Archive for August 18th, 2003
Sabotage in the Shooting Gallery
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The difficulties of policing an area the size of Iraq Meanwhile every crackpot fundamentalist with a grudge is making |
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The sabotage, as well as continued attacks on U.S. troops, |
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Richest Shipwreck in History Awaits
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The richest shipwreck in history has been sitting beneath In 1694, an 80-gun British warship called the HMS Sussex set sail for |
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Greg Stemm is a 21st-century treasure hunter who’s been |
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An Eye for an Eye
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Jose Concepcion Benzor Espinosa was dwelling in darkness long before he was committed to the Federal Medical Center at Devens for what should have been a routine psychological evaluation. Then, seven weeks after entering the prison hospital, Benzor’s bleak world plunged into total blackness.
On July 17, Benzor pulled out both of his eyeballs with his own hands. Although doctors were able to reattach one eye, it is not certain whether Benzor will regain any of his sight.
It is also unclear exactly why Benzor, an undocumented immigrant arrested during a US Border Patrol raid on a west Texas ranch, was sent to a federal prison hospital built on the former Army base in Ayer for evaluation.
Confessions of a News Addict
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I confess to being a news addict. For the past 30 years if I I still read the Times everyday, or at least all of the articles that What is a news aggregator? Simply put, it is a piece of software that If you want to check out what a typical News Aggregator looks like, I AM IN LOVE WITH MY AGGREGATOR. It has not only changed the way Ryan But news aggregators and RSS, At |
Leftist Leaders in Loony Laughfest
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A "Chiste" Among "Compadres" Cuban president Fidel Castro reportedly startled his Venezuelan counterpart, He persuaded a Paraguayan MP to warn Chavez to watch out for an ambush |
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Witnesses said Chavez looked nervous when MP Juaqn Carlos The two leaders then retired to a private salon for a quick game of "52 |
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Quote of the Day
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Marijuana should be removed from the medical and criminal control systems. It should be legalized for adults for all uses.
Dr. Lester Grinspoon, an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, in a Boston Globe editorial.
Casinos Go High-Tech to Counter Counters
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Casinos have long been waging a losing battle against brainiac cheaters known as "card counters". Now a new program named Mindplay MP21, which works by placing a set of 14 digital cameras around the table which remember every card in play by reading special invisible ink printed on them, has given them the upper hand. |
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The system is designed to automatically |
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Bad Times at the Bar – Lawyers Leaving
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Although it’s hard to feel sorry for lawyers as a class, years of "Generally speaking, being a lawyer today has become much more Counselors at Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, which helps attorneys dealing |
In Some Things Size Does Matter
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Honest, honey, I only had one glass of wine! I admit, I Now I’ve found a line made for people like me. Each of these wine glasses |
Latest from Chief Wiggins
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More of the uncut shit straight from the source, straight from Iraq:
“The sounds of shots being fired should begin to be heard sporadically around the city, as the cover of darkness provides refuge for those few would be attackers. Most of the city is quiet, tired from a long day of struggling to make ends meet.
Part of the city forced to sleep early due to the lack of electricity. We continue to lay down electrical wiring only to have it stolen or damaged the next day by thieves and other ill wishers.
I am in one of the many presidential palaces, this one being Saddam’s main governmental administrative one I believe. It is a massive complex of numerous huge buildings, all ornately done up in Saddam’s presidential style; nothing but marble, high ceilings, chandeliers, handcrafted decorations, and nothing but the best of everything except taste.”








