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"At times, I didn't think I could endure the grief.

But I kept telling myself, 'Diane, just hang on until this coming Sept. 11,

and the networks will make it all better.'

That's the only thing that got me through."

From The Onion

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aside from the victims of the terrorist attack, in the past year, we have lost...

 

 

A pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel attached to his crotch.

 

The bartender says, "You know you have a steering wheel attached to your crotch?"

 

"Arrgh," says the pirate, "It's driving me nuts!"

 

 

 

Dear Nations of the World, Great political leaders, and all persons of conscience;

 

    I am an American and want to plead with you to help us remove the dictator that has taken over our country by means of a bloodless coup. The overwhelming majority of Americans are not behind the Dictator known as George Bush Jr.  Despite what you have heard from our censored media, we as a majority are not behind the actions of Mr. Bush. Our country has been taken over and our Constitution and principles are in the process of being fully suspended. We the majority, just as in Hitler's time, are too afraid to speak and I am afraid that our voting process may no longer be relevant.

    Please take this seriously and realize that we are as much a victim as you are or will soon be. And we the majority of the people of America apologize for not being able to stop this tyranny. The true heart of America does not lie in its buildings and amount of human fodder that you can discard but rather through the financial institutions. We plead that you do not retaliate against us with bombs and terrorism but rather do it through economic and oil sanctions. By pulling your money out of American financial markets and choosing not to do business with American companies, you can help speed the ousting of the most powerful Dictator in history.

    We Americans have been rendered powerless towards dissent and need your help. It is either this or another World War with possible Nuclear consequences.

 

Thank you for your time.

 

Sincerely,

One of the majority of Americans.

 

Written by liberal_guerilla

 

 

Number of days since 9/11 that Osama bin Laden has not been found - 358.

 

 

 

Dear Dr. Hollywood,

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Satan for President in 2004

 

 

His dick was stuck in a chicken.

 

 

 

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson -

"Yeah, I had the same operation as Dick Cheney did, but the doctor left my heart in me."

- Drew Carey on his recent heart surgery -

 

"To offer an honorable solution to the Palestinians respecting their right to self-determination: that is the solution of the problem of terrorism."

- Yehoshaphat Harkabi -

 

"By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell - and hell heaven. The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed."
- Adolph Hitler from Mein Kampf -

"As America becomes an increasingly multicultural society, it may find it more difficult to fashion a consensus on foreign policy issues, except in the circumstance of a truly massive and widely perceived direct external threat."

- Zbignew Brzezinski, 1998 -

 

"Under Clinton, spending on counterterrorism more than doubled; the 1993 WTC bombers  were caught; and the largest counterterrorism operation in U.S. history thwarted the planned millennium attacks. After the 1998 attack on our embassies in Africa, Clinton authorized Tomahawk missile strikes against Bin Laden. It is also worth noting reports that the current Bush Administration backed away from some of the more aggressive measures for dealing with Al Qaeda which Clinton had passed on." 
- William Danvers, a Clinton adviser on national security, in The New Yorker, May 13, 2002 -

 

"Do I look fat?"

- George W. Bush to Mitt Romney at the Olympic opening ceremony -

 

Mandatory reading: "We should also be aware that much of the world regards Washington as a terrorist regime. In recent years, the US has taken or backed actions in Colombia, Nicaragua, Panama, Sudan and Turkey, to name a few, that meet official US definitions of 'terrorism' - that is, when Americans apply the term to enemies." - From Noam Chomsky's Drain the swamp and there will be no more mosquitoes.

 

R.B. Ham reminds us precisely what it is that we should never forget.

 

Aren't you proud we've got a president who blew off a phone call from Nelson Mandela?

Aren't you proud there's overwhelming evidence that the Bush administration not only knew it was coming but was actually involved.

 

Even the Taliban tried to warn us.

 

If none of the names of the supposed hijackers named by the government appear on any of the airline's passenger lists, wouldn't you think that would be a pretty goddam big story. I guess not, but here it is, with links to everything.

 

Here's the argument that the planes didn't do all the damage, there must have been bombs.

 

All the ways the Bush administration has stifled investigations into 9/11.

 

Why is August 30, 1964 an important day in history? It's the day Bob Dylan passed the Beatles a joint.

 

Here's a big surprise. The war on terror is unfinished because the targets have moved.

 

Before there was e-mail, people still forwarded jokes through history.

 

Not that anybody's arguing, but in case you harbor any doubt, Gore won Florida.

 

Who's the number 1 Top 10 Conservative Idiot this week? Hint: she's blonde.

 

Bojinka is a Yugoslav term for loud bang. The destruction of the WTCs was part of Al Qaeda's Project Bojinka, which everybody seems to know about except the American public.

 

It's not just the weapons of mass distraction, it's not just Iraq and Afghanistan, it's our solemn mission to take over the world.

 

There is a list of bodies, a roster of the dead, who might have been called witnesses had they not met their untimely ends. Some of the names on this list will give you pause. Some are rumor. Some you may find incredible, and some frightening. Check out the Bush Body Count.

 

A group of military and civilian US pilots, under the chairmanship of Colonel Donn de Grand, after deliberating non-stop for 72 hours, has concluded that the flight crews of the four passenger airliners, involved in the September 11th tragedy, had no control over their aircraft.

 

There's a mammoth list of unanswered questions.

 

I know there are a lot of them, but here's one of the best 9/11 timelines.

 

Bush to world: Who cares what you think?

 

Bush to Americans: I don't want to hear it.

 

Bush to Saddam: Happy Halloween!

 

Americans to Bush: Go ahead, we don't care.

 

Iraq is intensifying its quest for nuclear arms. If you were about to fight the United States, wouldn't you?

 

 

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You happened to post a link to an article on the Skull and Bones Society on the same day I was doing research on just which bones they are.  The Skull and Crossbones flag, it turns out, has a long and  distinguished career, stretching back a thousand years, and is tied in with the grandaddy of all conspiracy theories, the KnightsTemplar.

Whether Bush Lite is connected with the Templars, Masons, Illuminati or is anything but a drunken frat boy masturbating in front of his rich friends, I dunno.  But the history of the name of the society is pretty interesting.   Here's the url to the page on the Jolly Roger flag itself.  The whole site is worth exploring. http://skullandcrossbones.org/articles/jolly-roger.htm

Results of research:  The bones in the Skull and Crossbones symbol are the femurs.  The largest bones in the body, of course.  Hard to make a decent pirate flag with a fingerbone.

www.alexa.com claims to track how many people visit a web site, and rank sites in order of number of visits.  This ranking is skewed, they freely admit, because they only count visits that go through them.  Still, the ranking is interesting partly because I've never heard of several of the top ten sites, and partly because it will tell you related sites, how many sites are linked to yours, and allow you to rate sites.

Bartcop E's site has a traffic ranking of 799,606 and one review (mine).  I encourage everyone to cut the url of Bartcop E, enter the site in alexa's search engine and write reviews!  Check out Bartcop.com and your other favorites as well.   I also encourage people to go and say nice things about my two sites, www.romm.org and www.visi.com/~romm .  Indeed, I encourage every regular reader of Bartcop E with a web site to link to this site and mine and any others.  It's one of theways to improve ranking on net traffic counters like this one.

I don't know if anyone associated with alexa.com is a member ofthe Skull and Bones Society.

Skulking at 1,604,351,

~~ Baron Dave Romm

//// "I'm for total honest democracy. I also believe the American system can work."
-- Woody Allen, Stardust Memories


Thanks (again), Baron Dave!
The link referred to is from Bartcop E! - Saturday, 7 September (here's a shortcut - 'Secrets of the Tomb').

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Event At University of Tampa

Greg Palast

When: Saturday, September 21st 7:00pm
Where: Falk Theater, University of Tampa
How Much: $10 advance, $15 door

FILM and SPEECH: UNPRECEDENTED: THE 2000 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Not only the Tampa premiere of the new film, with the film's co-director Joan Sekler (co-founder of The Independent Media Center) but also a speech by BBC investigative journalist Greg Palast, author of THE BEST DEMOCRACY MONEY CAN BUY.

Palast's speeches on WMNF's Radioactivity program have caused a torrent of interest from listeners. The film is the riveting story about the battle for the presidency in Florida during the 2000 election. It also tells how Republican political operatives used their access to voting lists to undermine the black vote.

This event is being sponsored by WMNF, 88.5FM


Thanks, Stevan

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New TV Schedule - Season/Series Premieres

Tuesday

  (all times eastern) 

ABC 
 8    - 8:30    8 Simple Rules 		(Sept 17) *
 8:30 - 9    	Jim 			(Oct 1)
 9    - 9:30    Life With Bonnie 	(Sept 17) *
 9:30 - 10   	Less Than Perfect 	(Oct 1) *
10    - 11      NYPD Blue 		(Sept 24)


CBS
 8    - 9     	JAG 			(Sept 24)
 9    - 10   	The Guardian 		(Sept 24)
10    - 11   	Judguing Amy 		(Oct 1)


NBC
 8    - 8:30    In-Laws 		(Sept 24) *
 8:30 - 9    	Just Shoot Me 		(Oct 1)
 9    - 9:30    Frasier 		(Sept 24)
 9:30 - 10   	Hidden Hills 		(Sept 24) *
10    - 11      Dateline		(Oct 1)


The WB
 8    - 9     	Gilmore Girls 		(Sept 24)
 9    - 10   	Smallville 		(Sept 24)


Faux
 8    - 8:30    That 70's Show 		(Sept 17)
 8:30 - 9     	Grounded For Life 	(Sept 17)
 9    - 10      24 			(Oct 29)


UPN
 8    - 9     	Buffy 			(Sept 24)
 9    - 10   	Haunted 		(Sept 24) *

 * Denotes New Program

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Go Vote, Florida!

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Arfing A - Michael Dare did one helluva fine job today!

Monday am, while cooking bacon, turned on the TV just in time to see Sam Rubin, the entertainment guy on channel 5 (KTLA), go off about the bad manners of ABC's corporate rep, and an awful trip to New York. Yep. Sounds like the Disney I knew.

Channel 9 (KCAL), part of the CBS duopoly in LA has 2 talking heads that insist the proper pronunciation of 'theater' has 3 syllables. Thee-ate-er. Jeez.

The ABC network news was sponsored by Viagra. Not just one commercial, but the 'A' position in every break. Gotta wonder what audience they think is watching...



Tonight, Tuesday, CBS has it's usual 'Trifecta' of reruns - 'JAG', 'The Guardian', and 'Judging Amy'.
Scheduled on a fresh Dave are Regis Philbin and Marianne Faithfull.
Scheduled on a fresh Craiggers are Eve, Dr. Drew Pinsky, and Aimee Mann.

NBC offers a rerun of 'Just Shoot Me', back-to-back reruns of 'Frasier', and then a 90-minute 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a fresh Jay Dr. Phil McGraw, George Foreman, and Robert Plant.
Scheduled on a fresh Conan are Jimmy Fallon, George 'Judas Maximas' Stephanopoulos, and Blindside.
Scheduled on a fresh Carson Daly are Eve and Tom Green.

ABC starts the night with 2 reruns of 'Jim', then a 'special' 'Report From Ground Zero'.

The WB has reruns of 'Gilmore Girls' and 'Smallville'.

Faux offers reruns of 'That 70's Show', 'Grounded For Life', and 'TV's Funniest Game Show Moments'.

UPN has 2 reruns of 'Buffy'.



Anyone have any opinions?

Or reviews?


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Journalists Must Do More

Dan Rather

Most journalists haven't measured up in the year since the terrorist attacks, shying away from asking the nation's leaders tough questions, Dan Rather said Monday.

"We haven't lived up to our responsibility, to our duty," the CBS anchorman said at a forum sponsored by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. "Our duty is to be there every day and knock on the door and say what's going on in there."

Rather didn't criticize any news organization specifically, and didn't exempt himself and CBS News from his comments.

"I think it's unpatriotic not to do it," he said. "The idea that patriotism is wearing a flag in your lapel and never saying anything bad about whoever is in power ... is not consistent with the American character."

Dan Rather

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Renwick Gallery

George Catlin

Tony Giuffreda helps in the preparation of the "George Catlin and His Indian Gallery" exhibit of 19th Century American Indian art, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2002 at the Renwick Gallery in Washington. When Catlin headed west in 1832 he was seeking a visual record of the people he believed would vanish from the Great Plains.
Photo by Ron Edmonds

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Imax & Lucas Team Up

Giant 'Star Wars' Movie

Film company Imax Corp. and director George Lucas unveiled a deal on Monday to show blockbuster "Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones" in Imax theaters, boosting Imax's push to show Hollywood films on its giant screens that can rise eight stories high.

Toronto, Canada-based Imax also said Lucas' Lucasfilm Ltd. will use Imax technology to remaster the film for Imax screens. The company, best known for spectacular nature and science documentaries it produces itself, says its new Imax technology makes theatrical films as sharp to watch on Imax screens as on normal movie screens.

Imax theaters are mostly located near museums and tourist attractions and show science and nature movies. But in recent years, Imax has worked to change that image.

Giant 'Star Wars' Movie

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Moose & Squirrel Information One-Stop

A New URL, A New Look & Even More Information!

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Space Trip Officially Off

Lance Bass

Pop star Lance Bass' dreams of going into space have officially gone "pop!"

The Russian Space Agency notified NASA on Monday that the 'N Sync singer won't fly to the international space station next month.

The letter from Russia's director of human space flight was dated Friday and faxed Monday to Frederick Gregory, NASA's deputy administrator and chairman of the board that was reviewing Bass' bid to fly to space. NASA promptly forwarded copies of the letter to the other space agencies involved in the station program, namely Canada, Europe and Japan.

With the launch of the Soyuz rocket just seven weeks away, there's not enough time to put anyone else on board. Russian space officials previously indicated that a cargo container weighing the same as Bass would replace the singer once the deal was off.

Lance Bass

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National Aviary in Pittsburgh

South American King Vulture

A South American king vulture in an outdoor exhibit at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, shown Wednesday, Sep. 4, 2002 is under watch because of concern of infection by the West Nile virus according to the aviary's curator, James Majeur. The West Nile virus, first spotted in this country in a sick crow three years ago, has now attacked at least 111 species of birds, including the bald eagle and the endangered Mississippi sandhill crane. The quick spread has surprised and alarmed wildlife researchers.
Photo by Keith Srakocic

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Reader Suggestion

from PassItOn

The Ballad of John O'Neill is available on the web. Plus, there is a nice explanation of why we should care about John O'Neill. And the original lyrics.

~ PassItOn


Thanks, PIO. And while on the topic, don't forget Remember John.

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Can't Stand TV News Crawls

Jane Pauley

The crawl gives Jane Pauley a headache.

The endless stream of news headlines that runs at the bottom of the screen on cable news networks — called a crawl in TV lingo — is the most visible legacy of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks there. Networks started using it that day and haven't stopped.

Pauley, the "Dateline NBC" host, said Monday it gets on her nerves.

"The experience of watching television news sometimes is overload," she said at a forum Monday sponsored by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. "You can't relax. In newspapers, at least the stories stay put on the page."

Jane Pauley

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Whole Lotta Love for '60s Tunes

Robert Plant

While Ozzy Osbourne plays America's favorite befuddled dad, fellow Englishman Robert Plant is touring with his first solo album in nine years, "Dreamland," a collection largely made up of cover songs.

"Dreamland" (Universal), on which he is backed by his new band Strange Sensations, contains only two original songs. Many of the other tracks are linked to the 1960s: "Hey Joe," a song popularized by Jimi Hendrix, Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren," the Youngbloods' "Darkness Darkness," and the Grateful Dead-associated "Morning Dew."

Plant finds himself confused by modern rock, singling out the likes of Pearl Jam, Linkin Park and Korn for contributing to the "digitally recorded, squeaky-clean, insubstantial mess" on the radio. The thumbs-up go to edgier bands like Flaming Lips and White Stripes.

As a member of the rock establishment, it's perhaps only a matter of time before he joins Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney as a knight of the realm -- provided the queen hasn't read "Hammer of the Gods," a lurid Led Zeppelin memoir.

Plant is having none of that royalty stuff anyway, as he's still rather annoyed about the fifth-century Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain by Germanic tribes. The native Celts were pushed back into the hills of Wales, near where Plant lives now, working on his tennis game and watching "Frasier."

For even more details, Robert Plant

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In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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WWE Smackdown

'Gay' Wedding

It won't be your normal Thursday night "Smackdown" this week.

The popular wrestling series will feature the first-ever televised gay wedding between two male wrestlers.

World champion tag-team partners, Billy and Chuck, will tie the knot, say World Wrestling Entertainment officials, who confess the wedding is more over-the-top than from the heart.

Billy and Chuck have been different from a slew of other pro-wrestlers of the past, ranging from "Gorgeous" George Wagner in the 1940s and "Adorable" Adrian Adonis in the 1970s who played with gender roles by donning wigs and dresses - and usually lost to more popular wrestlers.

Billy and Chuck, on the other hand, were world champions for at least five months this past year and dress in more simple hot pants and white robes. Fans have been left guessing if their relationship is more than merely professional.

Like much of everything else on WW, the Billy and Chuck story is made up though - neither wrestler (Chuck Palumbo and Monty Sopp) is gay in real life.

WWE Smackdown

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Abbots Bromley

Horn Dance

The traditional annual Horn Dance is performed on the streets of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire on September 9, 2002. The dance, comprising six men dressed as a deer, a fool, a hobby horse, a bowman and a "Maid Marion", is a ritual rural custom dating back to 1226.
Photo by Darren Staples

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Raises Theme Park Prices

Disney Florida

The price for an adult single-day ticket to any of Disney's four central Florida theme parks was raised $2 on Sunday to $50 before taxes, making the parks the area's most expensive by a nickel.

The company also is raising the price of multiday passes but said it will offer a discount to visitors who purchase them in advance.

Disney last raised prices in January 2001.

Keiko

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BartCop TV!

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Falls Ill, Needs Exercise

Keiko

"Free Willy" movie star Keiko the killer whale, who turned up in a Norwegian fjord last week, is ill and needs exercise, authorities said Monday.

Veterinarians, worried about the fading spirit of Keiko, 24, were considering luring the people-loving orca back into deep waters to readjust him to a life in the wild -- the life from which he was removed when he was only two years old.

Keiko's monitoring team, which has tracked him since he was released from his pen in Iceland in July, has started to feed him herring to shape him up, authorities said.

Locals in western Norway have seen Keiko change from a joyful player when he made a surprise visit to the Skaalvik fjord a week ago to a loner shying away from the curious crowds who have rushed to watch the world-famous whale.

More more, Keiko

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Mr. Suave

Wolf Blitzer

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer should work on his opening lines. According to stunned bystanders, when the dapper anchor met "Inside Edition" reporter Victoria Recano on the red carpet at GQ's party at the GQ Lounge last week, he took one look at the lovely Latina and suavely stated: "You look beautiful . . . now tell me I look beautiful too." Recano giggled and walked away.

Wolf Blitzer

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Wolong Nature Reserve Panda Base

Pandas

A baby giant panda cuddles up with its mother at the Wolong Nature Reserve Panda Base in Sichuan, western China, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2002. Only about 1,000 giant pandas remain worldwide and those in the wild still face a precarious future due to environmental destruction, human poaching and their low birth rate. Panda mothers go through a 70-180 days pregnancy and often takes care of the cub for 1-2 years before it can get pregnant again.
Photo by Ng Han Guan

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Still Hospitalized

Patty Duke

Patty Duke was reported in good condition after suffering a concussion and skull fracture earlier last week when she tried to apply fly spray to a horse in her barn.

The 55-year-old actress, who lives in northern Idaho with her husband, Michael Pearce, was transferred during the weekend from the Intensive Care Unit at the Kootenai Medical Center.

Patty Duke

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British Museum Honors Celebrity Cobbler

Manolo Blahnik

Manolo Blahnik, shoemaker to some of the world's most famous women, will be celebrated at a London museum with an exhibition on his 30-year career.

The designer, renowned for his exotic and expensive high heels worn by stars such as Nicole Kidman, Madonna and Kate Moss, will be feted at the Design Museum from February next year.

The exhibition will feature rare prototypes of Blahnik's vertiginous creations, as well as sketches and memorabilia from his private archive, the museum said in a statement.

Manolo Blahnik

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New Album in November

George Harrison

The album George Harrison was working on until two months before his death will be released in November.

Produced by Harrison, his son, Dhani, and Jeff Lynne, the Dark Horse-Capitol Records album "Brainwashed" features 11 new Harrison compositions. It's the first release of new Harrison material since 1987's "Cloud Nine."

"Brainwashed" will be released on Nov. 19.

George Harrison

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ABC & McDonald's Team Up

'Happy Hour'

The struggling ABC television network said on Monday it will partner with fast food giant McDonald's Corp. to promote its new "Happy Hour" programming block in the upcoming fall season.

The promotion is the latest partnership between McDonald's and ABC parent Walt Disney Co. and represents an effort by ABC to promote "Happy Hour" -- a family-oriented block of programs that the network hopes will boost its weak ratings.

Under terms of the deal, more than 13,000 U.S. McDonald's restaurants will feature ABC's "Happy Hour"-themed packaging, as well as in-store signs to help support the time period on ABC.

McDonald's also will offer tray liners featuring the "ABC Happy Hour Quiz," which consists of 13 questions about "Happy Hour" programs with ABC-themed prizes as rewards.

Prizes will include signature items seen on "Happy Hour" -- including "The Drew Carey Show," "My Wife and Kids," and "According to Jim."

'Happy Hour'

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Change May Be Coming

U.S. Coins

The U.S. Mint, responding to some gripes among experts and collectors that current coin designs are stagnant and boring, is exploring making over all U.S. coins, except for the quarter.

The idea of new coin designs, while still in its infancy, was discussed in a report by a Mint task force in late August.

The task force cited "one fundamental objective" in proposing a redesign of the coins: "The Mint must endeavor at the beginning of the 21st century to provide Americans and the world circulating coinage with designs and themes that appropriately reflect the pride of today's America."

The report suggested that a new nickel be introduced in 2003, followed by a new dime in 2004, half-dollar in 2005 and penny in 2006.

At this point, Mint officials are considering changes to the people and pictures on the coins, rather than changes in their size, shape or what they are made of.

For a bit more, U.S. Coins

Mint

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Still Hospitalized

Gordon Lightfoot

Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot was recovering in the intensive care unit on Monday following a brush with death after suffering from internal bleeding in his abdomen, his surgeon said.

"I call this a serious problem," Dr. Michael Marcaccio said, "We're taking this as it comes. It's a situation where we can only deal with what's presented to us. If Mr. Lightfoot weren't such a healthy man, he might not have survived."

He declined to give further details about Lightfoot's illness, but said his condition would be precarious for several days. "He's had bit of a rough ride ... and the future is going to stay unsettled for the next several days."

For a few more details, Gordon Lightfoot

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His 'Honor', Her Life

Iran

An Iranian man cut off his seven- year-old daughter's head after suspecting she had been raped by her uncle, the Jomhuri-ye Eslami newspaper said on Sunday.

A post-mortem, however, showed the girl was still a virgin.

"The motive behind the killing was to defend my honor, fame, and dignity," the paper quoted the father as saying.

Local people have called for the man, who has been arrested, to be hanged, but under Iran's Islamic law only the father of the victim has the right to demand the death sentence.

The paper said the father, named as Khazir, has three wives.

Iran

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Australia

Birdsville

Jockey Todd Austin does trackwork at sunrise on the day of the Australian outback horse races at Birdsdville, about 1,400 km (870 miles) west of Brisbane, on September 7, 2002. The colourful annual races, which are run in the sand, attract thousands of people travelling hundreds of kilometres across the Simpson Desert to the outback town of Birdsville.
Photo by Peter Wallis

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