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NEWSGRIDS FEBRUARY 2002

WW III
US Troops Arriving in Georgian Republic

U.S. Efforts in Caucasus Underscore Global Fight

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

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA....

Welfare Ban for Drug Felons Harms Children, Study Says

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

Enron Spin Will Define Bush

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.

Have iPod, Will Secretly Bootleg

Dell Proves a Bit Gun-Shy

Morpheus' File-Trading Fiasco

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

3 NYPD Torture Convictions Voided

The ADL Spying Case Is Over, But The Struggle Continues

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

Guilty plea in S.F. minority fraud case. Fine, detention for using fake firm to gain contract

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

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

The Jitterbug Still Flies

David Craig on 'Nature Writing'

Welcome to the Internet Movie Advisor

Degrees of separation?

Goat, horse share treats, friendship through fence

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.

WW III
US May Send Troops to Georgia Republic

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'

Power balance in East Asia

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

700 National Guard Will Patrol Border with Canada

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.

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA....

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

Bush embraces Saudi prince's vision for peace in Middle East

"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
to recommend Enron stock

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.

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

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'

Dems in Attack on Second Bush Judicial Nominee

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?

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

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
Reports Say US Iraq Strike Imminent

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

UKRAINE SUSPECTED OF SUPPLYING ARMS TO IRAQ Click.

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.

German government bypasses parliament to fund military transport project

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

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA....

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

Cowboy Bush Has a Corporate Agenda

"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

Former Enron Chief Says He Did Not Lie

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

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

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

New Front on Ecoterror?

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

Aspirin 'could tackle viruses'

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

Physicals With the Works

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

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

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
Senator Says 100 Al-Qaeda Inside US

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

Blair tries to steel MPs for possible attacks on Iraq

Somalian Link Seen to Al Qaeda

Colombia abandons peace effort

Arafat 'depressed and nervous'

Behind Confident Front, Karzai's Control Often Illusory

Not Much Change In Bishops' Policies

Ed Rosenthal: Pot-growing icon takes raid in stride

Senator Wellstone of Minnesota Says He Has Multiple Sclerosis

A Magical Week Set for Sarah

Mexico Wants an E-Revolution

Tech's Toxic Trash

IBM Builds World's Fastest Communications Microchip

Plastic LEDs

Toyota to Make Car Fuelled by Hydrogen

Digital Railroad

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA....

$2 billion at stake in bonds, taxes. School districts count on measures passing

Old downtown makes Petaluma a pedestrian's paradise

Berkeley schools $7 million in the red. Old computer system at root of problem

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?

Sneaking With the Enemy

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

The Pen is Mightier....

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

Xbox Success in Japan Crucial for Microsoft

Clear Channel: an Empire Built on Deregulation

BIOWARFARE WATCH

Anthrax Suspect Worked in US Lab

FBI knows anthrax mailer but won't make an arrest, US scientist charges

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

Jewish defense group settles S.F. spying suit

Gestapo? - No, It's The DEA

U.S. may seek extradition in Pearl case.

Deadbeat parents risk passport loss

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

Attorneys in Dog-Mauling Case Deploy Widely Different Styles

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

Hormone Replacement Therapy May Help Prevent Chronic Wounds In Elderly Patients

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

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

Planet X Flyby In 2003 -- ZetaHysteria vs. ZetaFact

Om schooling.

The Wisdom of the Desert

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.