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NEWSGRIDS - JUNE 2001

June 30, July 1, 2001

Yugoslav Gov't Quits Over 'Extradition' Click.

Click. Yugoslav leaders hope to contain anger at the handover of Slobodan Milosevic, which has caused protests and political upheaval.


Click. How the US Blackmailed the Serbs

Click. For A Fist Full Of Dollars: Huge Aid Promise Prompted Handover

Click. Condit tells days before intern vanished were busy

British plan condoms in schools. Click.

Click. Popular revolt against Algeria's military regime spreads

China opens a 3 mile high rail track for mass migration to Tibet. Click.

Click. Safra case: American Green Beret Ted Maher held hostage for 569 days.

Click. Why MI5 wanted gerbils with a nose for fear and there's plenty of MI5 files ready to possibly view.

Click. It was the FBI, and not the Venezuelan police, which was responsible for catching the runaway ex-secret service chief of Peru, Vladimiro Montesinos, responsible for the scandal which led to Alberto Fujimori’s downfall. 

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Click Petaluma government squabble.

Click. Measure targets charter schools
A last-minute bill in the Legislature that would cut funding for charter schools serving Independent Study and home-schooled students has caused a huge stir among charter operators in California.

Medical marijuana return hailed in Sonoma County. Click.

Click. Emeryville interim Superintendent gets top San Rafael school job

Click. Oakland boot camp prepares seventh-graders for new school

Click. Toxic Dangers At Hamilton - By Louis Nuyens

Lottery prize went to deserving man. Click.

MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.
Click. NetTrends: Not a Dot-Com But It Fell Like One

Click. WorldCom Says Employee Caused Nasdaq Failure

Click. The Contrarian: Adventures of a junk bond king

Click. Casio introduces the world's first wrist-type wearable digital camera

Click. Big Plans for the Tiny Screen

Albuquerque teen accused of hacking NASA computer. Click.

How the Navy Marine Corps Intranet will be secured for $4.1 billion. Click.

Click. After splitting with his younger brother and Myst collaborator, Rand Miller raises venture financing -- virtually unheard of among game developers -- to build a game that he hopes will change the world.

Click. Goodbye Microsoft. Hello Verisign. The new  name for monopoly abuse.

Click. Fish or Cut Bait: An intact Microsoft is too expensive

Click.  Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are using supercomputers to understand mathematically the workings of the human heart.

Surgeon General David Satcher's new report on sexuality was drafted by an internationally known authority on homosexual and transgender practices. Click.

THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT. Washington Warriors Clash over History by David Corn Click.

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

Click. The mistress and me, by Lady Archer

Click. All the world's a stage for Archer and his Ophelia

Click. A landlord-tenant dilemma

Click. Different stories to different juries

Click. Two child molest suspects sought in Santa Rosa

Finances questioned in Mob trial. Click.

Click. Organ theft doctor given probation.

Click. Nationwide, 12 percent of Black men between 20 and 34 were locked up last year.

Click. Courtney Love blocks release of Nirvana song

Click. Nun slams Catholic Church at women's ordination conference

Click. Spray-on skin graft will heal burn scars

Click. Alarm raised over tobacco substitutes Scientists say tobacco substitutes can stimulate the growth of tumors and should not be used over a long period of time.

Click. Quest for Universe's Oldest Light

Click. What 'Smart Dust' Could Do for You

Click. The Ultimate Optical Fiber

Click. The Measure of Power

Genetically modified bugs to be released in Arizona. Click.

Click. Acupuncture Better Than Massage for Neck Pain

Click. Gene Research Suggests How Parkinson's Might Arise

Click. Johns Hopkins to build fleet of spacecraft

REPLACE NAPSTER WITH AUDIOGALAXY. Click.

Click. New worries as virus cluster grows


Riders on the Beach
 Paul Gaugin, 1902

Click. Gay "Star Trek"?

Click. Hip-hop’s first gay superstar?

Click. A.I.: Lacks a Human Touch

The great library of Alexandria. Click.

Click. Mistresses and muses - Famous seductresses of artists reap riches, notoriety and on occasion, a postmortem miniseries.

General Joshua L. Chamberlain - "One of the Knightliest Soldiers" Click.

Search set for French, English ships sunk in 1512. Click.

Word of the day: Ice Click.

June 29, 2001

Click. Vice President Cheney expects to get pacemaker device

Click. US 'Advisors' Among Albanian Rebels

Click. Bush Wants to End Nuke Test Moratorium

Click. Milosevic Handed Over To War Crimes Tribunal

Click. Major Iraqi Troop Movements Reported

Click. U.S. fears weapons of mass destruction in next Middle East war.

Click. 5 More Cases Added to Probe of Roger Clinton

Click. LaRouche Predicts Russian Greatness

Click. Spy Blake Emerges From Shadows More: Click.

We drove the US out of three Arab countries by just threatening to hit them Click.

Model Prison for Milosevic. Click.

Click. Mira the mystic is left with lost vision

FBI Official Misled Congress About Lee, GAO Says . Click.

Click. Misreading the Pentagon Papers

Click. Lying About Vietnam

Click. Will the Saudis Get the Bomb?

Click. EU Ratifies Long Data Retention

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA

Click. East Bay rapidly becoming new high-tech hub

School recall backers relish a new day in Orange County. Click.

California charter schools that do not have attendance records signed by properly credentialed teachers now risk closure because the state Department of Education is withholding their operating funds. Click.

Despite court order, Ravenswood school district fails its neediest students. Click.

Click. Power firms held in contempt

Click. House bill triples funds to fight vineyard disease

St. Helena's vintage battle against the Wine Train. Click.

Loggers, environmentalists at odds over Coho. Click.

Click. Study says energy crisis is dragging down state's economy

Click. For mauled boy, recovery will be long, arduous.

Click. The Santa Rita Jail Looks for Sunny Days

MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.
Click. Could GE Withdraw Its Bid For Honeywell?

Advertising didn't work, subscriptions didn't work. Maybe content syndication will save Salon. Click.

30-inch humanoid robot costs $60k  Click.

Click. Can old-world courts catch up to high tech?

Click. Google has a new image search database.

Click. 9 in 10 British children have a mobile phone.

Bell Labs scientists have established the theoretical upper limit for data transfers over fiber -- 100 terabits per second. Click.

Microsoft and the DOJ - both happy, both lying. Click.

Click. Real MS Verdict: Jackson Blew It

Click. Post-Tasini: Pity the Librarians

Webcam map. Click.

Click. Microsoft's Thesaurus censors sexuality out of language

BUSHISM OF THE DAY
"I want to thank you for coming to the White House to give me the opportunity to urge you to work with these three Senators and five Congressmen, to work hard to get this trade promotion authority moving.  The power that be, well most of the power that be, sits right here." Washington D.C. June 18, 2001.

Click. US Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) to switch parties

Click. Republicans turn their back on teachers

Click. The incredible shrinking presidency by Ariana Huffington 

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

Click. California Supreme Court decision cripples assault weapons ban

Ashcroft Seeks Limits on Gun Records

Click. Hero off the bench

Click. Woman sentenced for role in abduction and rape of Japanese students

A woman in her 20s was gang-raped early today by men believed to be US servicemen in the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, it has been reported in Tokyo. Click.

Click. Jackson to Help Missing Child Search

Click. Slaying suspect in meat inspectors killing case trying to fire lawyer

Click. A longtime Contra Costa County sheriff's deputy was charged this week with molesting a 5-year-old girl.

What really happened to Bessie and Glen in the Grand Canyon. Click.

Click. Report: Charges center on Poundstone's own children

Click. Dog-maul attorney challenged by Client he defended

School video surveillance next. Click.

Eco activist gets 20+ year sentence in Oregon. Click.

Click. Bare skin on TV must be banned by FCC, says Gloria Tristani

Click. Jogging may ward off osteoporosis

Click. Scientists no longer in the dark on fireflies

Click. Cranberry Juice Helps Urinary Tract

Click. What's Left to Do When You Don't 'Do Windows'?

Click. 18 cloned cows giving milk, state firm says

Click. How Electromagnetic Propulsion Will Work

Click. Russia To Bring Space Shuttle Back From The Grave

Click. DNA Chips Target Cancer

Click. Medicine to curb gambling looks like a good bet

Click. Scientists Report New Findings On The Connection Between Diabetes And Heart Disease And Stroke

Click. USC Study Suggests Low Levels Of Dietary Nutrient Lutein, Found In Leafy Greens, Linked To Thickening In Neck Arteries

Click. The Role Of Cell Suicide In The Development And Treatment Of Cancer

Click. The Aerover Blimp: The Ultimate All-Terrain Vehicle ... For A Trip To Saturn's Moon Titan

Click. Temperature Map Of Jupiter's Volcanic Moon Io Presents A Puzzle

Click. Important Pathogens And Cures Belong To Little-Known Group Of Fungi; Research Points Way To Discovering Other Agents

Click. Venus Holds Clues To Finding Earth's Platinum And Diamonds


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 Paul Gaugin, 1902

World's largest sculpted horse. Click.

Mein Kampf was one of the top bestsellers of its time. It made Hitler a millionaire, and its royalties are still enriching secret charities. Click.

Click. Artificial maturity In "A.I.," Steven Spielberg continues his quest to be a real live adult. He was far greater as a real live boy. New Yorker review: Click. I. Robot

Click. The Mad Poets Society. Alex Beam on Plath, Lowell, and Sexton, and the mental institution they shared.

Click. Salon and the decay of American liberal journalism

Delegates to conference on women priests claimed intimidation. Click.

Sweet legacy for a dark film. Click.

Click. Freelance Journalists Their role in the world

Living Edens. Click.

On this day. Click. June 29, 1995

Word of the day: Seaway Click.

Click. Dating study 'means human history rethink' 

Click. Smallest guitar, about the size of a human cell

June 28, 2001

Iraq prepares for war. Click.

Click. SANCTIONS ORDERED AGAINST N KOREA, CHINA FOR SELLING WEAPON MATERIALS TO IRAN.

Click. Sharon Defiant Over Split With Bush

Click. The devil is in the details

Click. Putin Sends Bush a Missile 'Hint'

Click. Putin Has Illuminated Missile Defense Dangers

Click. France Ends Military Draft

Click. How The NSA Is Monitoring You--and Why It's Wasting Its Time Echelon may not be able to read GIF, BMP, JPG, or MP3 files.

In his collection of 2,400 Vladi-videos, Montesinos has dirt on nearly everyone. Click.

Click. Peru's violent past on trial. Arrests may solve decades of mysteries

Click. FSB Witness Must Make Putin Blush

Click. Macedonia: US troops intervene to save Albanian separatists

Fed Watching is nerve wracking. Click.

Click. Pope names 28 Ukrainians deserving of sainthood

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Click. Police try to determine if pit bull in West Oakland mauled boy

Click. Ravenswood schools chief benefits while students lag

Inmate calls raise millions for Gov. Davis' budget. Click.

Click. Investigators may seek contempt sanctions against power generators

N.Y. developer says Burton was touted for lobbyist job. S.F. port director allegedly urged hiring

Click. Report on threats made in schools. San Mateo County grand jury assessment

De La Fuente wants to limit medical pot law. Click.

Healdsburg sex offender vanishes. Click.

Click. Battle begins over Montalcino resort

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Harvard's hoard. Click.

Click. Special report: Venture capital across America

Click. Greenspan's thinking stuck firmly in the 1970s

Click. Most Auditing Fees Not Used for Auditing

Microsoft Breakup Overturned by Appeals Court; Jackson Removed From Case
A U.S. appeals court overturned a ruling splitting Microsoft Corp. into two companies, while upholding a judge's finding that the largest software company illegally defended its Windows monopoly. Click.

Click. Dot.com 'sexism' Men "still in driving seat" in the new economy

Click. India to Compute on the Cheap

Click. Rather than broadcasting radio waves to cell phones, why not beam them to each one, with laserlike accuracy?

Click. Microsoft Drops Controversial Tagging Feature from Windows XP

Brass Knuckles Interviews Arch Fiend. Click.

Click. One big happy channel?

Click. Nose for Business goes out of business

Click. Investors who like risk should like Yahoo

Click. Advertising Invades Instant Messaging

Click. Bush Hints Nuclear Test Moratorium May End

Click. Bush won't carry stem cell research to term

An Analysis of Spoiled Ballots in the 2000 Florida Election Click.

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

Click. Supreme Court Rejects Indefinite Alien Detention

Click. Supreme Court Upholds Broad Property Rights 

Click. Nine more charged in FBI file theft scandal

Click. Court freezes Milosevic extradition

Click. The Trial Of Milosevic Could Unnerve Leaders In The U.S. And Europe Development may set a new precedent: the threshold for crimes against humanity has been significantly lowered.

Click. Arms Deal Case Against Mitterrand Son Halted

Click. Heat is on French president. Plane tickets for Chirac's family called into question

Click. Standup comedian Paula Poundstone charged with child endangerment

How one Oakland judge is pushing a juror to vote for death. Click.

Click. Car Phone Ban Author Wants Offenders treated like drunk drivers.

Click. Scientists to engineer allergen-free cats

Click. Oxygen Cuts Infections By Half

An exotic mosquito known for its aggressive bites and its potential to spread a sometimes fatal tropical disease has been discovered among imported "lucky bamboo" in Los Angeles County. Click.

Click. Geneticists Await Haplotype Map

Click. Making a Language Out of ATCG

Click. Robo Attorney

Click. GM Canola Becomes Uncontrollable Weed

Click.  Planet-Sized Drifters Bewilders Hubble Scientists

Click. HIV's Deadly Assault On Immune Cells Chronicled In Step-By-Step Account Of Viral Invasion

Click. Physicists Join Fight Against Cancer, By Understanding How Best To Use Radiation To Kill Tumor Cells

Click. Study Confirms Replacing Estrogen By Skin Patches Decreases Nerve Activity, Blood Pressure In Postmenopausal Women

Click. UCSD Biologists Identify 548 Genes In The Fruit Fly Likely To Play A Role In Human Genetic Diseases

Click. Study Helps Predict Children With Difficult-To-Treat Epilepsy

Click. As Young As 8-1/2 Months, Babies Seem To Know Where Words Begin And End.


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 Paul Gaugin, 1902

Click. Twain's lost tale finally published 

Click. Who wants to run a record company?

Click. Lemmon on working with Marilyn Monroe in the 1959 classic comedy `Some Like It Hot'

Click.
Following Jewish tradition but accepting Jesus Christ as  Savior. 

On this Day. Click. June 28, 1919,

Word of the Day. Strand. Click.

Upcoming Ritual Abuse and Mind Control Conference. Click.

Alexandria picks up pieces of its ancient past. Click.

Click. 'Bigfoot' on the Prowl ?

Click. Flocking to See the Lucky Lizard

Artifacts hint at an American Indian  history that spans 10,000 years. Click.

A wobble in Mercury's orbit could have wiped out the dinosaurs. Click.

Click. Giant Carnivores Threatened By Alien Weed

June 27, 2001

Click. Pentagon Defends Evacuation of Terrorists

Click. Retired US Army Colonel Convicted Of Selling Secrets To The Russians

Click. Chinese Doctor Tells Of Organ Removals After Executions

Click. Battlefield Uses Of Biotech Proposed In Report To Army

At the Paris Air Show with the Merchants of Death. Click.

Uncle Sam's Medical Pot Project Is Light on Research, Heavy on Compassion. Click.

Kidnapping casts shadow over Copa America. Click.

Frigate on patrol in Persian Gulf ordered to stay at sea. Click.

Japanese diplomatic dispatches infiltrated by English-speaking spies. Click.

Click. US and China factions are battling it out in Pakistan's inner circles.

A former CIA operative explains why the terrorist Osama bin Laden has little to fear from American intelligence. Click. 

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California Lawmakers Keep Condit at Arm’s Length. Click.

Click. Oakland proposes tougher rent laws. 

Click. 'Little Punjab' in Yuba City

First Annual Conspiracy Convention. Click.

Click. The Rumor Mill At The Bottom Of The World

Click. Geologist says Nessie just a trick of tectonics

Click. Zebra and Shetland Pony fell in love and made history.

Click. Nefertiti Mummy Found

Click. Machu Picchu in Collapse

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Click. General Motors plans review of European strategy

Click. Ebusiness Books Worth Reading

Click. No new Internet taxes, forever?

Click. The state of VC in Texas and the Northeast

Click. How IBM helped the Nazis. IBM and the Holocaust, by Edwin Black

The wired car in the wired world. Click.

Australia's remote Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean is set to be turned into a space launch center. Click.

These are busy times at the FBI's San Francisco office, home of the most active computer-crimes unit in the country. Thanks to the availability of automated tools that can wreak havoc on the Web, investigators there are seeing increasing reports of malicious hacking. Click.

Click. House Blocks Bush Plan to Allow Long-Haul Mexican Trucks in US

Click. Vice President Dick Cheney has declined to identify the people who met privately with his energy task force, raising tensions with congressional investigators who have repeatedly requested the information.

Click. Bush to Jump-Start Energy Plan

Somewhere in the FBI family there must be a hero who threatened to expose the obstruction of justice, implicating Louis Freeh and forcing him to order Danny Defenbaugh to surrender his hoard. Click.

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

Florida: Busted for disclosing information about a police investigation -- even if you're the person who had filed a complaint alleging police wrongdoing. Click.

Judge recoils at child sex video. Click.

Click. Female molest suspect in Novato hit with 9 more counts

Click. Searching for Rochelle I was the caseworker assigned to hunt for a sexually abused 2-year-old in the wilds of New York

Click. Petaluma police say reported abduction was a hoax

Click. World Court rules against US

Click. EVERY DRIVE YOU TAKE, I'LL BE WATCHING YOU

Click. Montana hate crime victim arrested

Click. No Second Chances for the Bankrupt

Click. FBI Employee Arrested in Las Vegas; More Arrests To Come by Al Martin

Click. Mole in U.S. Attorney's Office.

Federal prosecutor suspended in Providence corruption case for screening FBI video for friends. Click.

Click. All The World's A Stage ... For Dust

Click. Martian water hunt leads to poles

Click. Condoms significantly reduce risk of herpes for women

Click. Diabetes Cure in Mice Offers Hope for Humans-Study  A simple 40-day treatment that cures type 1 diabetes in laboratory mice might offer hope for humans with the disease.

Click. Norwegian Sea Proposed As Storage Site For Carbon Dioxide

Click. University Of Iowa Study Investigates Embryonic-Like Ability Of Aggressive Melanoma Cells

Click. Study Finds Changes In Hormone Levels In Men Who Become Fathers

Click. Novel Therapy Shows Promise To Prevent Recurrence Of Head And Neck Cancer

Click. USGS Finds Mixing Between California Spotted Owls And Northern Spotted Owls

Click. Researchers Develop White Wine With Health Benefits Similar To Red

Click. Toxic Compound Opens Potentially Important Cell Gates

Click. Shadow Science

Click. Biotech without boundaries

Click. Instant messaging on the brain


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Church recognizes suffering of 27 people during Nazi and Communist rule. Click.

Click. Manson's in the shadow of more shocking rockers

Click. Sexy Scientists! JPL Engineer Selected as One of People Magazine's Desirable Bachelors 

Psychology of the eyelids. Click.

Phoenicia. Click.

Click. The Yattir Mosaic. A Visual Journey to Christ

Click. King Hezekiah's Seal Revisited

Click. Virtual Temple Mount

Click. Chemtrail controversy making the mainstream --A.C. Griffith

Click. Serving the Guest: A Sufi Cookbook and Art Gallery

On this day: Click. June 27, 1950

Word of the Day: Rebuke. Click.

June 26, 2001

Click. A Memo From Osama

Click. Asia's new power balance - Jane's International Security News

Iraq is helping Algeria build a nuclear program. Click.

Click. China Deploys More Than A Dozen Warships near Spratly Islands

Click. Iraqi Troops In Position To Invade Kurdistan

Click. NATO Escorts Armed Terrorists to Safety

Information Operations at the Point of the Spear: Enclave Site Defense Tactics at the Army Operations Center. Click.

Click. Second major Mexican drug figure extradited to the United States

Click. Jailed U.S. student worked for FBI - Russian agency

Soldier of the Future. Click.

Click. Al Fayed chases Gobi Desert gold

Click. Mass executions expected in China

Click. Homosexuality rift hampers UN summit on AIDS

War And The Causes Of War from Brasscheck. Click.

Click. Australia will make its spies reveal themselves!

Click. Panamanian Spies for US Disclosed

Click. Muddy Waters: Letting The Gulf Of Mexico Breathe Again

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A man with a handgun abducted a 17-year-old Petaluma youth early Monday, forcing him to drive to the Central Valley where he was safely released four hours later, Petaluma police said. Click.

Click. Richmond dog owner free on bail. Family of mauled boy outraged at release

Click. Health care plan for women. Contra Costa Supervisors' debate today

Click. Resculpted cove matches Drake-era drawings Those who believe Sir Francis Drake landed his leaky ship in the summer of 1579 in Marin say they have new evidence: a reformed cove at Drakes Bay.

Click. Students start orientation for Oakland military school  

Click. A civil grand jury report suggests Marin City employees are collecting excessive building permit fees in violation of law

Click. Mexico will not sign any border agreement that fails to include the
legalization of the 3 million to 4 million undocumented Mexican citizens already living in the United States, Mexico's foreign minister said
Thursday
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Power talks begin for California Click.

Click. The World of Voodoo

The Cosmic Holy Grail. Click.

Click. A guide to European megaliths

Unexpected evidence of early Christianity. Click.

Ancient Greeks fired curses from the Underworld. Click. 

Click. How Microsoft is Building a Global Monopoly

Click. Jobs Throws Apple at Teachers

Click. Like "Star Trek's" all-powerful Borg, AOL and Microsoft are determined to crush the spirit of online independence. Is resistance futile?

Click. Byting Into the New Chips

Click.  Yahoo adds video feature to instant messaging service

Click. Developers of first commercial computer reminisce

New York City Schools' restrictive web rules. Click.

Click. New Software Streamlines The Search For Disease-Causing Genes

Click. The Outernet Is Coming

Congress trashes local control of schools. Click.

Click. Former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger has opened a global consulting firm; among his clients is Duke Energy, already under fire for alleged price gouging in California. 

Click. The dozens of lobbyists and advisers who now sit in on Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle's breakfast meetings could help determine whether he makes it to the White House.

Click. Cracks appear in GOP front

Click. The people who want Jeb's job.

Click. GAO looks into Bush pals.

Pentagon Report Fails to Address Key Question in Voting Controversy Click.

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

Click. New York passes first state ban on mobile phones

Click. Dirty Money Bought Mobster Fort: Feds

Prison made a new man out of Jonathan Nobles...But death row only has one exit. Click.

Click. Secrets of Avoiding Securities-Fraud Class Action Suits

Click. Vallejo: Kidnapper's mattress taken for DNA tests

Click. A bill to use $10 of attorneys' State Bar dues to help colleagues with drug, alcohol and mental illness problems has been sent to Gov. Gray Davis.

Click. Army spy defendant: Knowledge of KGB names was a `coincidence'

Click. Japan doomsday cult leader's wife loses appeal

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Click. Tesco enters US market via internet

Click. Boutique VCs in vogue

Click. VC money is not just from Silicon Valley anymore

Click. Barrick Gold will purchase Walnut Creek-based Homestake Mining Co. in a $2.3 billion stock swap.

Click. How the brain learns to use transplanted hands

Click. After a nearly 80-year hunt to end the need for painful daily injections for diabetics, researchers reported Monday that an experimental oral spray successfully delivers critical insulin into the bloodstream and may spell the end of the needle.

Click. Lack of Sleep Increases Diabetes Risk: Study

A German company offering a quick and easy mail-order paternity test that can be carried out by either party without the other's knowledge. Click.

FIRST INDIAN MAY STEP ONTO MOON IN 2005. Click.

Click. ' Golden rice' remains years from reality in agriculture

Click. New weapons created to battle bacteria 

Click. The real-life future of A.I. robots 

Click. Brainy robot gets Arctic test-drive 

Click. World's most powerful non-nuclear explosive.

Click. Satellites Show Earth One Big Sponge 

Click. Urine Test Predicts Heart Disease in Some Women

Click. Homing In On Better Bone Marrow Transplants

Click. Tularemia -- Rabbit Fever -- Could Be Bioweapon Threat

Click. New Method Of Predicting Stroke In Heart Patients


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SAVE WEVD RADIO. Click.

Click. Older Rockers Flop on Pop Charts

VATICAN AND RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH: FRIENDSHIP OF ELEPHANT AND ANT. Click.

Click. Pope's gesture to the Jews

Dominick Dunne's latest. Click.

Click. The Annotated "American Pie"

Mies. Click.

Many famous authors have had writer's block. Douglas Adams's publisher had to lock him in a hotel to get novels out of him. Click.

Click. Online publishers form trade group

It Smacks of Angelina. Click.

Click. Geronimo, His own story 

Click. Most Fantasize About Sex Outside Relationship

Cats in Art. Click.

Click. Is Your TV Set Watching You?

ON THIS DAY: June 26, 1963

Word of the day: Shanghai Click.

June 25, 2001

 

Iraqi positioned to invade Kurdistan. Click.

Click. Cheney Hit By Iraq Deal Scandal

The beginning of Iraqgate. Click.

Click. Bin Laden 'plans new attacks in two weeks'

Click. U.S. Gulf Forces Placed On Con Delta Alert

Taiwan Tests Patriot Antimissile System; China Keeps Mum. Click.

Click. Former spy chief held after eight months on the run

Click. US professor under police protection after accusing Sharon of war crimes

Click. AIDS activists change their act On the eve of a United Nations conference, the once-militant ACT-UP revises its tactics and focus

Click. David Horowitz There really is a valid military argument against gays in the military, but the forces of political correctness won't allow it to be heard.

Click. Palestinian Activist Killed by Phone Bomb

Click. Japan to Pursue Independent Missile Defense

Click. Cool Politician Condit at Heart of Mystery Over Intern More: Washington Culture Complicates Mystery

Click. Open road for Mexico trucks

Click. Croatian Nazi Party Faces Its Final Battle In A United States Courtroom

Click. The future of war: robotic fighter jets

Click. 'Smart ships' at sea

Click. FBI Systems Under Scrutiny

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Click. Tension, suspicion rising over bombings in Fremont

Click. Can Riordan replace Reagan?

Groups to park on Union Pacific Railroad property. Click.

Click. LAPD officers live in safest cities outside city, some outside the county

Click. Copia wine center transforming Napa

Hate, bigotry twist truth about gays. Click.

Absolutely Henry Moore. Click.

Band with naughty name and sweet sound. Click.

French Court acquits head of Solar Temple cult. Click.

Click. Experiment tests theory that wind power built pyramids

Mass UK 'TETRA' Mind Control Technology Now Said A Reality. Click.

Click. Moon Shots 'Faked'

Click. Napoleon 'poisoned by French royalists'

Click. Naval Secrets Of D-Day Landing Emerging From Coastal Depths, As Archaeologists Continue Omaha And Utah Beach Survey

Click. Top Riviera magistrate 'raided database' for Masonic lodge

Click. National Security Agency: Enemy of the State? Interview with James Branford

Click. Francis Gary Powers: Traitor, Hero, Father, Spy

Click. MINUTES OF THE WANNSEE CONFERENCE: Where the "Final Solution" was planned over lunch  

Click. Oh what a tangled world wide web we weave

Click. Google mulls float plans

Click. The saga of Sucks.com

Click. Online ads grow both innovative and annoying

Click. Marketers grabbing attention by putting Web ads into motion

Click. IBM turns up the transistor heat

'Chinaman' dethrones 'Hacker' on cyber-terror hit parade. Click.

Click. New online ads can't be missed by Web surfers

Click. American to serve two years in jail for 'harming' Qatar on Internet..

The Easy Way to Crush Dissenting Voices. Click.

Flaw means virus could disable Norton Anti-Virus. Click.

Click. High-Tech Thieves Plant Money 'Bugs'

Click. Bush, Abortion and Racial Eugenics: The Real Story by Robert Lederman.

Click. Two out of every five of President George W Bush's top appointees worked for his father too.

Click. Bush may name Stanford grad White House science adviser

Click. San Angelo, Texas: Home of Spies

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Billionaire dynasties. Click.

Click. Guerrilla Investing: Companies Fail, But Execs Prosper

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

Click. Free-lance writers win Supreme Court case 

THE KILLERS OF JAMES BULGAR ARE RELEASED. Click. No hiding place More: Click. They said over and over that they loved him and then, really very quickly, Jon said: 'I did kill him' More: Click. The boys aren't being let out ... they're men More: Click. Seventy young killers to get sentence review More: Bulgar mother's tortured life. Click.

Click. Pleasanton police pack defibrillators

Independent FBI overseer proposed. Click.

Tying the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing to Mark Thomas, who lived in the Alburtis area, and others who belonged to Thomas' group of white supremacists? Click.

Click. Post-Columbine flood of "school security" money spent on counselors, cops, cell phones, cameras

Click. Accessible sites for the disabled mandated by U.S.A.

Click. New York's Egan is Too Secretive on Priestly Predators

Click. Suspect's bed seized to test for Xiana's DNA

Click. California boosts felon's DNA database- largest in U.S.

Click.  Courts likely to rule Pinochet's memory not up to a trial

 

Click. High blood pressure a serious health risk for young men

A new study has boosted hopes that some of Jupiter's moons could support life. Click.

Click. Study Focuses on Red Meat, Cancer

Click. Lawsuit puts pain management in spotlight

Click. Edward James, 83, was a renowned expert in explosives at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Click. The Brain Chain

Click. Energy drinks winning fans at bars, not the gym

Click. Space Medicine Gets Smart

Click. University Of Illinois At Chicago Researchers Create Lifelike Cardiac Tissue

Click. Scientists Complete Early Testing of Experimental Leukemia Drug

Click. Aspirin Targets Key Cell That Triggers Organ Rejection And Other Immune Responses, Report University Of Pittsburgh Researchers

Click. "Fast Track" Prostate Cancer Surgery Gets Patients Home Faster But Just As Satisfied

Click. Computer Recognizes Abnormal Heart Sounds In Children

Click. Variety In Diet Could Be A Factor In Obesity Problem In The U.S.; When Eating One Food, Satiation Is Reached More Quickly And Therefore Overeating Less Likely


Riders on the Beach
 Paul Gaugin, 1902

Click. Art crusaders on the edge

Greyhounds, both ancient and royal. Click.

Inventor of the book. Click.

Click. Looking for God at Berkeley

Click. A Kinder, Gentler Reich  Disney makes history safe for the overseas market.

Click. The 1880 U.S. census is available for viewing at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints history center near you.

On Becoming a Gay Media Mogul: Q&A with Chris Crain Click.

Click. Is Michael Jackson Still Marketable?

Click. Building Web Pages, Not Campfires Girls go to camp to boost their technology skills.

A.I. = (2001 + E.T.Click.

Click. " Kimberly began to doubt the boys' sincerity in putting her on a pedestal."

On this day June 25, 1876. Click.

Word of the Day: Fume Click.

June 23, 24, 2001 

Click. Yugo Cabinet OKs Milosevic Extradition

Click. US Gulf Forces Go on Highest Terror Alert

Click. Anarchists Plot Medieval Warfare At G8 Summit

Click. Georgia university cancels class on Nazi culture

Click. Germany may not pay up in full to Nazi-era slaves

Colombia busts kidnap gang

Click. 56 die in U.S.-backed drug war clashes in Colombia

Click. Paper Says Cheney Firm Had Greater Iraq Dealings

Click. Houston's Murderous Underfunding of Infrastructure Killed Flood Victims

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Click. Mediator sees likely energy refunds

Click. Judge halts oil and natural gas exploration off California

Click. Woman, 80, third victim of meningitis. Link to pharmacy in Walnut Creek

Click. California condor hatches in wild for first time in 17 years

The Chandra Levy Affair by Sherman H. Skolnick.

Click. Libya, Lockerbie & Lies

What people are searching for on Lycos Click.

Click. THE SAUNIERE SOCIETY 

Back to the future for Atari games 

What people are searching for on Lycos Click.

Global Treaty Could Transform Web Click.

Click. Microsoft Lawyers Join Open-source Fray

MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK. 

Scam Uncovered An international money- laundering task force reported that the Philippines -- along with Russia, Israel, Nigeria, Indonesia and 12 smaller countries, does not adequately police money launderers.

Supreme Court Urged to Decide School Voucher issues. Click.

HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....

Judge Boyd says Sonoma D.A. didn't verify bias allegation

Avant!: Former engineer sentenced in trade secrets case.

SURVEY: MAJORITY OF WEB USERS ARE FBI AGENTS POSING AS TEENAGE GIRLS. Click.

Computerized tracking of parolees. Click.

Click. Man seeks gang truce

Parents of five charged with kidnapping school superintendent

Cat Aids vaccine's hope for humans

Aspirin Could Preserve Sight in Diabetic Patients

Study Links Processed Meat to Cancer

Diet Linked to One in Three Cancers

High Fiber Diet Can Cut Cancer Risk by 40 Percent-Study

Education, Intensive Therapy Eases Low Back Pain

Precision vision: Tailor-made laser surgery could give eyesight that is better than "perfect" 20/20

Copy catch: Hidden electronic bugs can copy credit card information and automatically send it to fraudsters


Stonehenge
 Photo by Linda Moulton Howe
© 2001

Back to the future for Atari games 

Global Treaty Could Transform Web Click.

Click. Microsoft Lawyers Join Open-source Fray

Click. Pope arrives in Ukraine amid Orthodox discontent

The trials of Oscar Wilde. Click.

June 22, 2001

Sharon says army now free to act as Mideast ceasefire closer to collapse. Click.

Click. China's blitz on Tibetan monastery

Click. China Builds Anti-NATO Bloc

Click. Up To 300 N. Koreans In Egypt For Missile Program

Click. Body Bags Stockpiled for G8 Summit. Click.

Click. US Space Command Plans Warfare

Click. Fast Facts on the Arms Trade

Click. Pentagon's Hacker Chief is Top Candidate for Joint Chiefs Chair

Click. Colombia's FARC Rebels Living in Time Warp

CIA: Russia, China working on information warfare. Click.

Click. Hackers Move Too Fast For CIA

CIA admits it can't keep up with 'commie' hackers and wants more money. Click.

Click. A Dangerous Oil Game in the Caspian

Click. Spies Doing A Bad Job, Says Former KGB Man Putin
Gives the intelligence agencies a reprimand for "getting in the way" and being obsessed with inter-service rivalries rather than countering the real threats their nations faced.

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Click. One of three pit bulls captured Owner pleads not guilty to 2 misdemeanors

Click. Boy still unconscious; doctors battle infection

Old deck relocates for use. Click.

Click. Yosemite tourism is down