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- "120,000
in S.F. lose power after substation fire: First attempt
to restore some electricity falters." ... "Pacific Gas & Electric was
struggling to restore electricity in San Francisco late Saturday after
a fire at a major utility substation caused a massive power outage and
left 120,000 residential and business customers in the dark." -By
John Woolfolk -MercuryNews-BayArea
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Consumer
News
- "Calpers
files lawsuit against NYSE." ... "The largest U.S.
public pension fund is taking the unprecedented step of suing the New York
Stock Exchange, alleging the embattled exchange condoned fraudulent practices
by specialist trading firms that cost investors at least $155-million (U.S.)."
... "The California Public Employees Retirement System (Calpers), which
has assets of $148-billion (U.S.), filed the suit in U.S. court yesterday,
and is asking other investors to join it in a class action." -By
Shawn McCarthy -GlobeAndMail
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- GENETICS
- "DNA
meets Death Row: Testing guilt and the system." ...
"Inside a walk-in freezer in a Richmond, Calif., laboratory sits a tiny
vial that holds one-fifth of one drop of a 20-year-old sperm sample. It
is forensic DNA evidence extracted from the body of a brutally murdered
young bride, evidence that no one is permitted by law to touch, evidence
that-if tested-could determine whether an innocent man was executed in
Virginia 11 years ago." ... "Since DNA “fingerprinting” began to revolutionize
criminal forensics in the late 1980s with precise identifications, it has
freed more than 130 convicts, 12 of whom have walked off death row. But
in other cases, prosecutors have successfully blocked the testing of DNA
before an execution and then fought posthumous tests just as vigorously."
-By Lois Romano with contributions by researchers
Lucy Shackelford and Alice Crites -WashingtonPost
- "Schwarzenegger
has made deft moves, so far." ... "Through bipartisan
appointments and overtures to politicians of both parties - in California
and on Capitol Hill - he has cast himself as the moderate consensus-builder
some say the Golden State has lacked since Ronald Reagan. Moreover, politicians
themselves acknowledge that his open and friendly manner is no small relief
after the Davis administration's legendary aloofness." ... "To be sure,
Schwarzenegger has his critics, who wish for more substance amid the style
and symbolism. But even among those who offer compliments grudgingly, there
is a sense that he has maintained much of the momentum from his comprehensive
Oct. 7 election, and that this position - as well as his moderate ideals
- gives him a unique opportunity to reshape the state." -By
Daniel B. Wood and Mark Sappenfeld -CSMonitor
Water
- "Freak
storm drops 5 inches of rain, hail on SoCal commuters."
... ""It was just unbelievable," said National Weather Service meteorologist
Curt Kaplan. He said five inches of rain was recorded in just two hours
in southern Los Angeles [Wednesday night, 20031112],
nearing the previous record for the area of 5.9 inches "but that
was in an entire day." Skies mostly cleared overnight."
-AP via -USATODAY
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- "Federal
judges in New York, San Francisco halt abortion ban."
... "With the ink barely dry on legislation banning a controversial abortion
procedure, federal judges in San Francisco and New York yesterday put a
halt to the measure and set the stage for the most important legal tussle
over abortion rights in three decades." ... "The judges found that the
congressional ban on the procedure — known medically as "intact dilation
and extraction" but referred to by opponents as "partial-birth abortion"
— is likely to be unconstitutional because it provides no exceptions for
a woman's health, thus running afoul of a 2000 Supreme Court ruling that
struck down a similar Nebraska statute. President Bush signed the latest
ban into law Wednesday." -By Howard Mintz -Knight
Ridder via -SeattleTimes.NWsource
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- "California's
search for wildfire solutions: Officials examine
everything from role of the military in firefighting to retrofitting roofs
to double-pane windows." ... "Even though the fires consumed 172,000 acres,
relatively few homes in the county were destroyed. One reason: strict laws
that order backcountry residents to clear brush from within 100 feet of
homes." ... "As mundane as it sounds, strictures like this are part of
a fundamental rethinking going on across California in the wake of the
worst fires since the Yellowstone infernos in 1978. From forest- thinning
practices to the role of the military, California officials are examining
ways to prevent a repeat of the fires that cost the state more than $2
billion." -By Randy Dotinga
-CSMonitor
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- "Satellite
knocked out by solar flare; more disruptions expected."
... "Another spectacular eruption on the surface of the Sun sent charged
particles hurling toward Earth today, and scientists said the cloud
could significantly disrupt communications on Earth and may even hamper
firefighting efforts in California." ... "The explosion of gas and charged
particles into space from the corona, the outermost layer of the sun's
atmosphere, isn't harmful to people. But it can knock out satellite communications,
which some emergency crews are relying on in battling California's wildfires."
-By Joseph B. Verrengia
-AP via -StarTribune.com
- "More homes lost
in Calif. wildfires." ... "Wildfires destroyed 25
more homes in Southern California overnight, and thousands more were under
threat. Officials urged businesses to let employees stay home Monday as
forecasters warned of hotter weather and strong, dry winds — perfect fuel
for blazes that have been blamed for at least 13 deaths and the destruction
of 850 homes since last week." ... "The fires have consumed more than 330,000
acres — the equivalent of 500 square miles. In many parts of the region,
the fires kept growing despite the frantic efforts of more than 7,000 firefighters."
-MS-NBC
- "Arnie
warns of challenges ahead: Film star Arnold
Schwarzenegger has admitted huge challenges lie ahead after his election
as governor of California." ... "Republican activists had triggered the
recall vote - the first in 82 years - following frustration at the budget
deficit, high levels of unemployment and struggling schools." ... "Only
one other governor has been recalled in United States history - North Dakota's
Lynn Frazier, in 1921." ... "Mr Schwarzenegger won with 48.7% support.
His closest rival, Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante, a Democrat, garnered
31.7%." -BBC/News
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- "Voters
back Arnold, oust Davis." ... "Californians staged
a historic revolt Tuesday by voting to throw Gov. Gray Davis out of office
and electing action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger — a Hollywood ending to
one of the most extraordinary political melodramas in the nation's history."
... "Davis, 60, banished from office less than a year after being elected
to a second term, becomes only the second governor in the nation's history
to be recalled." -By Kathy Kiely
-USATODAY
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- Microsoft
News - "Microsoft
Vows To Crush The Mouse That Roared." ... "A federal
jury ruled that Microsoft should pay tiny Eolas Technologies and the University
of California $521 million for infringing on their patent for sending software
applications over the Internet. But Microsoft, as is its habit, insists
that the jury verdict is not the end of the story but the beginning, that
it did nothing wrong and even if it did that the remedy is out of whack
with the wrong. This is what Microsoft often says after losing a trial
and before the inevitable appeals." -By Dan Ackman
-Forbes
- "Racial
initiative ignites medical worries: Researchers
fear Prop. 54 will hinder collection of data." ... "Researchers are sounding
alarms over the potential health effects of Proposition 54 -- the initiative
to ban state government from collecting racial or ethnic data -- fearing
it will jeopardize efforts to pinpoint cancer hot spots, keep tabs on disease
outbreaks and fashion effective health messages." ... "Initiative backers
say that opponents are using scare tactics and that they have no intention
of interfering with legitimate health research -- including epidemiological
studies and health surveys." -By Ulysses Torassa
-SFGate.com
- "Calif.
candidates hit campaign trail: Poll: Schwarzenegger
has the edge for now." ... "Californians will vote Oct. 7 in the nation’s
first gubernatorial recall election in 82 years. The race has attracted
193 candidates, including actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, former baseball
commissioner Peter Ueberroth, political commentator Arianna Huffington,
and Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, a Democrat who says he opposes the recall
but wants to be on the ballot as an alternative in case it passes."
-AP and -Reuters
via -MSNBC
- "Schwarzenegger
to run for governor: Film star Arnold Schwarzenegger
has announced he will run as a Republican candidate for governor of California."
... "Mr Schwarzenegger, best known for his role in the Terminator films,
revealed his intention during a taping of the American television programme
The Tonight Show, despite widespread rumours that he would not run because
of concerns expressed by his wife."-BBC/News
Karl
Rove - 
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Smith - Environmental
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- "Oregon
Water Saga Illuminates Rove's Methods With Agencies."
... "In a darkened conference room, [Republican President Bush] White House
political strategist Karl Rove was making an unusual address to 50 top
managers at the U.S. [United States] Interior Department. Flashing color
slides, he spoke of poll results, critical constituencies -- and water
levels in the Klamath River basin." [The Klamath River runs from Oregon
into California] ... "At the time of the meeting, in January 2002, Mr.
Rove had just returned from accompanying [Republican] President Bush on
a trip to Oregon, where they visited with a Republican senator facing re-election
[2002]. Republican leaders there wanted to support their agricultural base
by diverting water from the river basin to nearby farms, and Mr. Rove signaled
that the administration did, too." ... "Three months later, Interior Secretary
Gale Norton stood with [Oregon Republican Senator] Sen. Gordon Smith in
Klamath Falls and opened the irrigation-system head gates that increased
the water supply to 220,000 acres of farmland -- a policy shift that continues
to stir bitter criticism from environmentalists and Indian tribes." ...
"Though Mr. Rove's clout within the administration often is celebrated,
this episode offers a rare window into how he works behind the scenes to
get things done. One of them is with periodic visits to cabinet departments.
Over the past two years Mr. Rove or his top aide, Kenneth Mehlman -- now
manager of Mr. Bush's re-election campaign -- have visited nearly every
agency to outline White House campaign priorities, review polling data
and, on occasion, call attention to tight House, Senate and gubernatorial
races that could be affected by regulatory action." ... "On [January] Jan.
5, Mr. Rove accompanied the president to an appearance in Portland [Oregon]
with Mr. Smith. The president signaled his desire to accommodate agricultural
interests, saying "We'll do everything we can to make sure water is available
for those who farm."" ... "The next day, Mr. Rove made sure that commitment
didn't fall through the cracks. He visited the 50 Interior managers attending
a department retreat at a Fish and Wildlife Service conference center in
Shepherdstown, W.Va. [West Virginia] In a PowerPoint presentation Mr. Rove
also uses when soliciting Republican donors, he brought up the Klamath
and made clear that the administration was siding with agricultural interests."
...
"His remarks weren't entirely welcome -- especially by officials grappling
with the competing arguments made by environmentalists, who wanted river
levels high to protect endangered salmon, and Indian tribes, who depend
on the salmon for their livelihoods. Neil McCaleb, then an assistant Interior
secretary, recalls the "chilling effect" of Mr. Rove's remarks. Wayne Smith,
then with the department's Bureau of Indian Affairs, says Mr. Rove reminded
the managers of the need to "support our base."" [note: the Hatch Act prohibits
political activities in federal offices.] ... "A National Marine Fisheries
Service biologist, Michael Kelly, has asked for protection under federal
"whistle-blower" laws, saying he was subjected to political pressure to
go along with the low-water plan and ordered to ignore scientific evidence
casting doubt on the plan. This month, a federal judge ruled the administration
violated the Endangered Species Act in the way it justified the water diversion."
-By Tom Hamburger -WallStreetJournal
via -OregonWild.org
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- "The
little TiVo that could: Can it survive cable's attack?."
... "[TiVo CEO Michael] Ramsay talks as though his tiny San Jose, Calif.-based
upstart is about much more than powering a better VCR offering
far more control and flexibility in finding, storing and replaying TV shows
on digital video recorders, or DVRs." ... ""We felt from Day 1 that what
we're doing goes beyond DVRs," Ramsay says. "We're revolutionizing TV.""
... "... to many of the company's 624,000 subscribers, the "TiVolution"
— as some of the cultlike followers call it — is not so far-fetched. Their
ranks are expected to hit 1 million by year's end as devotees spread the
word of how the computerlike devices changed their lives — or at least
that part devoted to watching TV. With nearly half of the DVR service market,
TiVo has outlasted rivals both big and small. Last year, Microsoft quit
producing boxes for its UltimateTV DVR service. This year, Sonicblue collapsed
after Hollywood pummeled its ReplayTV service with copyright lawsuits.
D&M Holdings, maker of Denon and Marantz electronics, bought ReplayTV
last month in a bankruptcy auction." -By David Lieberman
-USATODAY
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- STEM
CELL NEWS
- "Debating
stem cell 'safe haven': Mass. lawmakers weigh
the benefits, ethics of endorsing research in state." ... "Supporters of
a bill that would make Massachusetts a ''safe haven'' for embryonic stem
cell research yesterday urged lawmakers to pass the measure quickly. But
at a legislative hearing, a handful of opponents warned against crossing
an ethical boundary." ... "In written testimony, Robert Lanza, vice president
of medical and scientific development at Advanced Cell Technology Inc.
of Worcester, said the company is ''exploring the possibility of relocating
to California,'' which has passed a measure similar to that being considered
in Massachusetts. The company previously threatened to move overseas."
-By Jeffrey Krasner
-Boston/Globe
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- "California
should rethink executions, says former Illinois gov.."
... "California should consider halting executions while it takes "an in-depth
look" at whether it administers the death penalty fairly, former Illinois
Gov. George Ryan told state lawmakers Tuesday." ... "Repeated failures
in Illinois' system prompted Ryan to commute the sentences of all his state's
167 condemned inmates before he left office this year." ... "The public
seems to favor the death penalty, "but they want a system that's fair,
just and accurate," Ryan told the Senate Select Committee on the California
Correctional System. "If you're poor and minority, you haven't got a prayer.""
-By Don Thompson -AP
via -SFGate.com
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- "Local
Officials Rise Up to Defy The Patriot Act." ... "This
little city [Arcata, California] (pop.: 16,000) has become the first in
the nation to pass an ordinance that outlaws voluntary compliance with
the Patriot Act." ... "The Arcata ordinance may be the first, but it may
not be the last. Across the country, citizens have been forming Bill of
Rights defense committees to fight what they consider the most egregious
curbs on liberties contained in the Patriot Act. The 342-page act, passed
by Congress one month after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, with
little input from a public still in shock, has been most publicly criticized
by librarians and bookstore owners for the provisions that force them to
secretly hand over information about a patron's reading and Internet habits.
But citizens groups are becoming increasingly organized and forceful in
rebuking the Patriot Act and the Homeland Security Act for giving the federal
government too much power, especially since a draft of the Justice Department's
proposed sequel to the Patriot Act (dubbed Patriot II) was publicly leaked
in January." -By Evelyn Nieves-WashingtonPost
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- "Calif.,
high-tech firm target more wind for grid." ... "U.S.
utilities have been buying wind power since the 1980s, but it has proven
difficult to reserve space for wind on the transmission grid because no
one could accurately forecast when it would be available." ... "But the
California Independent System Operator, which must balance energy supplies
with demand on the state grid, and TrueWind Solutions, an Albany, New York-based
computer modeling firm, are betting they can make wind a more "predictable"
power source scheduled for transmission shortly before it's needed." -By
Leonard Anderson -Reuters
via -Forbes
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- "Optimistic
War Protesters Keep Pressure on Bush: Diplomatic
Setbacks For Military Strike Lift Crowd's Hopes." ... "They had come for
what was billed as the last chance to make a statement, tens of thousands
of them, chanting, waving their homemade signs, bringing their children
for a real-life civics lesson to rally around the Washington Monument and
march on the White House, pressing their case against war with Iraq." ...
"The [Washington D.C.] march was held in conjunction with antiwar demonstrations
in Los Angeles, San Francisco and abroad; hundreds of thousands joined
rallies in Spain, France, Greece and Germany, among other nations." -By
Manny Fernandez with Hamil R. Harris, S. Mitra Kalita, Allan Lengel, Ylan
Q. Mui and Christina A. Samuels contributing-WashingtonPost
- "Fagan
put in charge: He'll be acting chief, mayor
says; D.A. drops case against top [San Francisco] cops." ... "San Francisco
-- One day after prosecutors dropped charges that he conspired to block
an investigation into his son's involvement in a street brawl, Assistant
Chief Alex Fagan Sr. is expected to take over the duties today of running
the San Francisco Police Department." ... "Mayor Willie Brown announced
Fagan's return to the department from unpaid suspension, after District
Attorney Terence Hallinan told a judge Tuesday that he lacked evidence
to support conspiracy indictments against Fagan and Chief Earl Sanders."
-SFGate.com
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- "SFPD Indictments."
-SFGate.com
Law
Enforcement News - "Police
brass itching to go to trial: Indicted chief
and commanders pin their hopes on grand jury transcripts." ... "With the
San Francisco Police Department shaken by an unprecedented series of indictments,
attorneys for Police Chief Earl Sanders and his command staff say they
are eager to get to trial in hopes of salvaging the reputations of the
department and their clients." ... "The key to their defense will be the
transcripts of the grand jury proceedings that led to the indictments last
week of 10 police officers, including Sanders, Suhr and five other high-ranking
officers on charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice." -By
Harriet Chiang and Jim Herron Zamora -SFGate.com
Law
Enforcement News
- "Calif.
to Review San Francisco Police Scandal." ... "The
state of California will review whether San Francisco's district attorney
overstepped limits in a process that led to an indictment of the chief
of police, an official said on Sunday."-Reuters
via -ABCNEWS.com
Law
Enforcement News
- "Indicted
California Police Chief Keeps Job." ... "Despite
being indicted by a grand jury, Chief Prentice E. Sanders of the San Francisco
Police Department remains on the job this weekend, an indication that his
friend and political mentor, Mayor Willie L. Brown Jr., intends to fight
to clear the chief's name." ... "Chief Sanders, who was indicted on Friday
on a charge of conspiring to obstruct justice, was allowed to keep his
post at least until Monday by a unanimous vote of the city's Police Commission."
-By Dean E. Murphy
-NYTimes via -Google-News
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- "Energy
report claims vast cheating of state: Evidence
to feds cites $7.5 billion in overcharges." ... "A report to be delivered
to federal energy regulators Monday will provide new and extensive evidence
backing up claims that a wide range of power companies manipulated California's
energy markets and reaped at least $7. 5 billion in unfair profits, sources
told The Chronicle." ... "Compiled by a team of California lawyers who
have had unprecedented access to internal company records for the last
three months, the report will show that power traders used Enron-style
manipulation strategies to gouge the state during the energy crisis." -By
Mark Martin and Christian Berthelsen -SFGate.com
- "Magnitude-5.4
quake shakes wide swath of Southern California."
... "A sharp magnitude-5.4 earthquake shook a wide swath of Southern California
today and was felt from downtown Los Angeles east to Riverside and south
to San Diego, but there were no immediate reports of injury or structural
damage." ... "The quake struck at 4:19 a.m. and was centered about 3 miles
north of Big Bear City, a mountain resort town about 90 miles east of downtown
Los Angeles, according to the Southern California Seismic Network."
-AP via -MercuryNews-BayArea
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- "Price
gouging: Oil strike, threat of war with Iraq
push gas prices to more than $2 in California." ... "Political instability
in Venezuela and the prospect of war in Iraq are triggering price hikes
that normally don't kick in until the peak driving season. And experts
warn prices could shoot up even more as the political situations and the
weather heat up." ... "The average retail price for a gallon of regular
unleaded, $1.66, has risen 22 cents since the beginning of the year."
-AP via -WCFCourier.com
- "Thousands
of Californians rally against potential Iraq war."
... "Thousands of anti-war protesters, including celebrities, staged a
noisy but peaceful demonstration Saturday on Hollywood Boulevard in the
heart of the nation's entertainment capital." ... "Protest organizers estimated
the crowd at 100,000, based on counts from monitors placed along the 15-block
route, but police put it at 30,000. Neither figure could be immediately
verified independently." -By Nada El Sawy
-AP via -MercuryNews-BayArea
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- Microsoft
News - "Lawsuit
challenges Microsoft licensing: A California
woman sues Microsoft, Symantec and others, claiming the companies misled
consumers by requiring them to consent to licensing agreements they haven't
read." ... "Specifically, the suit, which was brought by Cathy Baker, claims
that Microsoft, Symantec, CompUSA, Best Buy and other unnamed retailers
don't allow people to read "shrink wrap" licenses--agreements printed inside
the box or incorporated into the software itself--before they buy a product."
-By Lisa M. Bowman -CNET
/News via -BusinessWeek
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- Microsoft
News - "Woman
sues software makers over licensing terms." ... "[Plaintiff
Cathy] Baker bought the Windows XP Home edition upgrade and Norton Antivirus
software at a CompUSA store in San Rafael last month for her first home
computer. When she opened and began to install the software, she was asked
to agree electronically to licensing terms that she found unacceptable.
When she tried to return the software, the store refused to take it back
because the package had been opened, Baker said in the complaint." -By
Kristi Heim -MercuryNews
via -SiliconValley
Space
Shuttle Columbia Disaster
- "Breakup
may have begun above California: Caltech astronomer
noted 'debris shedding' as Columbia passed overhead." ... "Top NASA officials
appealed for photographs or video evidence from amateur sky-watchers on
the West Coast, after confirming they had received detailed written descriptions
from a Caltech radio astronomer who said he saw what appeared to be "debris
shedding from the orbiter" as it streaked over the eastern Sierra." ...
"Radio-astronomer Anthony Beasley, of Caltech's Owens Valley Radio Observatory,
told The Chronicle the shuttle had "a sparkle effect" as it passed overhead,
and then he saw a bright piece separate. "It was like it dropped a flare,
and kept going," he said." -By Sabin Russell
-SFGate.com
Desalination
News and Definition.
Desalination
- "Calif.
Studies Making Sea Water Drinkable." ... "For the
most part, desalination has long been prohibitively expensive as a source
of drinking water in California. But rising demand, dwindling supply, and
new technology that makes it cheaper to take the salt out of sea water
are changing the economics of desalination." ... "The basic process of
desalination is not new. Salt water is pumped through filters under high
pressure, squeezing out minerals. Israel and Kuwait have relied on desalination
for decades, as have military vessels and cruise ships." ... "Since the
late 1980s, the price of taking salt out of sea water has dropped from
nearly $2,000 an acre-foot to $800 per acre-foot, said Walter Winrow, vice
president of Poseidon Resources." -AP
via -Guardian.co.uk
Microsoft
News -
- "Apple
Lashes Out at Microsoft Settlement." ... "In reaction
to the Redmond, Wash., software giant's $1.1 billion settlement of a California
class-action case, Apple Computer Inc. Monday night issued a statement
criticizing the settlement proposal." ... "As part of the settlement announced
last Friday, Microsoft pledged to donate two-thirds of the unclaimed funds—in
the form of vouchers—to California schools, with one-third of the unclaimed
funds going back to Microsoft." ... "Apple contends that in these types
of cases, "fewer than 25 percent of customers redeem these types of vouchers."
The Microsoft vouchers are available to customers who purchased Microsoft
software between 1995 and 2001. The vouchers range in value from $5 to
$29, depending on the product purchased." (1, 2)
-By Darryl K. Taft -eWEEK
- "Troops
Across U.S. Head to Persian Gulf: From Coast
to Coast, Thousands of Troops Ship Out for Persian Gulf Region." ... "Thousands
of Marines, sailors and soldiers headed for the Persian Gulf region Monday,
shipping out from California, Georgia and Maryland as the buildup for a
possible war with Iraq accelerated sharply." ... "More than 10,000 Army
soldiers in Georgia were expected to leave Fort Benning and Fort Stewart
over the next week. The troops are from the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized),
which specializes in desert warfare and is expected to have all 17,000
soldiers and support staff in the region eventually."
-AP via -ABCNEWS.com
- "Time
Runs Out For Calif. Water Plan; Cuts Likely: State
Misses Deadline on River-Use Limit." ... "Under pressure from the Bush
administration and other western states, California water agencies did
not meet a federal deadline tonight [20021231]
to create a plan to limit their use of the Colorado River. Soon, California
consumers and farmers may see their flow from the river slashed." ... "For
decades, California has taken more than its legal allotment of water from
the river, which it shares with six other western states -- all now getting
thirstier. California is allowed by law to take about 4.4 million acre
feet of water from the Colorado, but in many years it uses about 5.2 million
acre feet from the river. States like Arizona and Nevada want their water
back." ... ""We no longer have abundant surpluses and full reservoirs,"
Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton said earlier this month. "The era of
limits is upon us. The future of the Colorado River will be shaped by drought
and population growth."" -By
William Booth -WashingtonPost
