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RAIN 01/06: Weekend Update 01/01/02
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Washington Times 01/01/02
Author under fire on accuracy of gun research
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020101-9981049.htm
by Robert Stacy McCain
Michael Bellesiles' book "Arming America" won praise from gun-control
advocates for "demolishing the myth" behind the individual right to gun
ownership, with reviewers calling the book "exciting" and "valuable and
thought-provoking."
Now Mr. Bellesiles' book, which contended that private gun ownership was
uncommon in early America, is being called something else: a fraud.
Boston Globe 12/31/01
Turnpike board members say they're being stonewalled in records request
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/365/region/Turnpike_board_members_say_the:.sht
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by John Mcelhenny
AP
BOSTON (AP) Two embattled Turnpike Authority board members say turnpike
staffers who delayed turning over public records are preventing them from
fighting acting Gov. Jane Swift's attempts to fire them.
Chicago Tribune 01/01/02
J.P.Morgan Chase: objects to insurers seeing Enron details
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/printedition/chi-0201010272jan01.story?
coll=chi%2Dprintbusiness%2Dhed
AP
NEW YORK -- After demanding payment from insurance companies that backed more
than $1 billion worth of oil and gas contracts signed by Enron Corp., J.P.
Morgan Chase is trying to prevent the insurers from getting details about the
transactions.
Washington Post 12/31/01
D.C. Schools, city may share student data
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education/A42766-2001Dec30.html
by Sewell Chan
City and school officials in the District would share access to students'
academic, health and welfare records, starting this fall at nine
low-performing schools, under a proposal that the Williams administration is
pushing as a way to help children whose problems in class are linked to
poverty.
Houston Chronicle 01/01/02
Feds move to dismiss privacy suit
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1193601
by Rosanna Ruiz
Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have filed a
motion to dismiss a suit by a physicians group and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul seeking
to overturn medical privacy regulations as unconstitutional.
Idaho Statesman 01/01/02
Rare old Nez Perce documents published
http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/daily/20020101/LocalNews/203014.shtml
by Adam Wilson
Lewiston Morning Tribune
LEWISTON -- Indian Agent James O´Neill was trying to dodge the usual
bureaucratic hoops and hang on to an increasingly shaky peace in Lapwai 135
years ago.
"The Indians (Nez Perce) are divided among themselves and the non-treaty side
are using this argument, that the government will take their own time for
fulfilling the stipulations of the new treaty as they have the one of June
1855 and they say possibly never pay them," he wrote to his superiors.
Florida Times-Union 01/01/02
Judge: Police cannot release mug shots of arrested officers
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/apnews/stories/010102/D7GOO3MO1.html
AP
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The police department cannot release mug shots of
arrested officers because of an exemption to Florida's public records law, a
judge ruled.
Circuit Judge Frederick B. Tygart said Friday the state's public records law
forbids police agencies from releasing photographs of officers who request
privacy, regardless of whether the officer has been arrested.
Washington Post 01/01/02
Monsanto hid decades of pollution
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46648-2001Dec31.html
by Michael Grunwald
ANNISTON, Ala. -- On the west side of Anniston, the poor side of Anniston,
the people ate dirt. They called it "Alabama clay" and cooked it for extra
flavor. They also grew berries in their gardens, raised hogs in their back
yards, caught bass in the murky streams where their children swam and played
and were baptized. They didn't know their dirt and yards and bass and kids --
along with the acrid air they breathed -- were all contaminated with
chemicals. They didn't know they lived in one of the most polluted patches of
America.
Richmond Times Dispatch 01/01/02
Monticello frequenting online sales
http://www.timesdispatch.com/vametro/MGBHP6I3XVC.html
by Kate Andrews
Media General News Service
CHARLOTTESVILLE - The hole in Thomas Jefferson's head is not meant as a
gesture of disrespect.
In fact, the Royal Doulton mug featuring Jefferson's bust and a Declaration
of Independence scroll for a handle is considered a mark of prestige. With a
price to match: $202.80.
New Media 12/31/01
Beyond HTML: Security concerns with Google
http://www.newmedia.com/nm-ie.asp?articleID=3297
by Danny Sullivan
Now that Google is indexing a wide range of document types beyond HTML and
plain text formats, potential security concerns are cropping up, both for
searchers and Webmasters.