The Hatfill Case Posted on July 3rd
The Hatfill CaseIN 2002, THEN-Attorney General John D. Ashcroft labeled Steven J. Hatfill a "person of interest" in the investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people and caused 17 others to fall seriously ill. Those three words transformed Mr. Hatfill's life and the fate of that investigation.Read moreOpposing view: Alabama fights for teens (USATODAY.com)
USA TODAY raises several important points about the status of youth tobacco consumption in Alabama. While Alabama spends only a ... Continue
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Silly information
The Tribune's love affair with Barack Obama has degenerated into silliness. The article "Obama's Chicago; Take our unauthorized tour of ... Continue
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Fighting drugs, using drugs
Also yesterday, the World Health Organization released a not too surprising study that will allow me to extend the metaphor ... Continue
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Colombian hostages rescued: Your reaction
The Colombian authorities say they have rescued 15 hostages, including Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans, held by Farc rebels. ... Continue
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An African Failure
ASHA-ROSE MIGIRO, a United Nations deputy secretary general, bluntly told the African Union summit Monday that the crisis in Zimbabwe ... Continue
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Our view on anti-tobacco campaign: States slack off on snuffing out teen smoking (USATODAY.com)
Add New York's well-funded prevention and cessation programs and one of the nation's toughest indoor smoking bans, and you have ... Continue
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Bush’s Accountability Moment?
Will the 2008 election be President Bush's long-awaited accountability moment? Read more Continue
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Contagious policy
Give every student with perfect attendance a car. Then when they go to school sick, they can sit in their ... Continue
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Rules bring reason back to city life
I didn't have a nanny growing up, but I did have a father who thought that a family—at least one ... Continue
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A Founding Father Missed It By That Much
John Adams was one of the stuffier characters of the Revolution, so it always tickles me that among his voluminous ... Continue
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Should there be access to cross-border healthcare?
All comments as they come in 1 ... Continue
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Surrogate Silliness
ENOUGH ALREADY! The country's at war, the economy is struggling, oil prices are surging. The Republican and Democratic presidential candidates ... Continue
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The next president’s court (USATODAY.com)
With the end of the U.S. Supreme Court session last week, legal experts are mulling over the recognition of the ... Continue
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Missed opportunities for better education
Thank you for publishing "What do we tell the kids?" (Voice of the People, June 25), written by Rufus Williams, ... Continue
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Exploring Race: Man who thought he was white finds father is black
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Speechnow, or maybe later
Speechnow.org's effort to get a preliminary injunction against rules that prohibit 527 organizations from advocating for or against candidates has ... Continue
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Have Europeans lost faith in the EU?
Poland's President Lech Kaczynski has said he is not planning to sign the EU reform treaty, even though the Polish ... Continue
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