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THE Vatican is to abandon decades of secrecy and obstruction to allow changes in the Bible based on revelations in the Dead Sea Scrolls, more than half a century after they were discovered. The extent of the changes is expected to be disclosed this month, but the revised version of the New Jerusalem Bible will take five years to complete.The scrolls have been the subject of controversy between Jewish and Roman Catholic scholars since they were found in caves at Qumran on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea in 1947. The Vatican has been accused of keeping them secret ...

The Teletubbies, stars of the PBS show of the same name, an import from Britain aimed at 1-to-4-year-old viewers, are shown in this undated handout file photo. Distributors of the "Teletubbies'' TV show, received a "Have You Lost Your Marbles?'' award for promotional campaigns with McDonald's and Burger King Monday, Sept. 10, 2001, in New York. Activists met for a symposium on exploitive advertising aimed at children at the same Manhattan hotel as the awards. (AP Photo/Ragdoll Productions, File) Ads Activists Find Exploitive By Associated Press September 10, 2001, 5:13 PM EDT NEW YORK -- Stop Commercial Exploitation of ...

Where's that surplus banked? Martin L. Gross There are certain unwritten rules in column writing. One is not supposed to say our distinguished politicians in both parties are, in the main, either liars or just plain ignorant. One is not supposed to insult fellow members of the media. One is not supposed to repeat oneself. One, above all, is not supposed to insult the holy of media holies, the august New York Times. Yet, you'll excused me if I break all of the above dicta in order to bring you one of the most important messages of our time. Back ...

Saudis cancel US talks By BBC Middle East analyst Roger Hardy Saudi Arabia has cancelled high-level military talks with the United States in protest at Washington's support for Israel, according to a Saudi newspaper report. The action comes at a time when the Saudi media has become increasingly critical of what it characterises as US silence and inaction in the Middle East. The Saudi ruling family is acutely aware of the rising tide of anti-American feeling in the Arab world A few days ago, the Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal declared it was high time for the United States ...

An international discussion about racism is overdue, but not done this way, argues TIME's Michael Elliott "This was never going to be an easy conference," said Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as she spoke in Durban last week at the opening session of the U.N. Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. That was an understatement. The conference was a disgrace. It was a disgrace in conception — in the very idea that a few days of talk could lead to any useful action directed against a scourge that diminishes the lives of millions ...

Hilary B. Rosen is president and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the trade group for the sound recording industry. Rosen boasts a seven figure salary, has a hip Lesbian partner and child, and is frequently covered in every conceivable media outlet. Naturally, she is a hard-core liberal, beloved by the ACLU, and is a founding board member of Rock the Vote. With her PC credentials well-established, let's take a look at what she has accomplished for her industry in the past several months. Keep in mind that the record business has seen better days. RIAA's long ...

This report is voluminous. In the interest of conserving webspace on the Free Republic please click on the Source URL above. This is an excellent report and indicates the extent to which the U.S. Civil Rights Commission went to obscure and defame Gov. Jeb Bush, Katherine Harris and others. Well worth the read.

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. COBLESKILL, N.Y. -- The Guilford Mills textile plant will close Nov. 8, the company announced Monday. The approximately 500 employees of the garment maker will lose their jobs with Guilford, company spokesman Rich Novak said. They will receive 90 days of additional medical and life insurance, he said. During the next 60 days, Greensboro, N.C.-based Guilford Mills Inc. will entertain offers for the factory while it fills existing orders and prepares to shut down, Novak said. Cobleskill is 35 miles west of Albany. In a letter to employees, company president John ...

Excerpt from an article by Margaret Talev and Eric Bailey in today's laslimes: Sacramento police said Ferguson, a gun aficionado with a penchant for white supremacist paraphernalia, made cell phone calls Saturday night to former co-workers, threatening to kill them and vowing to outdo Nikolay Soltys, a Ukrainian immigrant who was charged with seven deaths from a shooting rampage last month in Sacramento County.

George Bush vows not to let the slump take him down. Can he avoid Dad's mistakes? How he plans to brave the growing storm George W. Bush usually likes to have a little fun at Larry Lindsey's expense. As the President's chief economic adviser, Lindsey must trek downstairs to the Oval Office three days a week and brief his boss, the Vice President and other top aides on the state of the American economy. Lately, Lindsey has barely been able to get a word out of his mouth before the President starts giving him grief. "When are you gonna bring ...

<p>Dorsey Carey considers the evening of Sept. 1 the ''Saturday night massacre.''</p> <p>Carey manages Handlebar Harry's bar/restaurant in Cordage Park. It's tucked at the back of a mostly deserted retail complex, but locals have made it a destination. While other Cordage businesses vanished over the last decade, Handlebar Harry's kept the lights shining brightly. Until now.</p>

Final ruling: The legal academy may still be blasting Bush v. Gore, but fears that the court would forfeit the public trust were overblown Last January, a month after the supreme court handed down its hugely controversial decision in Bush v. Gore—ending the month-old election stalemate and turning the White House over to George W. Bush—legal scholars across the country joined in protest. In a full-page ad in The New York Times, 554 law professors accused the high court of “acting as political proponents” for Bush, and “taking power from the voters.” Worse, the ad scolded, “the Supreme Court has ...

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Two former employees of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (news/quote) (WMT.N) on Monday sued the retail powerhouse for allegedly forcing them to work unpaid overtime, using such tactics as locking them in stores after closing. Filed in King County Superior Court here, the class action suit charged that store managers in Washington state, under pressure to lower costs, systematically refused to pay overtime wages and bullied employees into working through breaks and lunches. ``(The two former employees) were routinely required to skip rest breaks and lunches, attend meetings while clocked out, and were locked into the store overnight and ...

<p>Not everyone had a book in their hands, but everyone undoubtedly was a reader at the National Book Festival yesterday on the east lawn of the U.S. Capitol.</p> <p>Thousands thronged to the heart of the District to celebrate books and American writing in the largest book and literacy event to have been organized here.</p>

August 27, 2001 FFI Contact: Chris Riggall 404.656.5792 Georgia SOS Selected Best Executive Branch Site in Eagle E-Government Awards ATLANTA, Ga. August 27, 2001 … The Council of State Governments (CSG) has named the Georgia Secretary of State website (www.georgiasecretaryofstate.org) the best in the nation in the executive branch category. The Council will make the formal presentation of the Eagle E-Government Award at its annual meeting in Anchorage, Alaska next month. The Georgia Secretary of State website, which is designed and maintained entirely by the agency’s small in-house information technology department, was chosen best in the nation among submissions ...

Because of the FBI raid last Wednesday and Thursday against INFOCOM suspected of being a base for radical Islamic terrorism, I thought I would bring back an article from May, 2000 that will add some background flavor to the raid. Dallas Observer Online -- dallasobserver.com | News | War of words Morning News reports of a charity's ties to terrorism spur Muslim protests By Mark Donald Mark Graham Demonstrators gather outside the Morning News last week, claiming the paper is biased against Islam. As far as civil disobedience goes, the protest in front of The Dallas Morning News early Friday ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 31, 2001 CONTACT: David Blount, 601-359-6342 Secretary of State Eric Clark's Select Task Force on Elections Procedures and Technology has targeted the state's inaccurate voter rolls for improvement. "Keeping accurate voter rolls is the first step in running fair and honest elections," Clark said. "With the advances we've seen in technology and communication, now is the time to change improve upon the old procedures for keeping our rolls up-to-date." "From our efforts to clean up the voter rolls in recent years, we have learned that we need greater uniformity between the computer systems of different counties ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Outraged fans of Elvis Presley are all shook up over rumors that goose-stepping, cross-dressing shock rocker Eva Braun plans to buy The King's beloved Graceland mansion - and gleefully burn it to the ground! "Braun has always been against everything America stands for, but this time he's gone too far," fumed one fan who learned of the rumors on the Internet. "To trash the President, attack God and make a mockery of family values is bad enough, but to destroy The King of Rock and Roll's home just for spite is beyond evil." Weekly World News ...

Bush asks lawmakers to set aside partisan differences, pass his education packageJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) President Bush urged Congress Monday to set aside partisan bickering and pass his education package so America's teachers can "wage war on illiteracy in the young." Bush made a fourth trip to Florida, the state governed by his brother Jeb, for two days of school visits as part of a weeklong emphasis on reading. He talked up his education reforms at Justina Elementary School before flying on to Sarasota, Fla., for the night. But Congress especially the Republican leadership was more preoccupied Monday with the idea ...

Blockbuster to Take $450M Charge By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer DALLAS (AP) — Blockbuster said Monday it would take a $450 million charge against earnings to cover the cost of removing about one-fourth of its rental videos and replacing them with DVDs. The Dallas-based video store chain said digital video discs are much more profitable. In trading on the New York Stock Exchange, shares of Blockbuster shares fell $1.64, or 8.2 percent, to close at $18.35. Barry Sosnick, an analyst with Fahnestock & Co., applauded Blockbuster's move, saying the chain was replacing its slowest-renting videotapes with more popular DVD ...