News You Might Have Missed * November 24, 2004

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QUOTED: "My client provided a lot of detailed answers to their questions."
-- A lawyer for a Pentagon whistleblower confirms an FBI inquiry
into Halliburton's Iraq billing practices (story #11, below). 
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FOCUS: ISSUES IN DEPTH
  [o1] "Pinochet: new charges follows abuse report"
  [o2] "Gay student t-shirt controversy"
  [o3] "Mad cow scare stirs markets, food safety doubts" 

NATION
  [o4] "Silence surrounds fates of contractors in Iraq" 
  [o5] "DeLay appears to be off the hook" 
  [o6] "Airlines cough up passenger data"
  [o7] "TiVo will no longer skip past advertisers" 

U.S. MILITARY
  [o8] "Bush denied nuclear bunker-buster funds"
  [o9] "Army guard misses recruiting goal"
  [10] "The mental toll"
  [11] "Auditor to Army: Dock Halliburton pay"

U.S. ECONOMY
  [12] "Who's taming budget gorilla?"
  [13] "Worldwide effects of sinking dollar" 

WORLD
  [14] "Ukraine election blog"
  [15] "Child antidepressant use 'rising'" 

VIEWPOINT & ESSAY
  [16] "Scary times, even for a preacher" 
  [17] "Classroom freedom is for teachers and students" 

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FOCUS: ISSUES IN DEPTH
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[o1] 

"Pinochet: new charges follows abuse report"
Newsdesk.org, November 24, 2004
<http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/000084.php>

    A new report finds 35,000 suffered under Pinochet, as members of 
    his former junta face new trials and a new prison.   


[o2] 
"Gay student t-shirt controversy"
Newsdesk.org, November 24, 2004
<http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/000085.php>

    "God Hates Fags" preacher Fred Phelps will be protesting in Missouri
    over an ACLU lawsuit supporting a gay student's t-shirt. 


[o3]

"Mad cow scare stirs markets, food safety doubts" 
Newsdesk.org, November 24, 2004
<http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/000086.php>

    Renewed fears of food safety were trumped by reports that 
    markets barely noticed the latest mad cow scare. 
    

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NATION
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[o4] 

"Silence surrounds fates of contractors in Iraq" 
Houston Chronicle, November 21, 2004 
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2911419>

    Unlike the military, companies like Halliburton are not required to 
    inform the public or families about the fate of missing contractors. 
    

[o5] 

"DeLay appears to be off the hook" 
CBS News, November 22, 2004 
<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/22/politics/main656960.shtml>

    Tom Delay is unlikely to be charged by a grand jury, and will not 
    have to leave his House leadership role during the investigation. 
    

[o6] 

"Airlines cough up passenger data"
Wired News, November 24, 2004
<http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,65822,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1>

    U.S. airlines turned over a month's worth of passenger data to the
    Transportation Security Administration to test screening methods. 


[o7] 

"TiVo will no longer skip past advertisers" 
Los Angeles Times via Yahoo, November 17, 2004 
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=5&u=/latimests/20041117/
ts_latimes/tivowillnolongerskippastadvertisers>

    Once controversial for giving viewers the means to skip commercials, 
    the TiVo device will now implement a new, targeted ad strategy. 
    

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U.S. MILITARY
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[o8]
"Bush denied nuclear bunker-buster funds"
Reuters, November 23, 2004
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1249981.htm

    The White House was dealt an unexpected setback when the Republican
    Congress turned down funds to develop smaller nuclear warheads. 


[o9]

"Army guard misses recruiting goal"
USA Today, November 24, 2004
<http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-11-23-recruit_x.htm>

    The Army National Guard's recruiting efforts have fallen again, 
    this time by 30 percent.  


[10] 

"The mental toll"
U.S. News and World Report, November 29, 2004
<http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/041129/health/29wounded.b1.htm>

    A report finds a lack of resources for the increasing number of
    psychologically disturbed soldiers returning from combat. 


[11]

"Auditor to Army: Dock Halliburton pay"
Reuters, November 24, 2004
<http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=6910309>

    FBI and Pentagon investigators continued to interview a whistleblower, 
    as a government auditor said the military should withhold payments.  
    

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U.S. ECONOMY
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[12] 

"Who's taming budget gorilla?"
Associated Press, November 23, 2004 
<http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20041123/1039166.asp>

    There are so many costs not tracked in the just-passed budget, 
    critics say eliminating it entirely would fail to dent the deficit. 

[13] 

"Worldwide effects of sinking dollar" 
Christian Science Monitor, November 22, 2004 
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1122/p01s01-usec.html> 

    As the dollar reaches nine-year lows, fears for rising interest rates
    and market instability provoked calls for the U.S. to cut the deficit. 


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WORLD
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[14]

"Ukraine election blog"
Euro-Correspondent, November 24, 2004
<http://theperiscope.blogs.com/the_periscope_/2004/11/orange_revoluti.html> 

    A news blog tracks developments on the ground and abroad, in the wake
    of Ukraine's election controversy and protests.    
    

[15] 

"Child antidepressant use 'rising'" 
BBC News, November 18, 2004 
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4017321.stm>

    A nine-country study found the U.K. has the highest rate of child
    antidepressant and "mind-altering" drug prescriptions. 


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VIEWPOINT & ESSAY
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[16] 

"Scary times, even for a preacher" 
Los Angeles Times, November 10, 2004 
<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lopez10nov10,1,3304382.column>

    In the wake of the "vales voter" phenomenon, a Baptist minister 
    regrets the "corruption of the Christian faith."

     
[17] 

"Classroom freedom is for teachers and students" 
Newsday.com, November 8, 2004 
<http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/columnists/ny-
vpmcc084034400nov08,0,4995862.column?coll=ny-ny-columnists>

    Some Columbia University professors are under fire for conflicts 
    with pro-Israeli students. 


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