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Tribute to a Poet Laureate - by lawdog
"As read at City Lights Bookstore as part of LaborFest 2004, and on Tasha's Place on TalkShoe 5/12/08Sometimes I lose my perspective. I forget what a truly incredible place San Francisco is, and how very fortunate I am to rub shoulders with the artists who have always been...
Man loses bag at T5 - offers holiday to anyone wh...
A BA passenger whose bag was lost on opening day of Heathrow's Terminal 5, is offering a free holiday to anyone who finds it.Sounds like a good deal to me."Michael Birtles, the managing director of European Rail Ltd,...
MI6 admit keeping a dossier on Mohamed Al Fayed
"After their brief trip to Paris, Diana spent virtually every free moment with Dodi at his apartment in London’s Park Lane or together at Kensington Palace, which rankled the royals greatly. Prince Philip was...
I didn't shoot up my school, either
Picture this: You are a high school senior in the United States. You have just witnessed the most horrendous school shooting in your country's history play itself out over and over again in the media. You are sitting...
McCanns are suing a Portuguese newspaper
"The parents of missing Madeleine McCann are suing a Portuguese newspaper which claimed they killed their daughter.
Gerry McCann said he and his wife, Kate, were "deeply hurt'' by the front-page story in Tal e Qual headlined "PJ believe that the parents killed Maddie".
The...
Thailand Make Moves To Fight Child Exploitation
"Permanent secretary for justice Jarun Pukditanakul has instructed the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to expand its role to begin combating child exploitation, especially through pornography and transnational organised crime."
Cuban FM dispels rumors about Castro
Who knows what is happening. Word on the street in Miami was that Cuba had closed off streets and sent people home early from work and that prompted Miami officials to prepare for possible news about the condition of...
Time for the truth about the Liberty
"Time for the truth about the Liberty
By Ward Boston Jr.
June 8, 2007
Forty years ago this week, I was asked to investigate the heaviest attack on an American ship since World War II. As senior legal counsel to the Navy Court of Inquiry, it was my job to help uncover the...
Execution Date Set for Tennessee Cop Killer
Legal wrangling continues as the execution date looms for Philip Workman. The condemned was convicted in 1981 of murdering a police officer during a restaurant robbery, and his executino date had been shifted several times."Lawyers for convicted cop killer Philip Workman and...
Islamic Democrats? NYT Sunday Magazine
"The arrest and imprisonment of political opponents is nothing new in Egypt, which has been ruled by a succession of authoritarian leaders since 1952; secular democrats are in jail along with the Islamists. Egypt is generally rated as one of the more repressive countries in...
Fansourcing the Music World
The Shins, who rock, have joined the world of crowd sourcing by fansourcing their music videos. Fans were encouraged to share their video clips from a concert they attended in Austin this past summer, and then the...
