http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/topstory2/2380373 Jan. 30, 2004, 11:48PM
"Danger zone"
"Too often, trouble finds players day before big game"
By RICHARD JUSTICE
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The day before last year's Super Bowl, Oakland Raiders center Barret Robbins disappeared. He apparently had stopped taking his anti-depression medication and spent a drunken day in Tijuana.
Robbins was hospitalized while the Raiders hurriedly adjusted their offensive line and played the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It was on a Saturday in 1999 that Atlanta Falcons defensive back Eugene Robinson was arrested for soliciting a prostitute.
And it was on a Saturday that Cincinnati Bengals fullback Stanley Wilson was found in his hotel room in a cocaine-induced stupor.
Perhaps it's no coincidence the Raiders, Falcons and Bengals lost the following day.
The Raiders and Falcons were blown out. The Bengals were beaten on a last-second drive engineered by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1068852/posts "Judge rules DMV can refuse ID" (matricula consular)
The News & Observer ^ | January 30, 2004
Posted on 01/31/2004 2:00:14 AM PST by sarcasm
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A Wake County Superior Court judge on Friday refused to stop the state from enforcing new rules that would make it harder for Mexican immigrants to get driver licenses and state-issued identification cards.
Wake Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens said the state Division of Motor Vehicles had the authority to stop accepting Mexican identification cards and other forms of ID without holding public hearings. Two Latino groups filed suit Thursday to try to block the state from enforcing the rules until the public had a chance to comment on them.
Barring a successful appeal, the state will begin enforcing the new ID requirements on Monday.
The change aims to prevent criminals and possibly terrorists from using fake documents to get licenses or ID cards from the DMV. Several forms of ID, including birth certificates from countries other than the United States or Canada, will no longer be accepted.
The change that has packed DMV offices statewide would bar the use of Mexican voting cards as well as the "matricula consular," ID cards issued by Mexican consulates that are often carried by illegal immigrants. With a deadline looming today, immigrants have been lining up for hours in hopes of getting a license or ID card."