Here are some more URL's. Thanks to everyone who contributed. RRE home page: http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html war Afghans Blame US for Slaying Innocents During School Raid http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0126-07.htm After Green Beret Operation, Townspeople Have Questions About Bound Bodies http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/28/international/asia/28AFGH.html?pagewanted=print Seeking Safety, Manhattan Firms are Scattering (replace all that office space with mixed-residential buildings) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/nyregion/29DOWN.html?pagewanted=print privacy and civil liberties Efforts to Track Foreign Students Are Said to Lag (it's harder than it sounds) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/28/national/28VISA.html?pagewanted=all Standardized Drivers' Licenses Could Be Boon, Burden to Business http://www.idg.net/ic_790506_1794_9-10000.html Iceland Places Trust in Face-Scanning http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1780000/1780150.stm "the great age of code breaking is over" (unreliable -- there's little or no evidence that al Qaeda used strong crypto) http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/02/budiansky.htm Qwest Opts to Put Record Sharing on Hold http://news.com.com/2100-1023-824479.html more on the weirdness of Windows XP "activation" http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20020117S0002 Drivers in Hawaii Suffer From Camera Rage http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/28/national/28HAWA.html New York Cops Vow to Crush Violent Protest at World Economic Forum http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0204/esposito.php A Field Guide to Anti-WEF Protest in New York City http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0204/anderson.php the Bush scandals "George W. Bush is a crony capitalist" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47089-2002Jan27.html No Economy Boost From Tax Rebates (of course not -- their purpose was to create a crisis in a few years' time) http://www.nydailynews.com/2002-01-27/News_and_Views/Beyond_the_City/a-139474.asp Cheney Is Set to Battle Congress to Keep His Enron Papers Secret (please, please keep saying "executive privilege" until November) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/28/business/28CHEN.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46856-2002Jan27.html http://Forbes.com/2002/01/28/0128topnews.html Cheney-Enron Links Could Harm GOP http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2002/01/28/enron_cheney/ Bush and Cheney are even getting hammered by conservative pundits http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/01/29/enron_media/ http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak21.html http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak28.html Probe Into FBI Misconduct Continues Over Bush Objection http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/local_regional/salv01282002.htm Enron's Cayman business "looked more like a drug deal than a business deal" http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript102_full.html "Enron is a cancer on capitalism" -- and it keeps spreading http://www.msnbc.com/news/694848.asp?0dm=C14SO Bush's remarkable series of false statements about Enron http://www.thenewrepublic.com/020402/notebook020402_enron.html How to Be an Enron Millionaire ("a case study in corporate rot") http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/01/29/enrons_human_cost/print.html Shredded Papers Key in Enron Case http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/28/business/28PROB.html Hot on the E-Trail of Evidence at Enron http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jan2002/nf20020129_3701.htm Convictions for Enron Execs Would Be Hard Won http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000007161jan28.story Auditors Shielded by Fraud Laws http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-000007068jan28.story Enron Snake Oil Proved Costly to Firm, State (economics textbooks make commoditizing sound easy, so it must be true!) http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000007098jan28.story Enron's Contribution Trail Reads Like US Road Map http://www.usatoday.com/money/covers/2002-01-28-enron-states.htm Energy Traders Under Increasing Scrutiny http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2002/01/28/energy_traders/ Special-Purpose Vehicles Used to Control Market, Credit Rating http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/topstory/1228645 Enron Will Spur Reform but More Is Needed http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-000006712jan27.column Study Says No Clash in Accountants' Dual Role (in my view the real conflict is having companies choose their own auditors) http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-000007064jan28.story Florida's Enron Connection http://www.sptimes.com/2002/01/28/Opinion/Florida_s_Enron_conne.shtml Gramm Still Being Considered for Texas A&M Presidency http://www.dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/gramms_28tex.ART0.230ff.html http://www.theeagle.com/aandmnews/012702nyespeaksongramms.htm entertaining interview with Katherine Harris' opponent for Congress http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/2002/01/Candice_McElyea_012702.html everything else Colleges Tailor Online Degrees for Individual Companies http://chronicle.com/free/2002/01/2002012801u.htm New Challenges for SIGCHI and ACM Members (call for HCI people to become involved in post-9/11 social projects) http://sigchi.org/news/challenges.html Birth of a Chip: A Tale of Innovation in Silicon Valley http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/special/baymicro/index.htm Laid-Off Techies Invoke Old Law http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-822917.html In Another Big Bankruptcy, a Fiber Optic Venture Fails http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/technology/29GLOB.html?pagewanted=print http://www.msnbc.com/news/695283.asp Stiglitz and Arrow Back Arguments by Microsoft Rivals Against Settlement (does anyone have URL's for their statements?) http://www.msnbc.com/news/695353.asp http://news.com.com/2100-1001-824018.html Ken Starr and Bob Bork's filing against the Microsoft settlement http://www.procompetition.org/headlines/012802.pdf Post Autistic Economics http://www.paecon.net/ The End of Certainty in Economics by Brian Arthur http://www.santafe.edu/arthur/Papers/Magritte.html Poll Says College Freshmen Lean Left (even though the media have spread hate against liberals since they could read) http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000007099jan28.story Gerhard Richter: An Artist Beyond Isms http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/27/magazine/27RICHTER.html?pagewanted=all a case study in library noise caused by bad architecture http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/27/arts/music/27HORO.html Banished Words 2002 (does anyone have a URL for the "Life in Hell" equivalent of this?) http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current/default.html Mount Kilimanjaro Is Melting to Its Death http://allafrica.com/stories/200201270228.html Why I Think the Smithsonian Is Misguided http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33010-2002Jan24.html the Smithsonian's insect zoo has now been renamed Orkin Hall (that's sick) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40823-2002Jan25.html end
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