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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.