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A bit of info for the curious at this post.

It's on TV, so obviously there's no article to quote, ehh ?

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- - snip - - Police continue to investigate the disappearance -- they looked into two tips this week that led nowhere -- but the leads are shrinking. The few tips they've confirmed do not point to any definitive answer."It's not looking good," Dixon said. "Statistically, if you don't find someone within a few days, it's bad news."Getting facts is another reason McKnight suggested the meeting with police and district attorneys. He said he hopes police will share information about what they've found during their investigation, to give the district attorneys some facts."My feeling has been consistent since day...

Bellefonte police hope woman can spark new leads Bellefonte police have begun working with a California psychic in hopes of generating new clues in their investigation into the disappearance of District Attorney Ray Gricar nearly one month ago...

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Fri, May. 06, 2005 BELLEFONTE -- Another search of the Susquehanna River in the Lewisburg area was carried out Thursday in hopes of finding any information about District Attorney Ray Gricar, who has been missing since April 15.A dog trained to detect corpses was used to search the river between the Sunbury dam and Lewisburg, where Gricar's red-and-white Mini Cooper was found April 16.Although the search, coordinated by the Union and Northumberland counties' sheriff's departments, lasted from 8:22 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., nothing of note was found, according to Bellefonte police. --snip-- Bellefonte Police Chief Duane Dixon was not available...

BELLEFONTE -- A man who told police he saw missing District Attorney Ray Gricar in Wilkes-Barre on April 18 said they talked briefly about baseball while watching a game on television.Bellefonte Police Chief Duane Dixon provided a few details at a news conference Friday of the possible sighting of Gricar at a business in the Highland Park Boulevard area of Wilkes-Barre three days after the prosecutor disappeared."Right now, we're taking it as a credible report," Dixon said. "Am I 100 percent sure it is? No, I am not."The report gives Gricar's family and friends renewed hope, they said at the...

Investigators have few clues to missing man's whereabouts Posted on Tue, Apr. 26, 2005 BELLEFONTE -- There are still no answers in the disappearance of Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar, but plenty of theories and speculation abound.The facts surrounding the case are strange: Gricar called his girlfriend and housemate, Patty Fornicola, about 11:30 a.m. April 15 and said he was driving down state Route 192 in the Brush Valley area. It was the last time anyone heard from him. His car was found parked and locked in a dirt parking lot in Lewisburg; his cell phone was inside.Two Lewisburg...

LEWISBURG -- Using scuba divers in the Susquehanna River, search teams on the banks and a dog trained to find corpses, Bellefonte police launched a massive search for Ray Gricar on Friday but came up empty-handed. Searchers found a brown loafer and a computer part in their daylong search of the Susquehanna, but neither these nor any other items discovered were deemed relevant to the disappearance of the Centre County district attorney. Bellefonte Police Chief Duane Dixon said as the search began Friday that he had wanted to do it before the rain forecasted for the weekend moved in. Hours...

BELLEFONTE -- The collection of clues is growing, but Bellefonte police still have no answer as to the whereabouts of District Attorney Ray Gricar, who has been missing for the past week.In a room packed with reporters, including Fox News host Greta Van Susteren, Bellefonte Police Chief Duane Dixon said another Lewisburg business owner said she thinks she saw a man fitting Gricar's description between 1 and 2 p.m. Saturday. She is the third person to report possibly seeing Gricar on Saturday.Based on that, Dixon said, police will continue to focus their search efforts in the Lewisburg area. All week,...

The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a Winter Storm Watch. A low pressure system developing over the Gulf of Mexico will track northeast toward the mid Atlantic coast on Monday. This will spread a swath of snow across central Pennsylvania beginning early Monday morning and continuing into Monday evening. As abundant moisture becomes entrained into the storm system heavy precipitation mainly in the form of snow will become likely. At this time the threat of significant snowfall accumulations of 6 or more inches exists for a large portion of central Pennsylvania on Monday. This will likely...

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"To avoid multiple vanity threads regarding any news from press conferences, let's keep a live commentary thread going again today." Peach

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Responding to U.S. pressure, Israel withdrew forces from Yasser Arafat's headquarters compound on Sunday, but said the hunt for men inside whom it accuses of terrorism would continue. Arafat himself accused Israel of violating a U.N. Security Council resolution which demanded an end to the siege that began Sept. 19. ``They are trying to deceive the Security Council,'' Arafat told reporters in his office minutes after Israeli troops rolled out of the compound, leaving behind shattered buildings around Arafat's office. He called the pull back a ``cosmetic movement.'' After the decision was announced, the Israeli...

i'm not panicking, as AdWatch/AdAware caught this on the first reboot after updating to IE6/sp1, but some of you true geeks might wanna have a look at the log following and spread the word if this looks like a problem ...

y'all might wanna have a look at the link just above here ...

being currently undecided as to where to spend the upcoming 9/11 'anniversary', i'm wondering if anyone might have heard of plans for a memorial service in Shanksville.

The Concert for New York City - Reprise Won't Get Fooled Again

Ok ok, I know this is a complete vanity, and no, I don't work for 'em. But I was fortunate enough to have been able to see these six young men perform last night at the Bass Auditorium at the Univ. of Texas in Austin, and their talent is simply awe-inspiring ! Four boys from the heartland, one from Cameroon, and a Mexican drummer who is not to be believed ! Over the past twenty five years, I've seen a lot of the top electric jazz/fusion bands in the business in concert, and there is certainly none better than this...