U.S. Fingerprinting Foreign Air Travelers
ASSOCIATED PRESS
'ATLANTA (AP) - Authorities began scanning fingerprints and taking photographs of arriving foreigners Monday as part of a new program that Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said will make borders "open to travelers but closed to terrorists."'
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Britney Spears Married in Vegas
PEOPLE
'Just when you thought you'd seen it all from Britney Spears, the pop princess, 22, has gotten married -- at a little Vegas chapel, wearing a baseball cap, to a childhood friend, sources close to the singer say. A hotel bellman walked her down the aisle.'
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Group Wants Europe to Counter 'Christian' White House
NEWSMAX
'Charging that the Bush administration's "fundamentalist Christian ideology" is destroying international health care programs and ruining the lives of women, the head of a prominent pro-abortion nongovernmental organization called on the nations of Europe to gain greater influence at he United Nations in order to "counter and redress harm done by current U.S. policies."'
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PORN IS HEALTHY!?! -
cultureshock Sat, Jan 3, 2004 at 21:48:55
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Women fans of Internet porn
Aftenposten
'A new American study indicates that the image of the porn-obsessed male using the Internet to find satisfaction may need revision. A Nielsen NetRatings survey found that one of three visitors to a pornographic web site monitored for a month were women, erotic magazine Cupido reports.'
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Meteorite hits Iran
REUTERS
'TEHRAN (Reuters) - A meteorite has hit northern Iran causing minor damage to property but there were no immediate reports of casualties, state radio has said.'
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British Cancel Another Flight as Allies Query U.S.
NEW YORK TIMES
'WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 — British Airways canceled another flight to the United States on Friday as the Bush administration faced questions from American allies about the reliability of the intelligence information that has led to the recent rash of flight cancellations.'
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ALERT*CULTURE SHOCK* ALERT -
cultureshock Sat, Jan 3, 2004 at 01:25:42
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UK to Ban Antidepressants for Children - Paper
REUTERS
'LONDON (Reuters) - The UK government is set to ban the prescription of antidepressant drugs for children because of evidence they can cause them to become suicidal, The Guardian newspaper reported on Wednesday.'
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Bush's Steps in December Boost Prospects
NewsMax Wires
'CRAWFORD, Texas -- A little luck and some pre-emptive moves before the new year began have allowed President Bush to muffle Democratic criticism on a host of political issues, from Medicare to mad cow disease, the CIA leak to Saddam Hussein.'
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British Airways Cancels Flight to D.C. NewsMax.com Wires
WASHINGTON -- A spate of intercontinentental commercial flight delays or cancellations resulting from more intense vigilance against terrorism continued Friday as the U.S. government remained at its second highest attack-warning alert status.'
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Chicago wins dubious distinction as Murder City U.S.A. for 2003
ASSOCIATED PRESS
'CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago has regained a title it didn't want: Murder City U.S.A.
The city, which has a population of about three million, finished 2003 with 599 homicides, police said Thursday. That was down from 648 a year earlier and the first time since 1967 the total dipped below 600. Still, the third-largest U.S. city outpaced all others for the second time in three years. New York City, with about three times the population, ended the year with 596 homicides. Los Angeles, which had the most murders in 2002 at 658, wound up 2003 with an estimated total just under 500.'
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Michael Jackson's $1 Million Interview Deal
By SHARON WAXMAN
NEW YORK TIMES
'LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 — Michael Jackson struck a deal with CBS to be paid in effect an additional $1 million for both an entertainment special to be broadcast on Friday and his interview on "60 Minutes" this past Sunday, part of yearlong negotiations between CBS and Mr. Jackson, a business partner of his said on Tuesday.'
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SUN-SENTINEL
'MIAMI -- The 13-year-old girl has a pretty face and a slight frame. But to Lonnie Grigsby, 52, her sweet appearance masks an unruly attitude.'
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Sources: Nation of Islam Aiding Jackson
ASSOCIATED PRESS
'(AP) Publicist Kevin McLin, left, and
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Members of the Nation of Islam have begun playing a role in Michael Jackson's affairs, sources close to the Jackson camp tell The Associated Press, although the controversial group denies having any official part in the pop star's life.'
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CULTURAL AXIS OF EVIL AT HOME -
cultureshock Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 10:13:42
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Report: Saddam Says He Siphoned Billions
ASSOCIATED PRESS
'BEIRUT, Lebanon - Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) has acknowledged depositing billions of dollars abroad before his ouster and has given interrogators the names of people who know where the money is, a member of the Iraqi Governing Council said in remarks published Monday.'
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U.S. Orders Armed Officers on Some Jets
ASSOCIATED PRESS
'WASHINGTON (AP) - Amid a heightened state of alert for terrorists, the U.S. government said Monday it will require international air carriers in certain cases to place armed law enforcement officers on flights over the United States.'
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Author sees anti-U.S. reporting
John Vinocur/IHT
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
'Journalist fired for book critical of French newspapers PARIS Alain Hertoghe believes that in covering the Iraq conflict, French newspapers recreated "the war they would have liked to have seen." That meant concentration on the Vietnams and Stalingrads that didn't take place, he said, and so many more accounts of U.S. difficulties rather than advances that it was "impossible to understand how the Americans won."'
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Dean Wants Party Leader to Slow Rivals' Attacks
NEW YORK TIMES
'AMES, Iowa, Dec. 28 — Complaining about the torrent of attacks raining down on him from his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination, Howard Dean on Sunday criticized his party's national chairman, Terry McAuliffe, for not intervening to tone down the debate.'
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ALERT* AND YES FOLKS 'THERE ARE A FEW SIDE EFFECTS' *ALERT -
cultureshock Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 18:46:40
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Quake Toll Soars; Scores Rescued
CBS NEWS
'Relatives and rescuers used everything from bare hands to bulldozers Saturday to retrieve victims and possible survivors of the powerful earthquake that crumbled vast swaths of this city of mud-brick buildings into powder and frost-chilled rubble a day earlier.'
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Report: Saudi Police Foil Airliner Attack
Reuters
'LONDON (Reuters) - Saudi security forces have seized light planes packed with explosives near Riyadh's King Khalid airport, foiling a plot by suicide pilots to blow up a Western airliner on the runway, a British newspaper said on Sunday.'
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Headscarf woman kept out of bank
Telegraph.co.uk
'The French bank Société Générale said yesterday one of its security guards had been "over-zealous" in turning away from a branch in Paris a Muslim woman who was wearing an Islamic headscarf.'
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JESUS TO JOIN DEAN ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL
By STEPHANIE GASKELL
NEW YORK POST
'December 26, 2003 -- Democratic presidential front-runner Howard Dean is getting religion.
The former Vermont governor - who does not attend church regularly, but prays daily - said he plans to include more references to Jesus and God in his speeches during campaign stops in the South.'
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SOUTHERN STRATEEEEDGERY - THE DEAN DOCTRINE -
cultureshock Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 12:02:53
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CHILLING NEW WEB THREATS
NEW YORK POST
'December 24, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - Alarming messages published on known al Qaeda Web sites are claiming the terror network is about to launch its biggest strikes ever - and are warning Muslims to leave the cities of New York, Washington and Los Angeles.'
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