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October 2001 News Archive.
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20011031
"Nation's Schools Experience Drop in Crime and Victimization According to the Departments of Justice and Education."  -ED.gov

(200110--) "Britannica.com Introduces Premium Subscription Service." Previously the entire Encyclopedia was online for free. Now only the first paragraph of each article is available. -ecmag
Osama bin Laden
• "The 'cave man' and Al Qaeda: A Pakistani journalist who repeatedly interviewed bin Laden says he's not the terror group's main force." -By Scott Baldauf -CSMonitor

ANTHRAX NEWS
• "New Jersey Governor Says State Has New Anthrax Case." -Reuters via -excite / News


• "[Iowa Governor] Vilsack vows further cuts in government: A drive for more efficiency will begin at the human services department and keep on going, he says." -By Jennifer Dukes Lee  -DesMoinesRegister
20011030 Afghanistan
• "Freedom Fighters: Brave Women Battle Oppression in Aghanistan." ... "Before the Taliban took over, women had the right to education, were represented in government and worked in offices. Forty percent of the country's doctors were women." ... "Under the Taliban regime, women are not allowed to hold jobs or receive an education. They can only appear in public if they are accompanied by male relatives and clothed in burqas, full-length coverings that drape the entire body, including the face. Under the Taliban regime, women cannot laugh, talk out loud in public, or make noise when they walk. If they wear makeup or show their ankles, they are subject to being whipped." -ABCNEWS


• "High Court Permits Va. Moment of Silence." -By Brooke A. Masters -WashingtonPost


• "US alert linked to Bin Laden." -BBC /News

ANTHRAX NEWS
• "Anthrax: Charting the US cases." -BBC /News


• "Pakistani Politicians to Meet Amid Pressure Over Attacks:  President invites leaders of all major parties as mood of "silent majority" shifts." -ByTyler Marshall and Alissa J. Rubin -LAtimes


• "US readies for next big threats:  US moves to protect food supply and stockpile smallpox vaccines. But intelligence may be the best preventative." -By Liz Marlantes-CSMonitor
20011029 ANTHRAX NEWS
• "The anthrax threat:  America's outbreak of anthrax contamination continues to widen, sowing alarm and confusion. Three people have now died from pulmonary anthrax since October 5th. This has renewed fears about biological weapons, which may not threaten mass destruction, but are proving very effective at spreading terror."  -Economist

Osama bin Laden
• "New snags in US-Saudi ties play to bin Laden." -By Warren Richey -CSMonitor
20011028
• "On Campus and Off, Antiwar Movements See New Vigor: Opposition to military action builds with a more polite, thoughtful approach than in days of Vietnam." -Elizabeth Mehren -LAtimes

ANTHRAX NEWS
• "Cipro Loses Favor to Less Pricey Drug: D.C. health officials, in a shift, are prescribing doxycycline, another antibiotic that is cheaper and as effective against anthrax." -By Charles Ornstein and Janet Hook -LAtimes


• "US bomb kills 10 in Kabul.  US bombs hit three houses on the outskirts of Kabul on Sunday, killing at least 10 civilians and virtually wiping out an entire family, witnesses said." -BBC /News


• "Attack on Christian church in Pakistan kills 16." - -AP via  USATODAY
• ->Update: BBC /News reports "at least 18 people" were killed, headline: "Christians massacred in Pakistan." -BBC /News
20011027
• "Mitnick and Gates, TV Stars." (1, 2) -By Michelle Delio -Wired


• "Search for back pain cause." -BBC /News


• "FBI and CIA Suspect Domestic Extremists [of Anthrax Attacks]:  Officials Doubt Any Links to Bin Laden." -By Bob Woodward and Dan Eggen -WashingtonPost
20011026
• "Terror Act Has Lasting Effects." ... "... the Dec. 2001 expiration date embedded in the US Act -- which the Senate approved 98 to 1 on Thursday -- applies only to a tiny part of the mammoth bill." -By Declan McCullagh  -Wired


• "'tis the Season for Auroras:  Autumn is a good time to spot Northern Lights, and scientists would like to know why."  -NASA.gov >headlines

Afghanistan
• "Strategy Fails to Splinter Taliban:  U.S., Pakistani Efforts Not Yielding Significant Defections." -By Molly Moore and Kamran Khan -WashingtonPost

Afghanistan
• "Afghan powerbrokers: Who's Who.   As fighting intensifies on the ground, BBC News Online profiles some of the most influential figures within the Taleban and Northern Alliance." -BBC /News


• "Police to use new powers." -By Richard Willing and Toni Locy  -USATODAY

Afghanistan
• "UK commits troops to Afghan campaign." -BBC /News


• "Missile shield testing delayed:  Reflecting a new mood of cooperation with Moscow, the U.S. has delayed testing of its missile defense system while strategic arms talks are under way with Russia." -ChicagoTribune


• "Signals go from bad to worse: The grim economic picture turned darker Thursday with reports of sharply rising joblessness, falling sales of existing homes and plummeting orders for manufactured durable goods." -By William Neikirk  -ChicagoTribune


• "GOP Lobbies for House Aviation Bill: Vote Planned Next Week on Effort to Head Off Federal Screening System." -By Juliet Eilperin -WashingtonPost

ANTHRAX NEWS
• "New Layers of Worry In a Complex Mystery" -By Rick Weiss -WashingtonPost

• "Protracted war tests US resolve." By Brad Knickerbocker-CSMonitor
20011025
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• "Is XP an Open Door for Open Source?  Linux will likely get a boost as an alternative for cash-strapped schools, local goverments, and companies in developing countries." -By Jane Black -BusinessWeek/Daily

Afghanistan
• "Opposition Blundered, Leader Says:  Northern Alliance botched its chance to capture a key city by counting too much on U.S. airstrikes." -By Paul Watson and Richard C. Paddock -LAtimes

• "Department of Justice Proposes International Antitrust Network." -By  Randy Barrett  -InteractiveWeek

• "States to Hire [Brendan] Sullivan for Microsoft Fight." ... representing "18 state attorneys general in the Microsoft antitrust case." -By  Randy Barrett -InteractiveWeek

• "Beyond Carnivore: FBI Eyes Packet Taps." -By  Max Smetannikov -InteractiveWeek

• "Microsoft on a mission:  The cool features of the new Windows XP system come at a price:  your freedom online." -By Tom Regan  -CSMonitor
20011024

• "National ID Card System Failing to Attract Supporters." -By Joseph Menn-LAtimes

• "AOL users' thoughts worth $42 million to SPSS." -By Christine Tatum  -ChicagoTribune

• "The coming "open monopoly" in software." -By Petr Hrebejk and Tim Boudreau -CNET /News
• --> Discussion: "Software "Open Monopoly"."  -Slashdot

• ANTHRAX NEWS- "If misused, drug for anthrax could carry bigger risks."-By Jeremy Manier -ChicagoTribune

• "House Moves on Key Anti-Terrorism Proposals." ... "In a 357 to 66 vote, the House today adopted sweeping new laws that give police the power to secretly search the homes of terrorism suspects, tap all their phones and track their Internet usage." ... "On Tuesday, the House followed the Senate's lead and passed legislation authorizing the Treasury Department to issue the first war bonds since World War II." -PBS /NewsHour

• "House passes $100 billion economic stimulus package." -CNN

• ANTHRAX NEWS- "U.S. forces Bayer to lower price of Cipro" -By Keith Bradsher and Edmund L. Andrews -ChicagoTribune

• ANTHRAX NEWS- "Chemicals show promise fighting the anthrax toxin" ... "The chemicals, which appear to be harmless to people, could be ready for human trials in 12 to 24 months, the researchers said." -By Ronald Kotulak  -ChicagoTribune

• "A More Caring Scaring:  This Year's Real-Life Fears Trump Made-Up Ones for Many" -By Christina A. Samuels and Rosalind S. Helderman -WashingtonPost

• "Bombs Hit Civilian Areas of Afghan Cities, U.S. Says: Strikes that went awry in Kabul and near home for elderly in Herat could imperil anti-terrorism coalition." -By Esther Schrader-LAtimes

• "A Harvest of Anger at the U.S.  A remote Pakistani village recoils at American bombing of Afghan "cousins." Some see Islam under attack and join the Taliban." -By Tyler Marshall-LAtimes
20011023

• "College costs soar past inflation." -By Arlene Levinson -AP via -Salon

• "Internet firms launch new ratings system for Web." Censorship (or filtering) through the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA). -By D. Ian Hopper -AP via -Salon

• "Study says newscasts create fear for kids." -By Lynn Elber -AP via -Salon

• ANTHRAX NEWS- "Anthrax Cited in 2 D.C. Postal Deaths:  2 Others at Sorting Facility Hospitalized With Disease" -By Steve Twomey and Avram Goldstein -WashingtonPost

• "Carriers' Tenacity Is Put to Test: Postal workers in D.C. area line up for tests after two deaths. There's confusion and fear but little talk of quitting." -By Faye Fiore and Megan Garvey -LAtimes

• "Workers Question Response; CDC Says Policy Evolving" -By Justin Blum  -WashingtonPost

• "Postal Service Weighs Using Radiation on Mail: Experts say such systems, employed by hospitals and the food industry, can kill viruses and bacteria, such as anthrax." -By Aaron Zitner and Robert A. Rosenblatt -LAtimes

• Afghanistan- "U.S. Plans No Letup in Its Afghan Air Assault" -By Paul Richter and R.C. Paddock -LAtimes
• "Ashcroft: Attacks Traced to German Cell"  -By Karen Gullo -LAtimes

• "E-Mail Capability Changes Lives of Sailors Far Away: Access to the Internet aboard an aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea helps crew members keep track of everyday life." -LAtimes
20011022

• "U.S. Testing Diluted Smallpox Vaccine." -By Scott R. Burnell  -UPI via MedlinePlus.gov
• ANTHRAX NEWS- "Why so many miscues on anthrax?  The US response is complicated by manpower shortages and rivalries among agencies." -By Abraham McLaughlin -CSMonitor
20011021

• Osama bin Laden- "CIA Told to Do 'Whatever Necessary' to Kill Bin Laden:  Agency and Military Collaborating at 'Unprecedented' Level; Cheney Says War Against Terror 'May Never End'" -By Bob Woodward -WashingtonPost
20011019

• "Push is on to federalize [airport security] workers" -By Richard Benedett -USATODAY
20011018

• ANTHRAX NEWS - "Clarifying The Facts And Risks Of Anthrax:  Terms Used Loosely As Reports Multiply." -By Rick Weiss -WashingtonPost
• "CDC Warns Docs of Bioterror Outbreak"  -AP via MedlinePlus.gov
• ANTHRAX NEWS- "FDA Public Health Advisory: Update on Use of Doxycycline for Anthrax Exposure." ... "Doxycycline is approved for the treatment of anthrax in all its forms."  -FDA.gov
• ANTHRAX NEWS- "Bayer increases Cipro production." Cipro is the antibiotic being used to treat anthrax.  -By Julie Appleby -USATODAY
20011016

• "ED Launches Redesigned Web Site: www.ed.gov redesign makes site easier to use and offers users novel options to customize the site for their needs and interests." -ED.gov

• "Limits of Dissent: Should there be limits on dissent during times of war and crisis?" -Terence Smith reports -PBS /NewsHour / MediaWatch
20011015

• "Transmeta to unveil newest chips: New processors integrate functions of several chips into one package." -By Richard Richtmyer -CNN

• ANTHRAX NEWS- "The Fear and the Facts:  Resources for Journalists Covering -- and Fearing -- Anthrax." -by Ellen Sung  -Poynter.org
20011012

• ANTHRAX NEWS - "Analysing the US anthrax attacks." -By John Eldridge -Jane's
20011011

• "The fatwa against the royal family: The Afghan war carries risks for Saudi Arabia's ruling family." -Economist

• Osama bin Laden - "Bin Laden, Taliban Are Seen as Inexorably Linked." -By Tyler Marshall -LAtimes
20011009

• "Why weather service revamped wind chill." -By Jack Williams -USATODAY
• "Wind chill is a guide to winter danger: New wind chill chart."  -USATODAY
20011008

• "Surfing instructors: Teaching how to hang ten over medicine on the Internet.  One doctor has set up a college course to teach consumers about how to evaluate medical Web sites." As one of the students explained, ""look at the source of the information, who wrote the article, [and] who paid for it to be written....."" -By Tyler Chin -AMNews

• "Al-Jazeera goes it alone." -BBC /News
20011005

• "Dublin Core Metadata Element Set Approved." -NISO.org

• Osama bin Laden- "Fed by Intrigue, the Myth of Bin Laden Grows:  The urge to create a super-villain may obscure an understanding of larger issues." -By Reed Johnson -LAtimes

• "Capitalizing on museums:  With nearly 100 already - housing everything from art to airplanes to squished pennies - and more on the way, Washington is the nation's City of Museums." -By Christina Ianzito -CSMonitor
20011004

• "U.S., Russia Recast Their Relationship:  Anti-Terror Agenda Appears To Be Framework for Future." -By Alan Sipress -WashingtonPost
20011003

• "U.S. Sends Troops to Ex-Soviet Republics." ... "The deployment of more than 1,000 troops from the 10th Mountain Division marked the first time a regular Army infantry unit has been sent on a mission to a former Soviet state, an Army official said." -By Vernon Loeb and Thomas E. Ricks -WashingtonPost

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