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Friday, May 28, 2004

Misc.

One in 75 U.S. men in prison
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
   "America's inmate population grew by 2.9 percent last year, to
   almost 2.1 million people, with one of every 75 men living in
   prison or jail. The inmate population continued its rise despite
   a fall in the crime rate and many states' efforts to reduce some
   sentences ..." (5/27/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/505469210.html

Montana voter registration drops
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Independent Record
   "The number of Montanans registered to vote for the primary
   election this year dropped by 11 percent -- more than
   75,000 in all -- from the last presidential election in
   2000 ..." At first, this was attributed to a change in
   procedures for dropping inactive voters, but it occurred
   prior to that. The secretary of state speculated that it
   could be due to "disillusionment since 2000". (5/28/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/523021909.html

Singapore lifts gum ban, but ...
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Aberdeen News
   "Singapore is lifting its notorious ban on chewing gum after 12
   long years .... Before Singaporeans even think about unwrapping a
   pack, however, they must submit their names and ID card numbers.
   If they don't, pharmacists who sell them gum could be jailed up
   to two years and fined $2,940." (5/26/04)
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posted by FLoA # 5/28/2004 06:33:16 PM 0 comments

Thursday, May 27, 2004

Little fanfare for Libertarians as they make White House bid
USA Today

"A national political convention opens here this week but it won't get
a lot of air time on the evening newscasts, cause traffic tie-ups or
rack up big municipal bills for overtime pay for cops. ... With just
800 delegates expected, it isn't even a good sized convention by
Atlanta standards, where the average convention brings about 1,000
people and the visitors bureau doesn't even ballyhoo those with less
than 5,000. ... The main event of the convention comes Sunday when
the party will choose its nominee from a field of seven ..."
(05/26/04)

http://tinyurl.com/ysaqz

Sex restriction for Italian soccer stars
Ananova [UK]

"Italy's soccer squad can have sex with their wives or girlfriends
during the Euro 2004 finals -- but only for one hour in the evenings.
But if they reach the quarter-finals, partners will be allowed to
visit for a whole day, said coach Giovanni Trapattoni. The players
were told that during the tournament's group stages, they could have
their loved ones visit their hotel rooms, but for just sixty minutes
in the evening." (05/26/04)

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posted by FLoA # 5/27/2004 08:20:50 AM 0 comments

Tuesday, May 25, 2004

New Mexico court: cops can't ID passengers without reason
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Santa Fe New Mexican
   "The [NM] state Court of Appeals says a Roswell police
   officer went too far in demanding identification from a
   passenger in a routine traffic stop." The judge's
   opinion made it clear that the action violated the
   Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; the state
   Supreme Court declined to hear the case. (5/24/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/912847485.html

Tucson officer under investigation for tasering handcuffed child
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Arizona Daily Star
   "A veteran South Tucson [AZ] police sergeant is under
   investigation for firing his stun gun to subdue a handcuffed
   9-year-old girl. .... The sergeant who used the hand-held Taser
   remains on duty." (5/25/04)
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Oregon man cleared as FBI admits bungling fingerprint test
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Statesman Journal
   The case against Portland OR attorney Brandon Mayfield has
   been dropped after the FBI admitted it "misidentified"
   his fingerprint as matching one found on evidence from
   the Spain train bombings. Mayfield's attorney said that
   a civil-rights lawsuit against the U.S. government is
   being considered. (5/25/04)
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Thursday, May 20, 2004

Michigan House rejects balancing budget on smokers' backs
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Detroit News
   "The Michigan House ... rejected Gov. Jennifer Granholm's plan to
   raise taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products to help
   balance the state budget." (5/20/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/574702319.html

California jury acquits doctor on pain prescription charges
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San Francisco Chronicle
   "Dr. Frank B. Fisher ... was acquitted of charges that he had
   defrauded the state Medi-Cal system -- the only criminal charges
   that hadn't already been dropped -- by a Shasta County Superior
   Court jury .... The Fisher case is one of the first and most
   ambitious prosecutions in the country involving doctors accused of
   over-prescribing pain medications." (5/20/04)
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posted by FLoA # 5/20/2004 02:25:47 PM 0 comments

Iraq: US airstrike on house kills 40
Washington Times

"A U.S. aircraft fired on a house in the desert near the Syrian border
yesterday, and Iraqi officials said more than 40 people were killed,
including 15 children. U.S. military officials said the target was a
suspected safe house for foreign fighters from Syria, but Iraqis said
a helicopter had attacked a wedding party. Associated Press
Television News footage showed a truck containing bloodied bodies,
many wrapped in blankets, piled one on top of the other. Several were
children, one of whom was decapitated. The body of a girl who
appeared to be younger than 5 years old lay in a white sheet, her
legs riddled with wounds and her dress soaked in blood." (05/20/04)

http://washingtontimes.com/world/20040520-022514-4084r.htm

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Army may call up inactive reservists
Detroit Free Press

"The U.S. Army is mustering soldiers for duty in Iraq wherever it can
find them, and that includes among people long considered off-limits.
The Army confirmed Tuesday that it pulled the files of 17,000 people
in the Individual Ready Reserve, the nation's pool of former
soldiers. ... The Individual Ready Reserve pool is composed of people
who completed their active-duty tours but are subject to involuntary
recall. A soldier who has served a 4-year enlistment in the Army, for
example, would remain in the pool for an additional 4 years. During
that time, he or she would receive no pay and would not drill with a
reserve or National Guard unit." (05/19/04)

http://www.freep.com/news/nw/troops19_20040519.htm

UN Security Council calls on Israel to stop demolition
USA Today

"With the United States abstaining, the U.N. Security Council
Wednesday demanded that Israel halt the demolition of Palestinian
homes and condemned the killing of Palestinian civilians near a Gaza
refugee camp. The decision by the United States, Israel's closest
ally, to allow the adoption of a critical resolution reflected the
Bush administration's displeasure at Israel's foray into Gaza."
(05/19/04)

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-05-19-un-israel_x.htm

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posted by FLoA # 5/20/2004 07:25:14 AM 0 comments

Wednesday, May 19, 2004

Is it Possible

German couple finds there IS no stork
Fox News

"A childless German couple finally found out why they weren't able to
conceive -- they had never had sex. Doctors at the L�beck campus of
the University Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany
described the case in a medical bulletin, according to Ananova.com.
After eight years of marriage, the 36-year-old man and his
30-year-old wife went to the campus' fertility clinic to figure out
what was wrong. Doctors gave them a battery of tests and were baffled
-- both husband and wife were healthily fertile. Then came the
important question. 'When we asked them how often they had had sex,'
said a clinic spokesman, 'they looked blank, and said: 'What do you
mean?'" (05/18/04)

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posted by FLoA # 5/19/2004 08:07:22 AM

Monday, May 17, 2004

Three Connecticut prison guards fired over club membership
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Boston.com
   "Three [CT] state prison guards have been fired for joining
   the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, a membership that officials
   worry can create problems between inmate and jailer. The
   Department of Correction fired the guards ... saying
   their association with the Waterbury Outlaws chapter was
   enough to incite gang violence among inmates." (5/17/04)
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posted by FLoA # 5/17/2004 09:10:35 PM

Medical marijuana bill passes Vermont House
    Marijuana Policy Project

"In a voice vote, the Vermont House of Representatives today gave
final approval to medical marijuana legislation, bringing a long and
complicated legislative struggle close to a final conclusion. The
bill had passed by a 79-48 margin on May 13. The Senate, which had
previously passed a different version of the bill, must approve this
version before the bill goes to Gov. James Douglas (R) for his
signature. 'It's been a long and sometimes difficult process, but
this is an important step forward for patients fighting for their
lives against cancer, AIDS and multiple sclerosis,' said Neal Levine,
director of the state policies for the Marijuana Policy Project in
Washington, D.C. 'We hope the Senate will quickly give its approval
and that Governor Douglas will promptly sign this humane and
compassionate bill into law.' The Bush administration had mounted an
all-out effort to kill the measure." (05/14/04)

http://www.mpp.org/releases/nr051404.html
US guards "filmed beatings" at terror camp
    Guardian [UK]

"Dozens of videotapes of American guards allegedly engaged in brutal
attacks on Guantanamo Bay detainees have been stored and catalogued
at the camp, an investigation by The Observer has revealed. The
disclosures, made in an interview with Tarek Dergoul, the fifth
British prisoner freed last March, who has been too traumatised to
speak until now, prompted demands last night by senior politicians on
both sides of the Atlantic to make the videos available immediately.
They say that if the contents are as shocking as Dergoul claims, they
will provide final proof that brutality against detainees has become
an institutionalised feature of America's war on terror." (05/16/04)

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1217973,00.html

US athletes told to cool it at Olympics
    Washington Times

"American athletes have been warned not to wave the U.S. flag during
their medal celebrations at this summer's Olympic Games in Athens,
for fear of provoking crowd hostility and harming the country's
already-battered public image. The spectacle of victorious athletes
grabbing a national flag and parading it around the stadium is a
familiar part of international sporting competition, but U.S. Olympic
officials have ordered their 550-strong team to exercise restraint
and avoid any jingoistic behavior. The plan is part of a charm
offensive aimed at repairing the country's international reputation
after the deepening crisis in Iraq and damaging revelations of the
mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib
prison." (05/16/04)

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040516-121028-9603r.htm

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posted by FLoA # 5/17/2004 07:32:37 AM

Friday, May 14, 2004

U.S. Senate passes private tax-collection bill
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GovExec.com
   "The Senate ... passed a corporate tax bill that would allow the
   Internal Revenue Service to let private companies help with debt
   collection. Under the tax legislation (S. 1637), which passed ...
   by a vote of 92 to 5, the IRS could sign contracts with private-
   sector debt collection companies, as long as those companies
   abide by the same rules as federal agents." (5/13/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/393602730.html

Coloradans increasingly using fake names for ER care
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Rocky Mountain News
   "Coloradans are increasingly using fake names when they show up in
   emergency rooms because they can't afford their medical bills, ER
   doctors said ..." Apparently it hasn't occurred to the doctors
   that encroachments on patient privacy might be in play as well.
   (5/14/04)
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posted by FLoA # 5/14/2004 02:09:35 PM

Thursday, May 13, 2004

Hey, I'd take that for a month

California attorney worth $3000 an hour?
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Seattle Times
   "Lawyers who persuaded Microsoft to settle their class-action
   lawsuit accusing the company of price-fixing are asking for $258
   million in legal fees, the largest amount ever in an antitrust
   case. .... It amounts to about $3,000 per hour for one lawyer,
   more than $2,000 an hour each for 34 other attorneys and
   $1,000 an hour for administrative work." (5/13/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/550333363.html

Forget global warming; now it's global dimming
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San Francisco Chronicle
   "In the second half of the 20th century, the world became, quite
   literally, a darker place. .... No one is predicting that it may
   soon be night all day .... Still, the dimming trend -- noticed by
   a handful of scientists two decades ago but dismissed at the time
   as unbelievable -- is attracting wide attention." (5/13/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/506295411.html

8- U.S. cell phone directory plan raises privacy concerns
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Fox News
   "The cell phone industry hopes to have a directory for wireless
   phone numbers by the end of this year, but privacy advocates,
   lawmakers and some industry officials worry that consumers could
   be in danger of losing the anonymity cell phones provide."
   (5/13/04)
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posted by FLoA # 5/13/2004 03:46:21 PM

34 killed in biggest Gaza operation in 8 years
Indianapolis Star

"An explosion destroyed an Israeli armored vehicle Wednesday, killing
five soldiers, in the second such attack by Palestinian militants in
Gaza in two days. Hours later, an Israeli missile attack killed seven
Palestinians. ... In all, 11 Israeli soldiers and 23 Palestinians
were killed in three days of Gaza fighting Tuesday and Wednesday, and
more than 175 Palestinians were wounded in the biggest operation in
Gaza in eight years." (05/13/04)

http://www.indystar.com/articles/5/146076-4675-010.html

Colleges offerring video games studies
Reuters

"Playing video games is no longer just a pastime of young boys. Now
it's also homework for American college students. Thanks to the
growing place of games in mainstream entertainment, universities
across the nation are now offering classes in video game design,
hoping to teach students skills for a career in a business that now
generates roughly as much revenue as Hollywood's domestic box office
receipts. This fall, students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(RPI) in Troy, New York -- internationally known for its
mathematicians and engineering programs -- can minor in video game
studies, said Kathleen Ruiz, co-director of the new program. "
(05/12/04)

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posted by FLoA # 5/13/2004 08:54:18 AM

Tuesday, May 11, 2004

Huh, am I reading this right? Overturned a verdict of not guilty against police and reopened the case??

Federal judge rules Oregon police liable for excessive force
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Statesman Journal
   "A federal judge overturned a jury verdict and ruled that six
   Portland [OR] police officers are liable for using excessive force
   to apprehend a man who crashed through a glass window after taking
   hallucinogenic mushrooms. U.S. Magistrate Janice Stewart declared
   the jury's 2003 verdict to be a 'miscarriage of justice.'"
   (5/10/04)
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posted by FLoA # 5/11/2004 04:40:35 PM

Friday, May 07, 2004

Getting Closer to Zechariah's Prophecy

Palestinian sovereignty rights affirmed
MSNBC

"Over strong Israeli and U.S. objections, the U.N. General Assembly
approved a resolution Thursday affirming the Palestinians' right to
sovereignty over the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. The decision
came during intense negotiations that brought European Union
countries on board for a final vote of 140-6, with 11 abstentions."
(05/06/04)

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posted by FLoA # 5/07/2004 06:53:51 AM

Wednesday, May 05, 2004

misc

Marijuana use up among US adults
Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Habitual marijuana use increased among U.S. adults over the past
decade, particularly among young minorities and baby boomers,
government figures show. The prevalence of marijuana abuse or
dependence climbed from 1.2 percent of adults in 1991-92 to 1.5
percent in 2001-02, or an estimated 3 million adults 18 and over.
That represents an increase of 22 percent, or 800,000 people,
according to data from two nationally representative surveys that
each queried more than 40,000 adults." (05/05/04)

http://tinyurl.com/39y44

Driver fined for not putting dog in seatbelt
Ananova [UK]

"Traffic police in Germany have slapped a fine on a dog for not
wearing a seatbelt. Bobbie the dog was travelling in the back of his
owner's car when traffic police pulled the vehicle over in Kempten in
the foothills of the German Alps. They handed his owner, who wishes
to remain anonymous, a �17 fine which has now grown to �29 because
he's refusing to pay it." (05/04/04)

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posted by FLoA # 5/05/2004 07:47:07 AM

Tuesday, May 04, 2004

The Prisoner was My Favorite TV Series

Maine island to get "The Prisoner" treatment?
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Wired
   "If you have ever seen the cult '60s British television program
   'The Prisoner' ... you can imagine what life may soon be like on
   Ayers Island [ME] .... [Visitors] will be spied upon by a
   comprehensive network of video cameras, motion detectors and
   sensors. Lurking behind all of those sensors will be an artificial
   intelligence system ..." (5/4/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/753079293.html

Mass. public defenders stop taking cases in wage protest
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Boston.com
   "[MA] Lawyers who take court appointments in District Court
   and Superior Court have sought an increase in their
   hourly wage, but neither Gov. Mitt Romney nor the
   Legislature have supported the raise. The current hourly
   rate for public defenders is $30 in District Court, $39
   in Superior Court and $54 in murder cases." The proposed
   increase would make the fees $60, $90, and $120." (5/4/04)
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posted by FLoA # 5/04/2004 09:52:55 PM