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LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Police didn't have much trouble tracking a man who they say robbed two gas stations -- he was wearing a court-ordered electronic monitoring device. Lafayette police found Joshua W. Kochell, 27, at a hospital emergency room where he was being treated for an injury that was not associated with the robberies. Detective Tom Davidson said he did not know the nature of the injury. Davidson said Kochell (pictured, left) was under house arrest when he used a gun to rob two gas stations Wednesday. Police tracked him through the monitoring device he was ordered to wear on...

Under Bush's presidency, Corporate America slashed paychecks that took you years to earn. They have cancelled holidays, including Good Friday -- they are trying to cancel the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, it seems. They have cut sick pay, rewritten family leave laws, cancelled bathroom breaks. It is even beginning to affect civil service professions such as the police force, now requesting to cut their sick pay to only thirteen weeks. Also under Bush's presidency, they have turned reservation offices into assembly line call centers. The union had warned of this but no one listened. We trusted Bush that it would...

Because of a virus I was forced to erase my HD. A major difficulty remaining to be conquered is setting my display properties, currently I'm prevented from going above 16 colors and 640x480. I was running well above that before the erasing. I have attempted to download drivers, even after deleting the existing in the safe mode, yet my PC rejects them. The only one which was successfully downloaded was a super vga from my 98 disk yet again the PC rejected my attempts to upgrade from present levels. Could the virus have infected my video card? I simply cannot...

<p>The nation's health agency plans to closely watch flu complications among children, who have swamped hospitals in some states and surprised doctors with the severity of their illnesses.</p> <p>A new concern is the rise of a common drug-resistant staph infection that is complicating efforts to treat children with the flu, an official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.</p>

LONDON (Reuters) - Cyber investigators are scouring the World Wide Web for clues on any future suicide bomb attacks, deploying satellites and other high-tech wizardry to hone in on suspicious Web surfing activity. Intelligence officials had warned some kind of attack would occur in Saudi Arabia before Sunday's suicide bomb blast in Riyadh after finding evidence on anonymous postings on Arabic Web sites and other forms of Internet chatter. The strike killed at least 18 people and wounded 120 others. "The Internet is a very useful open source for investigators. But as with any unattributable piece of information, tips must...

NOGALES, Ariz. - Some Mexican nationals say they are suspicious of a new U.S. security plan that will eventually track all foreign visitors as they enter and leave the United States. The Department of Homeland Security's National Security Entry-Exit Registration System will be implemented by next year at the 50 largest land ports of entry in the United States, including Nogales, Ariz., and Douglas. Its ultimate goal is to allow the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service to track - through a registration system - the arrival and departure of every foreign visitor. Once implemented, the system will allow the government...

<p>When Steve Jones carried a curious duct-taped tin can with wires protruding from its clear plastic top into Sen. Rick Santorum's office last month, a wide-eyed Senate staffer remarked, "I'm surprised you got this stuff up here."</p> <p>So was Jones. But for reasons other than heightened security on Capitol Hill. For more than a decade, the house painter from Salt Lake City has run up against public indifference as he promoted the jury-rigged can he insists would save lives in a dirty-bomb attack by terrorists.</p>

"FReepranslation" by "AmericanInTokyo" (Iraq War: Day One)Summary from original Asian sources (as of 16:45 Eastern Time)Just took a brief tour of a number of reputable Japanese, Korean and English news websites, looking for any threatening action or threats made by communist North Korea in response to the ongoing Iraq conflict.Asian news sources viewed were (from Korea): Choson Ilbo Daily, Hanguk Ilbo Daily, Dong-A Ilbo Daily, YTN TV, KBS TV, Yonghap News, Yahoo News Korea and (from Japan): Kyodo News, Yomiuri News, Mainichi News, Sankei News, Nikkan Fuji, TBS TV, NTV TV, Fuji TV, Yahoo Japan News.Summary report below.

U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. We hope to provide an ongoing source of information about issues and problems that are specific to Veterans and resources that are available to Veterans and their families. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel free to address their specific circumstances or whatever issues concern them in an atmosphere of peace, understanding, brotherhood...

Poll Should international monitors be sent to Israel and the Palestinian territories?

Conservators speculate on last moments of USS Monitor's crew By SONJA BARISIC, Associated Press Writer NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) -- As the USS Monitor sank in the Atlantic during a storm off the coast of North Carolina on Dec. 31, 1862, the sailors knew they couldn't save the Union ironclad. So instead they tried to save meaningful possessions as they watched water run across the deck and waited to be rescued. That may be, conservators figure, how nearly 30 pieces of silver- and nickel-plated dinnerware ended up in the ship's turret. Five of the pieces found during excavation of the...

My internet cable modem company, Millennium Digital, has had its ups/downs lately. My wife says it is down during the day a lot. I don't have to pay for down time if I report it. It would be nice to have a simple system tray program that monitors/logs the cable Internet down time so I can request a refund if it gets unreasonable. Does anyone know of such a program? It would be nice if it was designed to just do the above.

Silt-filled turret of USS Monitor raised from Atlantic By SONJA BARISIC, Associated Press Writer August 5, 2002   6:10 pm HATTERAS, N.C. -- The silt-packed turret of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor was raised Monday from the Atlantic floor, nearly 140 years after the historic warship sank during a New Year's storm.The turret, the largest and last retrievable artifact, was raised at the end of a heavy cable attached to a crane on a 300-foot work barge.A Civil War-era American flag fluttered from the lifting frame and water poured out of the turret as it hung over the...

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2002 July 28 An Anomalous SETI Signal Credit & Copyright: SETI League Explanation: No one knows for sure what caused this signal. There is a slight possibility that it just might originate from an extraterrestrial intelligence. The bright colors on the blue background indicate that an anomalous signal was received here on Earth by a radio telescope involved in a Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). A search for...

<p>   John Mallon   Dr. Ken Craven   William Saunders   Vinnie Cacace   Discussion Forum   Daily Reading   From the Pulpit   Saint of the Day   The Cardinals   Church Documents   Book Review Archive   Get the best Catholic material   Bishop Gassis Sudan Relief Fund   Crisis Magazine   Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights   Friends of Bishop Sheen   Brent Society ACI Prensa Catholic League president says Church-suing lawyers deserve monitoringNEW YORK, May 10, 2002 (ACI).- The president of the Catholic League, William Donohue, said yesterday that after the public...

"Eight people will be injected with silicon chips Friday, making them scannable just like a jar of peanut butter in the supermarket checkout line. The miniature devices, about the size of a grain of rice, were developed by a Florida company. They will be targeted to families of Alzheimer's patients--one of the fastest growing groups in American society--as well as others who have complicated medical histories. "It's safety precaution," explained Nate Isaacson. The retired building contractor will enter his Fort Lauderdale doctor's office Friday as an 83-year-old with Alzheimer's. He'll leave it a cyborg, a man who is also a...

BASE HREF="http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020505/1/"> Home - Yahoo! - Help - My Yahoo! World Home Top Stories Singapore Asia World Business Sports Tech Travel Entertainment Full Coverage Sunday May 5, 8:09 PMVoters forced to man polling stations in French towns Voters casting ballots in decisive presidential election have found themselves pressed into service as monitors in understaffed polling stations.Council workers were also called in at the last moment to help out.In Montpellier in southern France, municipal authorities said they grabbed at least 84 early voters and, under a provision in the electoral law, were making them sit out the day in the stations...

Nanny-Cam May Leave a Home ExposedSat Apr 13, 2:55 PM ETBy JOHN SCHWARTZ The New York TimesThousands of people who have installed a popular wireless video camera, intending to increase the security of their homes and offices, have instead unknowingly opened a window on their activities to anyone equipped with a cheap receiver. • Venezuela's Chief Forced to Resign; Civilian Installed • Nanny-Cam May Leave a Home Exposed • For the latest breaking news, visit NYTimes.com • Get DealBook, a daily email digest of corporate finance newsDealBook. Search NYTimes.com: The wireless video camera, which is heavily advertised on the Internet,...