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Eric Scheske

Big Brother? No.

> City officials [in Chicago] are using new technology that recognizes the sound of a gunshot within a two-block radius, pinpoints the source, turns a surveillance camera toward the shooter and places a 911 call. Officials can then track the shooter and dispatch officers to the scene. . . > After

War of the Worlds Strikes Twice

First by Orson Welles [http://www.transparencynow.com/welles.htm] in the U.S., now by Spielberg in Siberia: > War Of The Worlds has been blamed for a mass panic in Siberia after locals mistook a tornado for an alien invasion. > People in the Khabarovsk region of Siberia

The Free Money Guy

More than you ever wanted to know about Matthew Lesko, the clownish little guy with question marks all over his sports jacket who has made a fortune off the federal government's bloated size. Link [http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=10258]. Excerpt: > In the late

Runaway Borrowing, Issue, 2,467,201

A group called Demos found that a recent college graduate earning $36,000 a year had only $34 a month left after paying his living expenses and loans. Touchstone , July/August 2005, 57. (No link available.)

African Aid

The leading African economist, James Shikwati, discusses African aid. Link [http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,druck-363663,00.html] . Excerpt: > SPIEGEL: Mr. Shikwati, the G8 summit at Gleneagles is about to beef up the development aid for Africa... > Shikwati: ... for God's sake,

Sad Celebration

Anyone who fires anything into the air in an inhabited area ought to be taken out and maimed: > Doctors are trying to save the life of an Albuquerque baby shot in the head by a bullet that fell from the sky Monday night. The bullet was likely fired into

Thonged Protest

Either they're using sex to draw attention to themselves or they're pretty ugly and this is punishment: > Hundreds of protesters, some wearing just thongs and plastic bull horns, marched through Pamplona on Tuesday to protest against the centuries-old running of the bulls, Spain'

Agreeing with a Pro-Gay Op-Ed

It's not often that we agree with a New York Times op-ed, much less a NYT op-ed in support of gay marriage. But here's one that has us nodding, at least most of the time. Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/05/opinion/

All Sorts of Dads Volunteering

> A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the American Association for Nude Recreation can pursue its claim that [a law requiring parental supervision at a nudist camp for kids] violates its free speech rights, crimping its ability to spread its nudism philosophy.

Divorced Tarzan

> A Romanian man ended up in hospital after he tried to swing from tree to tree to escape his wife and go drinking. > Stefan Trisca, 66, had been locked in the bedroom by his wife who was fed up with him going drinking with his friends. Link [http: