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Gunman Was Ex-Security Guard (May 31 2003 02:59 GMT) - May 30 - The now-dead gunman who held off police, causing a major evacuation and the closing of a freeway has been identified as Jorge Beeton, an ex-security guard. |
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AIDS Walk This Weekend (May 31 2003 02:59 GMT) - May 30 - For those living with AIDS, the daily challenge of education and tolerance is only half the battle. This Sunday you can join NBC4 at the AIDS Walk fund-raiser. |
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what a day, what a day. (May 31 2003 02:57 GMT) - Was supposed to have the day off. Had to go in anyway, for a 45 minute conference call and to get some legal paperwork notarized (for free) by one of the admin assistants. Got to work at 8, left half past noon. Bought a new digital camera today, an Argus DC-3200. Works great with MacOS X if I just use a USB CompactFlash reader to get the pictures off the CF card.... |
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James (May 31 2003 02:57 GMT) - I have done very little writing lately, but I have quit my job...more or less. I will be working until the end of the year. I hope that by that time, I will have finished writing some software that I have been working on for over a year...and can start a company and live independently, with my destiny in my own hands. |
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Philadelphia Says NO! To US Patriot Act (May 31 2003 02:56 GMT) - WASHINGTON - Calling it a "modern-day declaration of independence," the American Civil Liberties Union today hailed the Philadelphia City Council’s passage of a local resolution expressing concern for civil liberties in the post-9/11 era. Philadelphia, the ACLU noted, holds a special place in the annals of American democracy as the birthplace of America, the city where the Declaration of Independence was signed. Philadelphia’s measure makes it the 115th municipality to pass such a resolution. Three states - Alaska, Hawaii and Vermont - have also passed statewide civil liberties legislation. "The liberty bell has rung once again," said Laura W. |
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Tangled Web Of WMD (May 31 2003 02:56 GMT) - We will find WMD, they cried. This collection of quotes marks the trail of deception left by the Bush Administration on the way to a pointless war. August 26, 2002 Dick Cheney: "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction." January 28, 2003 George Bush: |
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Riot Chases Troops Out of Iraqi Town (May 31 2003 02:56 GMT) - HIT, Iraq — In the third straight day of Iraqi violence against the U.S. military occupation of the country, residents enraged over house-to-house searches in this western town ransacked the police station, stoned U.S. armored military vehicles and set police cars on fire Wednesday. |
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Europe Awaits, With Bated Breath (May 31 2003 02:55 GMT) - Europe, hopeful that the trans-Atlantic rift can be healed, will be watching anxiously to see if President Bush makes any signs of reconciliation. By Richard Bernstein. |
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Iran Disputes U.S. on Actions in Iraq (May 31 2003 02:55 GMT) - Iran's foreign minister said American accusations of Iranian meddling were a cover-up for Washington's failure to establish order in Iraq. By Neil Macfarquhar. |
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Doctor Saves an African Boy, and Vice Versa (May 31 2003 02:55 GMT) - Doctor Ian M. Zlotolow, a specialist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, did not go to Sierra Leone with any plans to adopt a little boy. Then he met Lansana Lapia. By Corey Kilgannon. |
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Europe Awaits, With Bated Breath (May 31 2003 02:55 GMT) - Europe, hopeful that the trans-Atlantic rift can be healed, will be watching anxiously to see if President Bush makes any signs of reconciliation. By Richard Bernstein. |
Res Ipsa Loquitur
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Habla Espanol? (May 31 2003 02:54 GMT) - Miss Rachel posted about her frustration with a student who, for some reason, keeps mispronouncing "con" in her Spanish class.... |
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