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LONDON --Gene Pitney, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame whose hits included "Town Without Pity" and "Only Love Can Break a Heart," died Wednesday at a hotel in Wales after playing a show, his agent said. He was 65. Pitney was found dead in his hotel room in Cardiff, Wales. Police said the death did not appear suspicious. "We don't have a cause of death at the moment but looks like it was a very peaceful passing," said Pitney's tour manager, James Kelly. "He was found fully clothed, on his back, as if he had gone...

The students who read Weekly Reader’s magazines have made their preference for President known: they want to send President Bush back to the White House. The results of this year’s Weekly Reader poll have just been announced, and the winner is President Bush. Hundreds of thousands of students participated, giving the Republican President more than 60% of the votes cast and making him a decisive choice over Democratic Senator John Kerry.

<p>Gov. Joe Kernan today canceled a contract with an overseas company hired to upgrade state computers and announced plans to create a new program to steer more contracts to Indiana businesses.</p> <p>The initiative, dubbed "Opportunity Indiana," will involve reviewing procedures used to award state contracts.</p>

An Indian woman has married a statue. Reports say the 21-year-old convinced her father to buy the statue of Krishna when she saw it in a shop in Mathura. The woman named by Sify News as Premlata from Kadaura village then convinced her parents she wanted to marry it. Her father Shaligram and mother Laxmidevi objected at first but eventually relented. Their daughter was married to the statue during a five-hour ceremony which included the lighting of a sacred fire.

This is a llink to the Full Article. Former Clinton loyalist accused of faking credentials, threatening employees with jail

Baghdad - President Saddam Hussein has ordered Iraqi troops to go swimming as they wait for the long-threatened US attack, Iraqi newspapers said on Thursday. Regular swimming would improve their physical condition ready for the fight ahead, said Saddam, who is noted as a keen amateur swimmer himself. "Don't forget swimming," the president told a meeting of army officers and lower ranks, according to the reports. "When we were like you, we did not limit our time swimming to one, two or three hours, but we swam as often as we could," he added. Saddam said that the soldiers "should...

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As family shrieks, police kill dog Wednesday, January 8, 2003 Posted: 10:26 PM EST (0326 GMT) COOKEVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) -- Police video released Wednesday showed a North Carolina family kneeling and handcuffed, who shrieked as officers killed their dog -- which appeared to be playfully wagging its tail -- with a shotgun during a traffic stop. The Smoak family was pulled over the evening of January 1 on Interstate 40 in eastern Tennessee by officers who mistakenly suspected them of a carjacking. An investigation showed James Smoak had simply left his wallet on the roof of his car at a...

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H-1B Some facts: 1. The economy was tubing before George JR even was elected, and way before he was sworn in as President! It started tubing in the middle of July, during the election, and basically Clinton did nothing, but campaign for his wife, and count the silverware and select furniture (and young female aids) in the White House to take with him to his new "home" in NY. 2. The boom of the 90s was in fact 90% smoke and mirrors. It was built to flip (a principle that you can find numerous articles about). Buy low, make everything...

Folks. The issue is ENRON and WORLDCOM, corruption abound, no voice for LABOR, no extention for UI, raises for senators, anti-bankruptcy legislation for the poor, bail outs for corporations, I could go on and on... It's not just an issue of techies getting screwed. The whole populace is getting screwed, outside of the billionares who are getting richer. Tech jobs gone, manufacturing jobs gone. The jobs that are here are going to FOREIGNERS. We continue to dump too much money into Defense. American's aren't making great wages any more, so taxes are severly low but the government keeps spending. MASSIVE...

The computer system at the heart of the European Union's €98bn (£63bn) budget is to be completely overhauled, a move that supports the criticisms made by Marta Andreasen, the "whistleblower" accountant who faces disciplinary action. Ms Andreasen was suspended from her post as EU chief accountant earlier this year after claiming that the European Commission's accounting systems were open to fraud. On Tuesday, Michaele Schreyer, the EU budget commissioner, will admit that the current accounting computer system cannot cope with new financial regulations. A team is considering whether to scrap the system and replace it or redesign it. Ms Schreyer...

Honorable Representative Tom Davis, I have just finished reading the article http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20021213S0035 and as an unemployed IT consultant and US CITIZEN, I find the idea stupid and unpatriotic. First, training foreigners on the internals of our IT infrastructure is a disaster in the making. Second, I find it difficult to believe that it will "save" that much, if any, money - the employment of CITIZENS to do the work keeps the money in the USA and adds to the growth of OUR economy, not that of India or China. Finally, at a time when the unemployment rate for IT and...

NEW DELHI: The role of H-1B visa workers in increasing unemployment is generating heat in the upper echelons of US politics. A study is being conducted by the US' federal department for accounting, called the General Accounting Office, on the impact of H-1B visa workers on US jobs. The study will be ready by next year, and will form a significant input to the September '03 debate in the US Congress on letting the H-1B visa cap shrink from 1.95 lakh to 65,000 in '04. GAO undertook the study after two Democrat members on the US House Committee on Science...

MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF CONTENTION THAT H-1B LEGISLATION IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether H-1B Legislation violates the constitutional rights of American workers a) Does the provision which only protects American workers from displacement by nonimmigrants if the employer is deemed “H-1B dependent” deny equal protection to Americans who work for non H-1B dependent employers? b) Does H-1B legislation violate the substantive due process liberty and property of American citizens by permitting employers to displace and replace American workers, and hire nonimmigrants when qualified American workers are available? c) Does H-1B legislation violate equal protection by...

<p>From his secret perch in the woods, the hermit watches the morning light spread over the pond and seep through a patch of trees, sprinkling a golden haze over his humble home. At night, when the raccoons leave their lair in the beech tree and the birds nest until morning, he wraps himself in a heap of blankets and takes comfort in the stillness.</p>

After researching the demise of tech bubble... I have come to the conclusion that we will not see any significant resurgance in the IT industry for at least another 2 years. Threw the late 90's, most companies obviously spent a signifacnt amount of money upgrading and implementing software and infrastructure. But that was then and this is now and it's new projects that drive most of our careers, and right now were worried about the installation and implementation of new equipment. The fact of the matter is, money is going to determine when a company is going to purchase new...

Recently, we have come upon the writings of those in far away lands explaining the reason why “Jihadi” (holy war - as you refer) is to be waged upon the American people. As much as we appreciate the passion the author may have for the concerns of Islam, I believe many of the principles laid forth it their ‘manifesto’ show that when it comes to Real Americans, the author is misinformed, which in turn leads to hypocrisy. Many in far way lands would expect the typical American reply to be that of quoting United Nations resolutions, or entertaining an endless...

On Friday, November 2, the President signed H.R. 2215, 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, into law. This bill includes a provision that allows H-1B visa holders to extend their stay beyond the statutory six-year period if a labor certification has been pending for at least 365 days. INS is expected to issue guidance shortly on the evidence required by petitioners seeking to take advantage of this provision. In the interim, ACIP advises members to consult with legal counsel on the potential benefits of this measure to your pending cases.