News of Interest

Crackdown on idling cars in Aspen by Joel Stonington
Huckabee left computers, fund gutted by Seth Blomeley & Michael R. Wickline
Governor receptive to no-spanking bill by Kate Folmar & Mike Zapler
Sex Offender Applies for School As a Boy by Bob Christie
Obama wins over tech-savvy supporters by Mary Anne Ostrom

Just what are Oprah Winfrey's core beliefs? by Terry Mattingly
Ohio Man’s Giggle Nets Additional Prison Time by Michelle Blum
Pentagon Releases Rules for Trials of Terrorism Suspects by R. Jeffrey Smith
Seattle man's Darfur Web site raises awareness and money by Kristin Dizon
Colorado senator’s proposed bill could circumvent Electoral College process by Mike Saccone

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Was earmark aid misused? by Sam Bishop
Tribe seeks to evict casino opponents by Chet Barfield
Condit's attorney wants out of libel case by Michael Doyle
Adultery Ruling Creates Furor in Michigan by John Flesher

There's no such thing as bad publicity...right? by Craig Gilbert
Detainee's Letters Give Peek at Life At Guantanamo by Eric Rich
San Francisco says grocers broke deal to cut plastic bag use from the AP
Beautician sentenced: Corn oil injection leads to the death of a woman by Christopher Ortiz
Feds asked to back off in BALCO case: Reporters get backing of two congressmen by Zachary Coile

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No felony for streaker by Amanda H. Miller
It's Elm City versus Texas over 1st burger by Pamela McLoughlin
County seeks national media coverage of gate closure by Carole Cloudwalker
No-spanking law for kids under age 3 proposed for California by Mike Zapler
Student shocked by stun gun in campus library sues UCLA by Daisy Nguyen (Incident YouTube & Wiki)

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U.N. puts '06 civilian toll at 34,452 by Joshua Partlow
The fur trade: Competing buyers operate in a volatile market by Melodie Wright
Bill would block Wal-Mart from opening banks by April M. Washington
Airbus loses 5-year leadership in annual orders to Boeing by Laurence Frost
Maoists stage first weapons handover in Nepal by Deepesh Shrestha

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Banks are urged not to finance coal power by John Donnelly
Ad campaign to tout Bangor smoking ban by Meg Haskell
Bakersfield man accused of being Yemeni secret agent from the Associated Press
Brain scans predict shoppers' purchasing choices by Anne Harding
Common avalanche myths can lead you into serious trouble by Nick Logan
Colorado snow bought on eBay arrives in Connecticut from the AP

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The Rich 100: The frugal billionaire by Joe Castaldo
Cell-phone video becoming news tool by David Bauder

Portraits of Afghanistan by Justin Huggler
The veil is a feminist issue by Joan Smith
The woman who defied the Taliban, and paid with her life by Kim Sengupta
The small advances women have made are now being wiped out by Leonard Doyle
Christmas Appeal: Help for the generation robbed of its education by Justin Huggler
Taliban use beheadings and beatings to keep Afghanistan's schools closed by Tom Coghlan
The Taliban are gone but Afghan women still learn to read and write in secret classrooms by Nick Meo

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Sedative Withdrawal Made Rehnquist Delusional in '81 by Alan Cooperman
I'm sorry, Courteney Cox. An erotic retraction. by Tim Goodman
Oprah's academy: Why educating girls pays off more by Stephanie Hanes

If only these bodies could talk by Robert L. Jamieson Jr.
“Bodies”: Edu-tainment for the masses by Sian Wu

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Atheists challenge the religious right by Jane Lampman
Statement may allow gov't to open mail by Randolph E. Schmid
The Year in Review (News Media Analysis) from the Tyndall Report

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Saddam Execution Video Leads to Arrests by Steven R. Hurst
A Conversation with Karen Hughes by Cal Thomas
Police reunion rumors reaching fever pitch by Jonathan Cohen
Group: ExxonMobil paid to mislead public from the Associated Press (Group's Report)
Appeals Court Suppresses Evidence in Seat-Belt Stop by Scott Sandlin

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Parents defend decision to keep disabled girl small by Sam Howe Verhovek (father's blog)
In the sky! A bird? A plane? A ... UFO? by Jon Hilkevitch
6 of 75 cities get top disaster rating by Devlin Barrett
Anal Sex is Increasingly Popular in the Hetero World by Em & Lo

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A 'Dear Santa' From the Zoo by Michael Alison Chandler (wishlist)
End of Another Year and A Lynching from Riverbend
Knotts Island is a ripe spot for a kiwi crop by Linda McNatt

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Crowds protest Saddam hanging in Iraq by Lauren Frayer
Iraq govt to probe filming of Saddam hanging by Mussab Al-Khairalla and Alastair Macdonald
Saddam hanging taunts evoke ugly past by John Simpson

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What's Noka Worth? (A Ten-Part Series)

Four years ago, while standing on a mountaintop in Switzerland, a pair of Canadian accountants, Katrina Merrem and Noah Houghton, decided to leave the ledgers behind and enter the world of gourmet chocolate. Two years later, they founded Noka Chocolate in Plano, Texas.

Home Base

Chaotic Convergence (My Long-Form Blog)