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NEWSGRIDS November 2001
November 30, 2001

Click. 'Final fight' for Kandahar begins

Click. How Afghanistan went unlisted as terrorist sponsor

Troops did not stop Taliban killing

Click. How al-Qaeda hatched plot to bomb heart of Montreal

Click. Hundreds of Russians have arrived in Kabul. Moscow says contingent has humanitarian aims

Click. If US won't protect POWs, who will?

Click. Leading Polish Weekly Claims New Interview With Taliban's Omar

Click. Why US, rest of world differ on threat posed by Iraq

Click. Russia debates a military of the future

Click. After US massacre of Taliban POWs: the stench of death and more media lies

Click. Castle of Death

Click. Most of those detained in US are from Pakistan

Click. Why Afghanistan's future is unlikely to be settled in Germany

Click. War on Drugs Filling Up the Taliban's Coffers

Click. Iran's foreign minister cautions U.S. against military strikes outside Afghanistan

Click. More Marines arrive at base

Click. No Big Fish in 9/11 Dragnet

Click. Daily News Exclusive: Hijack Plot Suspect Says It's All a Mix-up

Click. Blair and Chirac united against American hawks

BIOWARFARE WATCH

Click. Only a few labs had anthrax strain suspected in attacks

Click. Wall Street Warns Of Upcoming Mad Cow Crisis In The US

Click. A Scientist's Mystery

Click. Many U.S. Postal Workers Report Cipro Side Effects

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA....

Click. Salinas man is among 603 detainees

Governor pushes for bond measure for new schools

Click. Ammiano bawls out S.F. elections overseer

Public transit 'smart card' to be tested.  One ticket will pay for Bay Area travel

Click. Fire erupts at plant near Valero refinery

Contra Costa County cleared of discrimination, court rules

Click. Gallo family's contributions to agriculture recognized by foundation.

THE BUSH WORLD....

Click. Panel develops 3 plans to rework Social Security. Private accounts part and parcel of all

Click. How Clinton set the scene for 9/11 by Dick Morris

The Bush administration has turned down a Cuban offer to compensate Americans whose properties were confiscated 40 years ago if the United States agreed to lift its embargo and make other concessions. Click.

Click. Molly Ivins views current events

Click. A thousand points of light: No help for lesbian terrorist victim

Click. SHAKEUP: Gilmore Resigns as GOP Chairman.

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

Click. Historians Reveal Swiss-Nazi Links

Click. U.S. Customs database used to track terrorist financing

Click. Electronic Warfare Handbook 

CIA hero may have triggered Mazur revolt. Click.

Click. Advanced technologies help sift nuggets of information from torrents of data.

Click. SUDAN TRIED TO GIVE CLINTON ADMIN FILES ON BIN LADEN

Click. Soldier to publish attack on Iraq raid

Click. Hearings Against Sharon Postponed

Click. US steps up pressure on North Korea

Click. Web site will delete birth data by request

Click. American role in Mideast is all smoke and mirrors

Click.' ILLICIT TOUCHING': Flight Crews Charge Improper Searches By Airport Screeners.

Click. NASA Steps in to Unravel Flight 587 Mystery

Click. IBM loses supercomputer crown

Click. This Ping Thing Didn't Take Wing

Click. Designer web

Click. Enron: A Bandwidth Bloodbath

Click. Palm: Long Walk on Short Plank

Humbled tech industry bids good riddance to 2001. Click.

The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values ."  ZBIGNIEW BREZINSKY

MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK....
Click. Mortgage shoppers see fast jump in rates

Click. $ 37 million for plaza in Emeryville

Click. A revealing speech by a US Federal Reserve Board governor

Click. Santa Rosa  Safeway housing plan sets precedent

Click. Nanotech, but Not in a Nanosecond

Click. US Congress to probe Enron's disaster

Click. Bank profits fall nearly 10 percent

The Pen is Mightier....
Click. Sept. 11 turns obscure book into a best seller

Click. A NEW ROLE FOR REPORTERS IN CHINA

Click. Internet Use Takes A Toll On Television Viewing

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

Click. A cautionary tale from another war. S.F. man convicted of sabotage in secret military trial

Click. Roosevelt's end run around the courts. Secret trial provoked constitutional crisis

Click. Cop of the year accused of misconduct. Oakland narcotics officer faces allegations of taking money, filing false reports

Click. Copyright Law Foes Lose Big

Click. Ghilotti could go free today. State would have to prove its doctors incompetent

Click. L.A. prosecutors oppose Olson's change of plea. Judge to weigh accepting reversal

Click. FBI guidelines governing terror investigations under review

Click. S F judge slaps Old Republic with additional civil fines

Online birth records raise privacy concerns. Click.

Click. Like a kingpin: Prosecuting Osama bin Laden under RICO

Click. Hair drug testing

Click. Canadian Hate Bill C-36? Wait until you meet its brother

Click. Portland Police Chief Under Fire For Refusal To Cooperate With FBI Questioning.

Appellate court upholds juvenile justice law. Click.

Click. Mars Was Once Awash With Water, Study Shows

Click. Travel blood clot warning issued
Pregnant women and those on the Pill should seek medical advice about the risks of long-distance air travel.

Click. Scientists warn of 'super athletes'

Click. Obesity 'not linked to childhood'

Click. NASA's Eggs-ellent Experiment

Click. Drilling the Red Planet

Click. Star scientists work to save oaks

Click. Underground Sea in Jupiter Moon?

Click. A Search for the Chemicals of Alien Life

Click. Digging Deep for Life's Answers

Click. Eat More Often to Lower Cholesterol, Doctors Say

Click. New Details Of Earth's Internal Structure Emerge From Seismic Data

Click. Comprehensive Set Of Vision Genes Discovered: Identification Could Help In Diagnosing And Treating Blinding Diseases

Click. Pictures Reveal How Nerve Cells Form Connections To Store Short- And Long-Term Memories In Brain

Click. New Computer Program Detects Overlooked Gene Segments: Previous Estimates Of Human Gene Number Too Low

Click. Autism parents need help to fend off bigotry

"A Beauty" Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1808)

Click. Ex-Beatle Harrison dies

Paul McCartney mourns his baby brother and Beatles mate. Click.

Click. Spike & Mike offers deal to car thief. Give back films, keep the Honda

Click. Quiet Storm

Don't clone the Vatican. Click.

Click. OK, just which teenage girl is that online?

J.D. Salinger's letters to his daughter to be auctioned. Click.

Click. 'Oliver Twist' is a textbook of child abuse

Churchill's wartime bunker to be open to public. Click.

Living through Italian eyes. Click.

Click. Author John Knowles dies at age 75

Click. Astral Projection

Word of the Day Click.

November 29, 2001

US has flown 13 suspected al-Qa'eda fighters to a military base in the Pacific. Click.

Click. Coalition allies warn US not to make Iraq its next target

Click. Major powers pull the strings at Bonn talks on Afghanistan

Click. Top al Qaida associates seized Interrogation may lead U.S. to bin Laden

Click. Deadly hide and seek at camp Tora Bora

Click. Russia Is Urged Not to Undertake Any Abrupt Moves

Click. Allies justify mass killing

How Our Allies Applied the Geneva Convention Click.

Click. U.S., Russia Reach Deal on Iraq Policy

Click.  World poverty, injustice provide fertile soil for terrorists

Click. China, Russia Begin Anti-Terrorism Talks

Click. Fighting in Somalia Draws U.S. Attention

Click. Germany Makes Its First Sept. 11 Arrest

Click. American soldier 'killed by air strike'

Click. War briefing: 11/29/01

Click. Hawks Winning Bush Over on Iraq

BIOWARFARE WATCH

Click. Germs and the Movies

Click. A Terrorist's Fragile Footprint

Click. No Evidence of Chem, Bio, or Nuke Weapons Found

Click. Univ. of Conn Lab Anthrax Probe

Click. U.S. Expert Said Behind Anthrax 

Click. Janes: Have Soviet-era bio-weapons infected Afghan refugees?

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA....

Click. Marin DA wants grand jury to hear evidence in stabbing incident

Click. Killer surf wave survivors

Click. Sales tax targeted for terror readiness

Click. Berkeley: Little India feeling economic pain

Click. Judge rules for mobile home residents

Click. Placer killing tied to pot deal

Click. Marin D.A. files to detain rapist at Atascadero. Patrick Ghilotti due for release

Click. Valley of the Moon Children's Home gets county boost

Click. Father sought in Willits store owner slaying case

Click. Santa Rosa may ban new wood-burning fireplaces

Click. Latino home-buying in Sonoma County soars

Click. Dangerous decks claim new victim. Some criticize S.F. inspection system

Click. San Ramon couple held on drug-making charges

THE BUSH WORLD....

Click. HISTORIANS, PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS SUE TO STOP BUSH ORDER TO SEAL HISTORY.

President Tom Daschle. Click.

Click. Ashcroft Undaunted As Criticism Grows

Click. Norton Will Face Contempt Charges

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

CIA agent, Mike Spann killed by a Taliban mob was kicked, beaten and bitten to death, US intelligence chiefs said last night. Click.

Click. Taliban reported to have hanged alleged spy

Click. The Story British Spies Don't Want You to Hear

Click. Maoists bomb Coke plant in Kathmandu

Click. North Korea rejects U.S. call for arms inspections

Click. White House, congressional negotiators agree on plan to open U.S. roads to Mexican trucks

Click. Caspian Pipeline Skirts Trouble Spots

Click. Deal to privatize Philadelphia schools

Click. Worms: Despite patching, infection continues. Why?

Click. The Google attack engine.

Click. Digital Earth Reference Model

Click. McAfee Virus Software Opens Your Computer to Feds?

Click. DOJ's Already Monitoring Modems

MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK....

Click. U.S.: Russia Crucial To World Economy

Click. White House budget director predicts federal deficits likely for several years

Click. State Budgets On Fire: Don't Worry, Say Experts

Click. Enron lawsuits highlight ``eggs in one basket'' risk

Click. Boeing's Sweet Deal

The Pen is Mightier....

Click. The incredible shrinking San Francisco Chronicle

Click. PR for the 'Book of Life'

CNN hires Billy Bush (W's cousin) to join Paul Zahn on its morning news show. Click.

Click. Time shuts Asiaweek, On, Family Life magazines

Debating alternative realities. Click.

The press v. Al Gore. Click.

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

Ashcroft orders secret immigration courts. Click.

Click. RCMP takes part in child porn crackdown

Click. How well would we handle bin Laden in the well?

Click. Detention necessary to combat 'sleeper cells,' government lawyer testifies

Click. Europeans Reluctant to Send Terror Suspects to U.S.

Click. Deep Undercover.

Click. Ex-LAPD officer, Perez, returning to prison after agreeing to plead guilty to civil rights charges.

A veteran Oakland police narcotics investigator is accused of pilfering money seized in drug raids and falsifying reports. Click.

Click. Are you a terrorist?

Click. Mother fights pedophile's access appeal

Click. Virginia Case a Window on Terror Probe

Click. Hearing for suspects in grisly killings will remain open

Click. Bush Expected To Name Comey N.Y. Prosecutor

Click. Many Held on Tenuous Ties to Sept. 11

Click. Stayner triple-murder trial loses two potential venues

Click. California Supreme Court refuses doctor's appeal against Kaiser

After police balk, Oregon attorney general clears way for state to question foreigners. Click.

Click. Vitamin E may blunt benefits of cholesterol drugs

Click. Time is critical when a stroke hits

Click. DNA from genetically modified corn found in Mexican maize

Reviving extinct Tasmanian Tiger. Click.

Click. Heart trouble reduced in study: Drug-niacin mix may reverse disease

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory helps fight terrorism. Click.

Click. Will 'It' Finally Be Revealed?

Click. Teen Girls More Likely to Be Cyber-Schizoid

Click. B Vitamins Help Clear Arteries After Angioplasty

Click. MIT Scientist Unveils Device To Convert Excess Heat Into Electricity

Click. Air Pollution Causes Lung Disease In School-Age Children

Click. Study Confirms Secretin No More Effective Than Placebo In Treating Autism Symptoms

Click. Cancer Suspect From Grilled Meat In Human Milk?

Click. A Continuum of Terror: From Mujahedeen to al Qaeda

Click. James Madison vs. George W. Bush

Click. Politics mar Milk-Moscone remembrance

Click. Woman Struggles To Cope

Click. 5 women at table in Afghan talks

Click. Yes, Pakistan evacuated men from Kunduz. Why'd the U.S. let them?

Click. Ain't this America? Ticketed by camera!

"A Beauty" Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1808)

Click. Arnold Schönberg

Elton John: Don't shoot me, I'm only the producer. Click.

Click. 'New Pompeii'

New submarine search for Amelia Earhart. Click.

Mass grave marks England's bloodiest battle. Click.

Click. Giordano Bruno: 16th Century UFOlogist? 

Click. Civil War Rages On, and On and On

Click. The next generation takes a bow

Click. Norse God Odin Was a Real King, Explorer Says

Click. Mayan caves

Click. Healy Researchers Make A Series Of Striking Discoveries About Arctic Ocean

Click. The Terrible Twos: What Might Happen If Our Sun Had A Twin

Word of the Day Click.

November 28, 2001

Click. Afghans Uneasy as Russians Show Flag in Kabul

Israel and 911 Click.

Click. War On Terror: Prosperity For Poppy Growers?

Click. German officials arrest man linked to Sept. 11 attacks

Click. Stolen American Kids Become Pawns in Terror War

Click. FBI suspects the two Indonesians could be a living link between the terrorists' operation in Hamburg, Germany, and the U.S.

The Marine. Click.

The mother of all nightmares. Click.

Click. Recognizing the Enemy

Russia, oil and conspiracy theories. Click.

Click. US atrocity against Taliban POWs: Whatever happened to the Geneva Convention?

Click. Yemen Hears Benefits Of Joining U.S. Fight

BIOWARFARE WATCH

Click. Anthrax attack plans found in Pak scientists' office

Click. Once again: government, media silent on right-wing role in US anthrax attacks

Click. New FBI Team Tackles Anthrax

The Pen is Mightier....

Click. Government Censorship Must Not Continue Unchallenged

Click. Can a Free Press Survive America's New War?

Click. 220 Chronicle jobs cut; ad woes blamed

KRON tie to NBC to end Jan. 1 Click.

Hustler's Larry Flynt asks why a porn mogul and not the New York Times had to sue the government for press access in Afghanistan. Click.

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA....

Awash in even more trouble? The lids to S.F. ballot boxes are found floating in the ocean. Click.

Click. Man opens fire on Sausalito police; officer saved by bulletproof vest

Click. Governor shows off new device purported to stop hijacked trucks

Click. Corrections deficit near $200 million

Click. Bay Area children, schools struggle due to income gaps

Click. Wine supply firm continues to grow with industry

Click. Advanced Cell's CEO has roots in Bay Area

THE BUSH WORLD....

Click. Bush's Hollow Victory

Click. LaRouche Evaluates Putin-Bush Cooperation In Growing Crisis

Click. Bush's Father Sent to Attend Memorial for British Victims

Ashcroft to Face Tough Senate Grilling on Tribunals ("the wave of arrests did not materialize") Click.

Anti-terrorism bill had almost nothing to do with the September 11th attacks (The main exception was the part about money laundering) Click.

The Sacking of Science at Interior Click.

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

National Security Agency considering extensive lay-offs. Click.

Click. New Sensors Report, 'I Know They're in There, I Can See Them Breathing'

Click. Parapsychology In Intelligence: A Personal Review & Conclusions, by Dr. Kenneth A. Kress

Click. Police in England and Scotland carry out dawn raids on suspected internet pedophiles as part of a huge international operation.

Click. After 19 Years, Truth at Last

Click. The Rotary Factor

McCall tags Cuomo as the field levels. Click.

Click. Mexico Acknowledges Role in Disappearances

Click. Devious viruses set to grow

Click. AV Makers Blind-eye FBI Dirty Secrets

Click. Women shun 'geeky' internet jobs

Click. Quite a quandary for McAfee: Either help Feds and compromise user liberties, or, possibly, shield terrorists

Click. Water Drop Holds a Trillion Computers

Click. Football Shirt With On-Board Computer

Click. Justice Proposed Final Judgment on Microsoft

Trust Us. Click.

Click. IBM to Cut 1,000 Microelectronics Jobs

Click. Digital beasts roar to life 

MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK....

AOL Time Warner at work. Click.

Click. Firm drops EU antitrust hearing bid

Click. A Reversal of Roles in Asia

Click. The Resource Curse

New NYSE. Click.

Click. BMG to Lose Head

Click. World May Be Allergic to Euro

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

Click. US Looks at Dumping Posse Comitatus Law

Click. Marin DA might try to block Ghilotti release

Click. Alleged Colombine type plot seen exposed out of loyalty to teacher

Click. High court to consider online porn law

Click. Judge dismisses 8 Columbine lawsuits

Click. Dragnet Produces Few Terrorist Ties

Bounty. Click.

Click. Punishment for juveniles: Get outta Dodge

Click. U.S. Assumes Global Cyber-Police Authority

Click. High Court Dismisses Affirmative Action Case

Click. Free Wake-up Call Service

Anti-Terror Wiretap Rule Is Illegal Click.

Click. Planet circling another star probed

Click. Atmosphere on far planet. 1st look at sodium gas in other solar system

Click. Peruvian mummies in TB surprise

Ancient cancer remedy. Click.

UC Davis study shows estrogen protects brain cells, reduces risk of developing Alzheimer's Click.

Click. Trading Places in the Psych Unit

Click. NASA: Smelling the Coffee

Click. U.S. Will Use Once-Banned Human Tests

Click. Sensor Snaps Polluting Vehicles Passing By

Click. Tumor 'Freeze' Improves Prostate Cancer Outcome

Click. Report Predicts Major Forest Loss in South

Click. How to Find Life on Mars

Click. Certain Jobs May Be Linked to Male Infertility

Click. Small Study Supports Food Allergy-ADHD Link

Click. Timeless Lifestyle in Peril

"A Beauty" Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1808)

Click. A spiritual stand

Click. Electronic Music Interactive Primer

Click. Common Beliefs on Low Self-Esteem Are Myths

Click. The Lonely Hunter

Click. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Set to Tour

Click. Camp for Nude Witches Fights Closing

Click. Native American Rap Music American Indian Hip Hop

Word of the Day Click.

November 27, 2001

Click. Marines enter Afghanistan to cut off escape routes

Click. The US begins an endgame

Click. Americans want a war on Iraq and we can't stop them

Click. Pakistani Intelligence Hunting for Bin Laden

Click. Men in Black Jackets Slip Into Seats of Power

Click. US Concerned Over Opium Surge Expected From War

Al-Qaeda's underground cave complex. Click.

Click. Detained Indonesian linked to terrorist cell. FBI says he had contact with hijackers

Click. FBI warns oil, gas companies to gird for terrorist retaliation

Click. Face The Facts: Bombing Works

BIOWARFARE WATCH

Click. Taking a Germ Bullet From 1954 to 1973 during Operation Whitecoat, the Army exposed hundreds of Seventh-day Adventists to diseases to learn about possible bioweaponry.

Fugitive abortion foe: I sent anthrax threats Click.

Quarantine. Click. Getting on the train....

The Pen is Mightier....

Click. Independent TV Station In Moscow Faces Closing

Swede is 8th journalist killed since Afghan war strikes. Click.

Click. The leading U.S. financial firms and law-enforcement agencies are considering an agreement that would give authorities sweeping power to trace terrorists using the financial system.

Click. Jackson Stephens active in Venice, FL

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA....

Click. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Thomas Reardon lowered bail for Michael Schoop, 51, after the defense submitted a statement to the court from a 17-year-old boy who said a picture of him found in the defendant's possession was doctored with a computer to be pornographic.

Click. Red-hot Bay Area real estate cools off

Click. Housing scarce for disabled

Click. Lawyer faces trial on embezzlement charges

Click. Atherton: Stolen car connected to molestation found

Click. Redwood City: Police think attacks on girls may be linked

Condit edges toward running. Click.

THE BUSH WORLD....

Click. The political team that helped Al Gore come within a few disputed ballots of the presidency cannot be counted on to help him again.

Click. So Bush Did Steal the White House

The Bush Administration's War On Terrorism Means More Than You Think Click.

Click. New Hope For Afghanistan's Women, By Hillary Clinton

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

Click. 'Patriotism' Deflects Questions of Intelligence Failures

Mossad Agents Arrested In Attempt To Bomb Mexican Congress

Click. Navajo Code Talkers tell their story

Click. A hobby, or espionage?

Click. Roosevelt's spy games

John Birchers: Click. McVeigh-Iraq Connection Alleged

Click. Fox Vows Prosecution Of Rights Abuse Cases

Click. Mexico's War on Terror

John Birchers: Click. Color Them Lavender 

Click. China: Next Stop for the Exportation of American Jobs

Click. New Worm Replaces Sircam as No. 1

Click. eBlaster, The V-Chip's Tougher Big Brother

Click. Microsoft Discusses Plan for Homes.

Click. Is Magnetic Tape Doomed?

Click. Boohoo Tells a Dot-Com Disaster

Click. Jobless techies change course

Click. Settlement faces showdown: Lawyers in 5 states oppose Microsoft class-action deal

Click. 'Lantern' Backdoor Flap Rages

Click. IBM Deal Sends Red Hat Shares Flying

Click. Dorothy Denning on "geo-encryption": Tracking people by their locations

Click. California appeals court upholds right to flame companies online

MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK....

Click. Pulling out every trick in the book to get an appraisal

Click. New Treasury Anti-Money Laundering Guidelines

Click. Enron In Free Fall

Click. Caymans to Share Tax Information

Click. S.F. man sentenced in Israel

Click. Two Cisco accountants get 34 months for stock fraud

Click. ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE: A PIG IN FLEECE

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

Click. Judges told to jail fewer women

Click. FBI Links Va. Man to Terrorists

Click. FBI "Trojan Horse" Triggers Alarms

Click. Ashcroft Defends Hold on Detainees' Names

Click. Murder case prosecutors outline complex scheme

Click. Lawyer says Olson felt 'coercion' to plead guilty in SLA case More: Click.

Click. Defendants in Bishop slaying ask for hearing to be sealed

Click. Informant, former gang member handed 30-year sentence

Click. Supreme Court To Decide Lawyer Fees for Handling Disability Claims

Click. Supreme Court to hear schoolwork grading dispute

Pot at center of church lawsuit. Click.

Click. "The Supreme Court refused to consider whether a judge was wrong to leave an accused killer under guard in a courtroom while prospective jurors were questioned outside in the hall." 

Click. Pill to treat leukemia

Click. Experts Rip Cloning 'Story'

Click. Dinosaur Killer Spread Wide

Click. No more needless biopsies?

Click. The Little Engine That Could Be

Click. Death by chocolate?

Click. Comeback of syphilis stuns California officials

Click. New tree found in Vietnam.

Click. New Process May Aid Cancer Patients

Click. Hormones May Play Key Role in Migraines

Click. Panayiotis Zavos, human cloning trailblazer

Click. 'Rational' Decisions Clouded by Emotions

Click. Steroids More Effective Than Antihistamines When Used As Needed For Allergies

Click. Hip Research: Making More Durable Artificial Joints

Click. Protein Could Help Rejuvenate Oxygen-Starved Cardiac Tissue, Heal Wounds

Click. New Finding May Help Doctors Prevent HIV Drug Resistance

"A Beauty" Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1808)

Click. Letters from a Young Writer

Click. Net Users More Chic Than Geek

Click. Archaeology and the Bible - Christian Answers

Click. Playwright uses math as a milieu in 'Proof'

Click. Brilliant Careers: Meg Whitman

Click. The Global Flaneur

Click. Actress Swank's Back -- This Time as Pretty Woman

Click. Rome's Envoy to Saudi Arabia Converts to Islam

Click. Much Gold, Silver, Other Metals Lie Undiscovered In Saudi Arabia

Word of the Day Click.

November 24, 2001

Click. OBL Helped Negotiate Peaceful Handover of Jalalabad, Then Fled for Hills

Click. 'Sleepless nights for Bin Laden'

Click. Pakistan warns of Kunduz 'tragedy'

Click. Rabbani 'to accept Bonn decision'

Click. Al Qaeda's origins and links.

Click. In bustling Kabul, a silent U.S. compound

Click. Kunduz: A Poisoned Chalice

Click. Report: 35 Special Forces Killed

Click. Vidal says US attack on Afghans is 'suicidal':

Click. 60 Israelis Detained in US since 9/11.

Click. Canada a perfect haven for bin Laden

Click. China okays U.S. carrier stop in Hong Kong

Click. The creation of a Canadian-U.S. elite force

Click. Red-green big power politics. German parliament votes for participation in Afghanistan war

Click. Putin rules out Russia as NATO member.

CIA guys vs. Pentagon hawks. Click.

BIOWARFARE WATCH

Click. Soil searched for anthrax clues. Victim in Connecticut may have inhaled decades-old spores

Click. FBI is watching case of missing biologist

QUEENS' CRASH CONSPIRACY SITE OF THE DAY. Click.

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA....

Click. Academic gap at Berkeley High School follows racial lines

Click. Novato doctor to lead state medical group

Click. State may take over East Palo Alto school district

Click. Tax credit: Boost to low-end earners

Big dreams for rustic camp Click.

Click. L.A. Politics Being Turned Inside Out

THE BUSH WORLD....

Click. Recount Counterspin

Click. Republican campaign insider to oversee campaign financing rules

Click. A Leadership Lesson From FDR Cleland Combats Worry With 'Children's Hour' for Staffers

Click. Bush nominee linked to Latin American terrorism

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

Click. Interview with a Bomb maker

When an American e-mailed Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein, he got a surprising response. Click.

Click. Spy web sticks to bin Laden

Declassified files profile Afghan King. Click.

The Pen is Mightier....

Return of the Witch-Hunters

Click. The federal government (FCC) will decide whether the Victoria's televised fashion show was too lewd for TV.

Click. Streaming media: not just for online porn

Click. A call to arms for airline passengers. Anti-hijacking movement takes flight

Click. Milosevic to be tried on charge of genocide. Move signals escalation of his case

Click. Terrorism and Globalization

Click. Pogroms Return to Russia

Click. Sharon Summoned to Court: Belgian Appeals Court Set to Decide Next Steps in War Crimes Case Against Ariel Sharon

FORMER ARGENTINEAN PRESIDENT RELEASED FROM PRISON Click.

Click. Five Most Thankless Tech Jobs

Click. British inventors search for lost factor-X

Visualizing carnivore. Click.

Top Ten Tech Turkeys. Click.

Click. Electronic Mind Over Gray Matter

MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK....

Click. Americans buy second homes as a refuge

Trouble in the Far East. Click.

Click. From Dune Buggy to Combat Vehicle

Click. Oil giant Unocal's history of dealing with unsavory regimes.

Click. The Economic Stimulus Scam: 15-Year Retroactive Tax Rebate to Corporations?

Click. Moon Mining: Want to Invest in the Final Frontier?

Franchise films. Click.

Click. Christian music sales up after terrorist crisis

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

Click. Nazi Tribunal is a Model of Deception

Click. We Have the Right Courts for Bin Laden

Click. More Police Chiefs Balk at Ashcroft's Police State

Click. Jailed NY Suspect May Face First Military Tribunal

Click. French 'Sheriff' Is on the Case

They treated us like terrorists, say five Israelis held in US Click.

Click. Berkeley landlord's immigration, sex scandal fades from public spotlight

Click. Tribal fate in hands of a few federal employees

Click. Employee sues Enron, alleging $400,000 stock loss

Click. UK: Jail sentence of 10 years is penalty for baby cloning

From siege engines to robots to bicycles. A Paris security show offers everything a cop could want. Click.

Click. An Internet privacy firm has closed an anonymous Web surfing service that had been partly funded by the CIA and intended to give Web users in countries such as China and Iran a way to circumvent censors.

Click. Scientists at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot. Israel, have developed the first successful vaccine for Type I diabetes.

Click. A major discovery from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope about a planet outside our Solar System will be announced 

Click. Wires grown in liquid may help find toxins

Click.  Veterinarians warn of health problems as dogs mimic their overweight owners

Click. Don’t Exercise - Just Think

Click. Abuse Linked to Women's Ovarian Function  A history of physical or sexual abuse may affect women's ovarian function, potentially leading to the early onset of menopause, new research suggests.

Butterfly conservatory virtual tour. Click.

Click. Remembering in bronze & stone

Click. A Living Lab on the Edge of Suburbia

Click. Magic Plastic: The It toy

Click. Paintings of mythical animal-human hybrids are among the oldest surviving art ever produced.

Click. Is Play Behavior Sign of Sexual Orientation?

JOHN F. KENNEDY: "We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."

Remarks Prepared for Delivery at the Trade Mart in Dallas. Click.

"A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers - and this is the basis of all human morality."

"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth."

"When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were." (May 27, 1961)

I have just received the following telegram from my generous Daddy. It says, "Dear Jack: Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide." (Gridiron Dinner, Washington, D.C., 1958)

Little Boy: "Mr. President, how did you become a war hero?"
President Kennedy: "It was absolutely involuntary. They sank my boat."

"I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together in the White House -- with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." (White House dinner honoring Nobel Prize winners.)

November 23, 2001

Mullah Omar hands power to army chief Click.

Afghanistan's best chance for attracting foreign capital rests with its strategic location as a potential major transit route for Siberian and Central Asian oil and natural gas exports to South and East Asia. In 1997, an international consortium announced plans to build a pipeline from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan, but they fell through. Uwe Parpart writes that the time is now right to revive the project. Click.

Click. Terror grown at home

Click. Experts: al-Qaida network may survive to fight another day

Click. U.S. details 22 Taliban atrocities

Click. Mystery, martyrdom beckon OBL.

Click. Once again, bandits rule the road to Kabul

Click. Silent Sensors Wait for bin Laden

Click. Alleged agent of bin Laden was in Canada, sources say

Click. NATO leaders consider equal role for Russia. Plan would give former foe veto power over some issues

BIOWARFARE WATCH

Click. A world-renowned Harvard scientist and expert in highly contagious and deadly viruses mysteriously disappeared in Tennessee early last Friday

Click. Anthrax Case in Chile Confirmed

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA....

Click. Pleasanton to host cat show

Click. Winegrowers Association chief leaves for consulting job

Click. Assemblyman's aide accused of molesting 12-year-old boy

Sheriff's aide in County jail - suspected of molesting children. Click.

Click. Pacific Lumber takes ax to Headwaters redwoods. Environmentalists lose battle for 705-acre 'Hole'

THE BUSH WORLD....

Click. BUSH AND NIXON: A CAUTIONARY TALE

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

Click. Stolen Info and Fake Addresses Complicate FBI’s Job of Naming Hijackers

Click. Probe reconstructs horror, calculated attacks on planes

Click. FBI's 'Trojan Horse' to Grab Passwords

The Pen is Mightier....

Click. The U.S. is considering a plan to spend $500 million to launch a satellite channel that would compete with Al-Jazeera and be aimed at younger Muslims who are seen as anti-American.

Click. State Department Movie Made to Influence World Opinion, But Banned in the U.S.

Click. Pope Apologizes to Victims of Sex Abuse by Clergy

Riceland food ships first rice to Cuba in 40 years. Click.

Couple shot over crying baby. Click.

Click. France: Support for war, attacks on democratic rights

Click. Riding the rails to rediscover America. Train travel's languorous pace has new appeal

Click. New Hacker Tool Could Target Web Servers

Click. Anti-terror law bad news for foreign hackers

Website checks schools' crime records. Click.

Click. Red Hat Trumps Charity Offer by MS

Click. Bill to Linus: You Owe Me

Click. Hazards and Illegality of FBI's Magic Lantern

MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK....

Vatican Bank - top 10 money laundering destination. Click.

Click. Putting up with the office idiot

Click. Health coverage for poor at stake

Click. $15 billion in unclaimed property nationwide

Click. Free Card Game Is Such a Deal

Click. The War And Your Nest Egg

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

$1 million awarded to inmate raped in jail. Click.

Couple sue State for cashing in their blue chips. Click.

Click. Christian theme park sues Florida over denial of tax exempt status. 

Click. Jack Sirard: Investors would get little from Enron suit

Bill would extend tribal police powers Click.

Click. Couple sue state for cashing in their Blue Chips

Hawaii Court knocks down registration for sex offenders. Click.

Click. Top fencing suspect held in jewel heist. $1 million in stolen gems found after probe into theft in Millbrae

After 30 years, D.B. Cooper's disappearance remains a mystery. Click.

Click. Justice Dept Won't Identify Sept. 11 Detainees

Click. MLK Jr. Memorial Stalls Over Family's Fee Request

Click. Medications' Effects on Driving Under the Influence Weighed

Word of the Day Click.

Click.  A new experimental drug can block the progression of insulin-dependent diabetes and may be able to prevent the disease, which affects up to 20 million people worldwide.

Click. Depressed? Eat Some Sushi, Scientists Say

Auto maintenance online. Click.

Click. Researchers Identify Possible MS Gene

Click. Coffee May Boost Estrogen Levels in Women

Click. Curry Spice Could Slow Alzheimer's, Study Shows

Click. China Moves Ahead with Manned Moon Landing Plans

Click. Plucky survivor beat odds, needs boost.

Mexico celebrates 50th anniversary of discovery that led to the "pill". Click.

Click. The Tech of Star Trek: Part 2

Click. McCartney is undaunted by solo career

Click. Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics Dies

Click. "Harry Potter" producer: "We are making seven films"

Click. Beijing's 'Secret' Gay Web Confab

Click. Four Weddings actress Charlotte Coleman dies, aged 33

JOHN F. KENNEDY: "We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."

Remarks Prepared for Delivery at the Trade Mart in Dallas. Click.

"A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers - and this is the basis of all human morality."

"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth."

"When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were." (May 27, 1961)

I have just received the following telegram from my generous Daddy. It says, "Dear Jack: Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide." (Gridiron Dinner, Washington, D.C., 1958)

Little Boy: "Mr. President, how did you become a war hero?"
President Kennedy: "It was absolutely involuntary. They sank my boat."

"I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together in the White House -- with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." (White House dinner honoring Nobel Prize winners.)

November 22, 2001