney general's opinion is sought on suicide note

World chief of Andersen comes out pleading

Stephen Cooper is Enron's new CEO

HOTTEST TIP IN TOWN: INVEST IN SHREDDER COMPANIES

Merrill Lynch sucked into Enron scandals. Click.

Enron Destroyed Documents by the Truckload Click.

Florida's pension fund bought piles of Enron stock as it was collapsing. Click.

Anderson auditing the White House? Click.

Prosecutors, FBI Pore Over Enron's Books

U.S. to Probe Enron Tie to Energy Prices

Andersen faces blacklisting by NYC

How Andersen won role in projects worth Ł10bn

Billions still hidden in Enron pyramid

Master fixer who ended up in a fix

Movers and shakers in Enron's world

MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK....

Vote Carly

Another large HP investor may be joining pro-merger camp Click.

HP launches Web site to promote Compaq deal

Valley firm issues first '02 initial stock offer

Inside the World Economic Forum

Fantasy figures add up at Games Workshop

The Pen is Mightier....

Dueling D-Day Authors

U.S. Reporter Trapped.

Tabloids buy sex case stories

Missing American journalist  was negotiating to meet with Taliban and al Qaeda fugitives hiding in Karachi

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

'The People' Weigh In on MS Case

Lawsuit to gain media access to legal hearings of detainee Click.

Expert defends shooting by Santa Rosa officer

Santa Rosa man sentenced in tarot card sex case

Basketball head-butt gets lawyers fighting

Video Forensics: Grainy to Guilty

Sex.com Loser Claims Poverty

Accused Los Alamos hacker freed, barred from using computers

Foes of execution criticize slow death. Proponents say that worry is unwarranted

Prison medical care suit settled. State Corrections Dept. must submit plan for new procedures

Margie Wylie on perils of massive databases, mistakes, abuse

Click. Taking Advantage Of Holes In The Revenue Net

The Billionaire Who Bought A Bank -- And Paid No Taxes 

Chrysler Opted Out Of Taxes 

Probe into FBI misconduct continues over Bush objection

Test tube kidneys created

Click. Drugs designed to combat cancer and kidney failure are being abused by athletes

Hormones give baby sex hint

Orgasm May Be Right-Brain Activity

Exercise makes arteries elastic: Study

ER Patients Want, but Don't Get, Fast Pain Relief

Prokaryotic bacteria beneath the earth's surface to a depth of 4km Click.

Rogue gene link to miscarriages

Viruses May Help Make Microchips

Stellar blast crew will visit Livermore Lab

Is Know-It-All Grocery Cart in Future? Click.

Laser-tweezers

New Theory Of The Evolution Of Bird Flight Linked To Parental Care

Gene For Neat Repair Of DNA Discovered

BIOWARFARE WATCH

An Anthrax Test In Your Palm

The outbreak of Dengue Fever in Rio de Janeiro has reached epidemic proportions. Click.

A Recipe for Safe Mail

Qualms Over Bioterror Research

 
Van Gogh, Vincent, Morning, Leaving for Work
(Le matin, le départ au travail)  Hermitage, St. Petersburg, 1890

Three Who Won a Broadway Bet

Elegant Male Fashion Hits Runway

Director Diversity Seen as Lacking

John Alexander's Review Of 'Mothman Prophecies' 

She's Got Chops

Rosie O'Donnell Set to Reveal She Is Lesbian

Age Alongside Beauty

"I don't think I was cut out to be a director"

Group: Olympic Games Tarnished by Condom Stash
 

Doll collectors not playing around

Seal-Uloid Cinema

Domino's Pizza Founder Proposes World's Largest Crucifix

Miami Circle

Word of the Day Click.

January 29, 2002

The Bush administration will send more than 100 additional troops to the Philippines in its latest escalation of involvement in the Philippine military's battle with the Abu Sayyaf Group Click.

Osama had dialysis in Pakistan

Canada likely to lose 'some' sovereignty in updated NORAD

Prince: Most Detainees Are Saudis

The Afghan files: Al-Qaeda documents from Kabul

Wars don't come cheap

U.S. Navy submarine, transport ship collide off coast of Oman

US Admits: Saudis Want Forces Reduced

Cheney: Arafat Getting Arms From Iran

China Courting Israel Again

Over the past few months, as part of the administration's review of its policy on terrorism, Mr. Tenet, along with Ms. Rice and other officials, had been working on a plan to vastly expand covert action in Afghanistan and throughout the world. Click.

Alive and kicking in Latin America. Click.

New venue for gang violence: cybercafes

China's bargain babies

EU to Scold Berlin, but Gently

Doctors leery of U.S. crackdown on pain drugs

Getting pain relief might get harder before it gets easier

Where Hackers Teach the Art of Self-Defense

Click.How to control your home from the car

When screensavers are a crime

Dell Fesses Up To Interest In Handhelds

Click. White House Plan for Cyber Protection

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA....

Davis, Riordan Close in Poll

Diane Whipple honored one year later

Fake cop prowling Bay Area

Marin man indicted for alleged scheme

Hope held for girl's return after 13 years

Three to split reward in Fremont bomber conviction

Lawrence Livermore Lab names new engineering head

Clinton rallies Democrats in S.F. Enron is all that's needed to get things going at Boxer fund-raiser

Arlene Ackerman  puts school district on the books. Biggest job has been fiscal management

Ammiano wants state aid for mentally ill. Many homeless in S.F. would qualify for help

Death toll mounts from not-so-perfect designer drug

S.F. State offers degree in sex

THE BUSH WORLD....

Bush tonight: Not like dad

Bush's fainting due to irregular heart condition plus pretzel? Click. More: Click.

"Marin hot tubbers," Iran-Contra ghosts, and other fears of the Bush clan

"Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play".

'You have to kill in the name of Allah until you are killed'

CIA denies kidnapped journalist is operative

A spook house for US diplomats

Coming soon - flying fascism. Click.

CIA Ducked Its Spy Duties Until Sept. 11

Spy Case in Canada Suggests US Naval Officer Knew of 9/11

The spy who wasn't

Enron's secrets are safe. Click.

Enron's Lawyers: Eyes Wide Shut?

Enron trap threatens to snare Blair

Enron had journalists on payroll

Andersen Losing Clients, CEO Says

Enron The Death Star

Labour fights Enron 'sleaze' claims

The Enron collapse and the crisis of the profit system

Fraud laws help shield accountants, lawyers

Army official under scrutiny over ties to company

Enron's Asian misadventure Click.

UC hires top law firm to recoup Enron losses

Computer sleuths may find key data

Gary Winnick outshines Lay Click.

Lay's Wife Seeks To Distance
Her Family From Bush

 

MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK....

Global Crossing files for bankruptcy protection

China's Bankers: Rotten to the Top

The Inner Titan

Disney could lose 25% of its revenues if it looses Winnie the Pooh lawsuit. Click.

Disney's red hot shredders. Click.

The Pen is Mightier....

Before Going, Greta told CNN of Hurt Feelings

Kidnapped Newsman Met With Al-Qaeda

Lay's PR firm. Click.

Click. CIA denies kidnapped journalist is operative

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

A senior seeks advice on surrendering her assets

For Calif. Dog-Attack Trial, Anger Slows Jury Selection

From Computer Games to U.S. Prison Cells

Family Of MIT Student Who Committed Suicide Sues School For $27 Million

Click. The Tali-Boy: Made in the USA

Lawsuit over secretly recorded conversations tentatively resolved

Sentencing postponed for disgraced LAPD officer Durden

Poacher facing terrorism charges

Click. Feds raid Raise the Fist

Judge drops San Bernardino County Supervisor Eaves' bribery charges

Physician guilty of molestation

Politically connected insurance executive charged

Click. Polygraph Countermeasure Challenge

A dinosaur named Sue, and the way science really works

Martian rocks bonanza

In Fixx's Case, Genes Overtook Exercise

Running Finally Proves Its Worth

Beware 'super' mice

Science Fiction

Contact lenses bug warning

Radio wave treatment zaps irregular heartbeats

Hi-tech hypnosis

Yoga 'can help asthmatics'

Testicular transplant first

Detector listens for mysterious gravity waves

BIOWARFARE WATCH

Irradiated mail symptoms dismissed by House officials, staffers charge. Click.

Mystery virus ravages UK frogs

One Anthrax Answer: Ames Strain Not From Iowa

Click. Anthrax?  Death of Ronald G. Miller.

 
Van Gogh, Vincent, Morning, Leaving for Work
(Le matin, le départ au travail)  Hermitage, St. Petersburg, 1890

Jewish Lesbian Daughters of Holocaust Survivors. Click.

Camille Paglia on the real meaning of multiculturalism. Click.

Faith groups gather in Assisi to seek peace

Curse of the first wives

Debra rows across ocean into glory

Girls just want ... what?

My Holy War

BBC producers borrow from controversial Stanford experiment for reality show

Book critics nominate Franzen for prize

More Mystery Cats

Lost Villages.

Word of the Day Click.

January 28, 2002

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan delivered a "note" from the United States to the Iranian leaders urging them to "stop interfering in Afghan affairs and effectively end supporting terrorist groups". Click

Iran and Iraq, two regional rival foes, have intensified diplomatic drives to normalize relations, at a time when Iraq faces potential U.S. attack for allegedly supporting terrorism. Click.

Click. The fight against Al Qaeda terrorists has spread to Southeast Asia

Detainees Said Plotting

Click. WTC aerial photos

Hospitalized Dalai Lama 'fine'

WTC Survivor Cheats Death Again on Jerusalem Street

Top-Selling Bible to Be Issued in Gender-Neutral Version

Yahoo to put price on searches

Bill and Melinda Gates Create $24 Billion Superfund for Poor

New Email Worm 'My Party' Surfaces, Begins to Grow

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA....

Courteous, fashionable and homeless

S.F. politics getting ugly.
Perception, priestly and otherwise, falls short of reality

Going one-on-one with the chip

THE BUSH WORLD....


FRIENDS OF ENRON LAUNCH VICIOUS ATTACK ON DASCHLE

Bush's Nomination of Pickering Deserves Rejection Click.

Click. Walker Lindh's attorney, a nemesis from Bush's Iran-Contra past.

Bush Seeks to Encourage Marriage for Single Welfare Mothers

"Intelligence" agents at "work" and/or "play".

Israeli security officials said the recruiting of women to perpetrate suicide attacks requires a reassessment of the situation. Click.

Intelligence Gaps Preceding Attacks Subject of Inquiry

CIA's New Celebrity Exposes Its Failings

The Oil Game

Drain the swamp.

Power Surge

Silent Watchdogs

German company called off a proposed 1999 merger with Enron after discovering that it was cooking the books. Click.

Enron Operated Amid a Financial Maze
Click.

Lay's wife says couple trying to avoid personal bankruptcy

Enron used special companies
to control market, hide debt

Beneath innovations
in energy trading, Enron
was seething with deception

MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK....

Global Crossing Files Bankruptcy

Tough times repress Silicon Valley commercial real estate

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

Calif. state senator asks for input in "junk fax survey"

FBI reportedly raids anarchist site raisethefist.com (unverified)

Milosevic War Crimes Case Faces Collapse? Click.

County seizure of $9,000 car for $35.81 crime is upheld Click.

JUSTICE COVERS 'NUDE' STATUES

SANTA ROSA: Woman faces charges of defrauding senior
 

10 Foods That Pack a Wallop

Alcohol may ward off Alzheimer’s

Ovarian Cancer Treatment Breakthrough Offers Women Fresh Hope

Siamese Twins Face Skull Separation

What Men Really Love About Women's Bodies

Teddy Bears Spread Infection - Researchers

Global Patterns Explain Wacky Winter

Frustrating hunt for California tree killer. Pathogen lurks without clear trail of infection

BIOWARFARE WATCH

Breakthrough in Research with Smallpox

 

 
Van Gogh, Vincent, Morning, Leaving for Work
(Le matin, le départ au travail)  Hermitage, St. Petersburg, 1890

Casts of Lincoln’s hands

Devoted dog stayed by dead owner's side for month

King Herod Death Mystery Solved

The Pen is Mightier....

Manacled and with a pistol pointed at his head. Daniel Pearl?  Click.

Wall Street Journal reporter missing in Pakistan held in "inhuman conditions". Click.

Word of the Day Click.

January 25, 2002

Bush considers taking action against Arafat

US Backs Confinement of Arafat

The Bush administration appears to have abandoned the idea of arming a London-based opposition to overthrow Iraqi President Saddam Hussein for the time being. Click.

Taliban Army in Stand-Off With US

The U.S. Navy apparently did not take any overt action to respond to information from a senior al-Qaeda leader that terrorists had plotted to bomb a Navy base in the Persian Gulf  Click.

US Moves Troops Against Iran, Western Afghanistan

The Man Who Would Testify Against Sharon is Blown Up. Another Targeted Killing?

Standing by their son

West offers Putin support as criticism grows in Moscow

Politicians take spam to next level -- phone

For the Sufis, Taliban's Fall Means a Revival Click.

The New National ID Card Is In Your Wallet Click.

Search engines: the issue explained

Intel's chip a special weapon

High-Speed Net Disconnected by Airlines

Brazil Considers Mobile Phone Ban

Teaching Robot Dogs New Tricks

New Life for GE Research

Silicon Valley Debug Click.

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA....

Details emerge about infant's remains in W. Marin

State inmate gets new heart - health care for large aging prison population

Judge dismisses $100 million lawsuit in troubled school case

Old cars are new life for the working poor

Youth Authority faces massive suit

State seizes records from Gateway schools, offices. Children go to cafeterias as agents try to document charter group's spending

Newsom trying to get a handle on panhandling

BART board decides against fare increase. Budget cuts close deficit of $32 million

THE BUSH WORLD....

Bush's picks for courts attacked Click.

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