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BATON ROUGE, La. -- Do you remember Benjamin Wynne? Chances are, you didn't have a class with him and he was briefly at LSU before you enrolled here. Despite his absence on campus, Wynne is still a fixture in the minds of many, but it was his untimely death, and not his life, that left a mark at LSU. Wynne, a 20-year-old transfer student, died from alcohol poisoning at 1:10 a.m. on August 26, 1997, after a night of celebrating his acceptance into Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He was one of 12 students found passed out on the floor of ...

Q&A: 'Economic Gloom Clouds U.S.-Mexico Ties' Via cell Phone from Mexico City: TIME Latin America bureau chief Peter Katel says agreement over immigration would be easier during a boom  BY TONY KARON RON EDMONDS/AP Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox talk during the state arrival ceremony Related: Fox's Game Plan From CNN: 'U.S.-Mexico Links Growing'   Thursday, Sep. 06, 2001 TIME.com: How is President Fox's Washington visit playing with the Mexican public? Peter Katel:It's obviously dominating the news, and what is being emphasized today, understandably, is Fox's surprise insistence that some sort of agreement on immigration be nailed down ...

The Election Wars have started. Please support and spread the word about the following two events: For more information: Frank Butash, 860-232-7173 1. A fund-raiser for Mike McGarry (R), who is running to rejoin the Hartford City Council, will be held on Wednesday, 12 September from 1700 to 200 at the BOND HOTEL in downtown Hartford (338 Asylum Avenue ... free parking). Mike is a decent politician with good ideas for revitalizing politics and Hartford. He has supported FR, CT-RA and CCC in the Hartford area. (Donation required) 2. On Saturday, 22 September 2001, from 1300-1645, at the West Hartford ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- At the end of a voyage of purse-popping prosperity, the United States finds itself sailing under the stormy clouds of a recession. The gloomy atmosphere of economic decline has only been worsened by several recent reports from economic analysts, most notably the Congressional Budget Office, that the Bush administration will very likely have to use surplus Social Security funds to fund federal programs. Even the Bush administration has tempered its language on the subject, taking a care to caution its previous pledge to protect Social Security surpluses with new exemptions in the case of war or ...

Affirmative action for women is a bad idea. Funny how seldom you hear that proposition debated in public. Have you ever noticed how the argument over affirmative action usually turns on the question of race, rather than sex, even though women are the principal beneficiaries of preferential treatment? Why is that? Probably because both sides in the affirmative-action debate have an interest in avoiding the issue. Republicans fear the loss of the "women's vote." So even though the case for sex-based preferences is extraordinarily weak, conservatives hesitate to attack it. The Left, on the other hand, knows perfectly well that ...

"Joseph Lieberman in a decade in the Senate has exerted influence out of proportion to his seniority, committee position or political clout, an influence that came from respect for his independence of mind, civility of spirit and fidelity to causes in which he believes." Almanac of American Politics

Libya is reported to have offered to buy all the bananas produced in the Caribbean region at above market prices. Caribbean officials say the proposal was made by the Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, when he hosted a controversial visit to Tripoli just over a week ago by the prime ministers of several Caribbean islands. The three leaders who made the trip - from St Vincent, Grenada and Dominica - have confirmed that the Libyan Government has promised them a $21m package of grants and loans. A Libyan delegation is due to arrive in the Caribbean later this month to ...

x Sacramento Slaying Suspect Kills Self By Don Thompson Associated Press Writer Monday, Sept. 10, 2001; 4:06 a.m. EDT SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A former security guard wanted in a shooting spree that killed five people shot himself to death after a shootout with police Monday, authorities said. Joseph Ferguson, 20, died after a violent gun battle with officers about five miles from Sacramento's downtown, said Linda Casillas, a dispatcher with the Sacramento Sheriff's Department. "There was a very large shootout and he shot at a (California Highway Patrol) officer and I believe one other citizen, and then he was trying ...

<p>TALLAHASSEE - Her high-profile name and ability to attract eager campaign contributors should make former U.S. attorney general Janet Reno a formidable candidate for Florida governor. But she lacks a prerequisite - the full endorsement from her own Democratic party. Reno ended speculation about her political future last week by opening a campaign account for the governor's office, a first step toward seeking an elected post in the Sunshine State.</p>

This is an organization that deserves all our support. Please attend the demonstration and help spread the word. Thanks, FB 860-232-7173 A MATTER OF JUSTICE COALITION P.O. Box 1209 Dahlgren, Va 22448-1209 E-MAIL: matjust@crosslink.net URL: http://www.amatterofjustice.org Phone: (202) 213-0975 PRESS RELEASE On October 12, 2001 the national legal reform coalition, A Matter of Justice (AMOJ) and its NY affiliate, the Americans for Legal Reform, will hold a demonstration at Foley Square in Manhattan, NY. The time of the demonstration will be 12PM-5PM Foley Square is the site of the 2nd Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and the New York State ...

Ex-U.S. president warns Australians of worse to come. Former U.S. president Bill Clinton warned Australians that global warming could cause some small Pacific countries to disappear beneath the ocean, creating a refugee crisis far worse than the one Australia has faced in the last two weeks. At a hospital fundraising dinner in Sydney on Saturday, Clinton said hundreds of thousands of people around the world would become refugees if climate change isn't addressed. ''The science is unassailable. If the world keeps growing for the next 50 years warmer as it has for the last decade, you're going to see some ...

Arab Regimes, Not Israel, Are Guilty of Racism Morton A. Klein 10 September 2001 It´s an upside-down world, as the old saying goes. At the conference on racism, in Durban, Arab delegates and their allies accused Israel of racism and human rights violations - yet it is the Arab world that is rife with government-sanctioned racist practices, human rights abuses and mistreatment of women. Jews are continually victimized by Arab racism. The Palestinian Authority, with the active support of the Arab countries, bombs, shoots, stabs and stones Jews for one reason only - because they are Jews. The PA and ...

Once again, gasoline prices are on the rise. As in the summer of 2000, and again last May, Chicago and Milwaukee are leading the nation &#151; with prices above $1.80 per gallon, a 40-cent jump in less than a month. Elsewhere, prices have increased 16 cents per gallon, to an average of $1.54. Fortunately, this time the federal government has admitted to contributing to this volatility, and it's trying to do something about it. During the Midwestern gas crunch of 2000, prices in Chicago and Milwaukee topped $2.00 for the first time, spurring a wave of accusations. Some critics blamed ...

FELON WHO DIED IN STANDOFF ILLEGALLY BOUGHT AMMUNITION IN JULY 2000 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Federal agents knew for more than a year that a convicted felon had illegally bought thousands of rounds of ammunition, but didn't serve a search warrant until Aug. 31, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday. The disclosure raises questions about the investigation leading to a deadly standoff that began when officers tried to serve a warrant at the home of James Allen Beck. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy Hagop ``Jake'' Kuredjian was shot and killed, and Beck barricaded himself in his home and died ...

We made Contact. By Dustin D. Brand; Owner AMO We made contact - with aliens that is - this time they responded. It all started in 1974, before SETI (The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) was even formed (1984), but at the beginning of the Arecibo project. At this time, upgrading the Arecibo station in the US Territory of Puerto Rico was done with the help of Frank Drake and Carl Sagan. The Arecibo radio telescope dish to the left is the largest in the world. The first pulsar in a binary system was discovered in 1974 using Arecibo, leading to ...

Daily updates of the Kursk salvage operation. www.kursksalvage.com

During the peak of California's power crisis, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power earned far greater profits selling electricity to the rest of the state than agency officials have previously acknowledged, according to a newly completed independent audit. The document, obtained by The Times under the California Public Records Act, seems sure to reinforce charges by some consumer advocates that the public power company effectively helped its customers at the expense of those suffering blackouts and rate hikes. For full story, click here.

Analysis By (September 10) - In the conventional analyses, yesterday's Palestinian attacks and the Israeli responses are part of a deadly cycle with no apparent exit. According to this view, Israelis and Palestinians will continue to die until one or both are exhausted, and even then, only a limited cease-fire will be possible. As in the conflicts in Northern Ireland, the Balkans, Sri Lanka, Chechnya, etc., the tragic cycle of attack and response appears to be chronic. However, this analysis is overly simplistic and pessimistic, missing important differences in the tactical and strategic dimensions, as well as in the ethical ...

On the eve of Labor Day, a United Nations agency delivered a bleak message to American workers: Enjoy the day off, because you really, really need it. "U.S. workers are putting in the longest hours in the industrialized world, spending nearly one week more on the job than they did a decade ago," lamented the International Labor Organization. While people in other countries are working less, the ILO says, the typical American worked 36 more hours in 2000 than in 1990. This provoked the usual frenzy of hand-wringing from stalwart critics of the American economic system. They demand to know ...