Rooster "Cock-When-Doodle-Due"
"Oak-He-Doe-$he" - It's what's expected of him. Is there a real rooster anywhere in the barnyard?
History
1792 the French National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy.
1829 A militant anti-slavery pamphlet, "David Walker's Appeal", is published in Boston, MA.
1867 Maggie Lena Walker, Saint Luke Penny Savings Bank's founder, is born in Richmond, VA.
1895 The National Baptist Convention is organized by merging three major Baptist convention organizations into one.
1897 the New York Sun ran its famous editorial that declared, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."
1937 "The Hobbit," by J.R.R. Tolkien, was first published.
1938 a hurricane struck parts of New York and New England, causing widespread damage and claiming more than 600 lives.
1949 the People's Republic of China was proclaimed by its Communist leaders.
1964 Malta gained independence from Britain.
1970 "NFL Monday Night Football" made its debut on ABC-TV as the Cleveland Browns defeated the visiting New York Jets, 31-21.
1973 the U.S. Senate confirmed Henry Kissinger to be Secretary of State.
1976 Orlando Letelier, one-time foreign minister to Chilean President Salvador Allende, was killed when a bomb exploded in his car in Washington, D.C.
1981 the Senate unanimously confirmed the nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on the Supreme Court.
1989 Hurricane Hugo crashed into Charleston, S.C.
1991 Jazz Great Miles Davis, once made a Knight in the French Legion of Honor, dies in Santa Monica, CA.
Missing in Action
1965 GARWOOD ROBERT R. GREENVILLE IN 03/21/79 RELEASED/EXPAT
1966 BRASHER JIMMY M. CANYON TX
1966 PITTMAN ROBERT E. JACKSONVILLE FL
1966 TAYLOR DANNY G. ST LOUIS MO
1967 GRAHAM GILBERT J. ANAHEIM CA
1967 MUSETTI JOSEPH T. JR. HALL QUARRY ME
1968 DIXON DAVID L. MEDFORD OR
1968 HALPIN DAVID P. WATERTOWN NY
Journalism at Risk
Police make mass arrests in Nepalese capital
Saturday, September 17, 2005 Page A23
Kathmandu -- Police arrested 87 journalists as they gathered yesterday to protest against media restrictions in Nepal while thousands of pro-democracy activists demonstrated elsewhere in the city to demand an end to absolute royal rule. About 200 of those protesters were also arrested.
The arrests came amid an often-violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests in the capital and underscored rising tensions in the Himalayan kingdom, which is beset by a long-running Communist insurgency.
Police arrested the journalists as they prepared to hold a rally to demand the lifting of restrictions on the press and freedom for six reporters jailed for critical writings against the government. AP
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050917/WORLDREPORT17-6/TPInternational/TopStories
CHAD: Three journalists freed; another ordered expelled
New York, September 26, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of three jailed journalists today in Chad. Garondé Djarma, Micha雔 Didama, and Sy Koumbo Singa Gali had been sentenced in July and August to prison terms ranging from six months to three years on charges related to their work.
An appeals court in the capital, N'Djamena, today overturned the convictions of Djarma and Sy, based on procedural irregularities, local sources said. The court upheld Didama's conviction on charges of "inciting hatred" and "defaming the president," but sentenced him to the month and a half of prison time he had already served. Didama told CPJ he would seek a further appeal of the conviction.
The court also overturned the conviction of Ngaradoumbé Samory, a fourth journalist targeted in this summer's crackdown on the media, again citing procedural irregularities. Samory was sentenced to three months in jail on July 18, but was granted a provisional release on September 8 pending a decision in his appeal.
http://www.cpj.org/news/2005/Chad26sept05na.html
Reporter jailed for bin Laden story
From: Reuters
From correspondents in Madrid, Spain
September 27, 2005
MEDIA groups condemned a Spanish court today for jailing an Arab journalist, known for interviewing Osama bin Laden shortly after the September 11 attacks, on terrorism charges.
A European media watchdog said sentencing Al Jazeera reporter Tayseer Alouni for seven years in jail would set alarm bells ringing among investigative journalists and might make them think twice before undertaking risky assignments.
"I think it sets a dangerous precedent, particularly for anyone who seeks to interview bin Laden in the future," said Jean-Francois Julliard, news editor of the Paris-based watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RWF).
"Journalists have always investigated terrorist groups and their activities. It's part of our job," he said.
The New York-based media watchdog, the Committee to Protect Journalists, said it intended to study the verdict.
Alouni was found guilty of collaborating with al-Qaeda in Europe's biggest-ever trial of suspected Islamist militants. He was one of 18 defendants sentenced.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16735053-23109,00.html
Chad court frees four journalists, convictions illegal - court
Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:35 AM GMT
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - A court in Chad freed four journalists on Monday after ruling their convictions were illegal, in a decision one media rights watchdog said could lead to greater media freedom in the central African state.
The criminal chamber of Chad's appeal court said the reporters' imprisonment violated press laws in the former French colony, ruled by ex-army chief President Idriss Deby since he seized power in a 1990 coup.
"This is a brave decision and I can only salute the judges' courage," said Koumbo Singa Gali Sy, sentenced to a year in prison in August for inciting tribal hatred after publishing an interview in weekly L'Observateur with another of the reporters, Garonde Djarma.
Judges in Chad usually toe the government's line.
http://za.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-09-27T063422Z_01_ALL723543_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-CHAD-JOURNALISTS-20050927.XML
SOMALIA: Radio journalist jailed for reports on Puntland prison
New York, September 27, 2005—Authorities in the Puntland city of Bossasso arrested an STN radio editor Monday in connection with his reporting on prison conditions, according to the Somali journalists union NUSOJ and a local source. Awale Jama Salad is being detained without charge for the second time in recent months.
The arrest stems from Awale Jama's reports in July on his previous imprisonment, according to NUSOJ and the local source. Those reports, broadcast on STN and picked up by some local newspapers, alleged that officials at Bossasso prison were taking bribes to free prisoners, and that conditions in the jail were so bad they were causing the spread of disease. Authorities are accusing Awale Jama of defamation and publishing false information, although he has not been officially charged, NUSOJ said.
http://www.cpj.org/news/2005/Somalia27sept05na.html
Media workers released from jail in Chad
September 27 2005 at 04:39AM
N'djamena - An appeals court in Chad has released three journalists who were jailed in a recent crackdown on the independent press, days after President Idriss Deby promised an international media watchdog group that he would look into their case.
The court cited procedural irregularities on Monday as it overturned the convictions of Garonde Djarma, Michael Didama, and Sy Koumbo Singa Gali, who were sentenced in July and August to prison terms ranging from six months to three years.
The court, however, upheld Didama's conviction on charges of "inciting hatred" and "defaming the president", but sentenced him to the month and a half of prison time he had already served, according to the New York Committee to Protect Journalists.
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=86&art_id=qw1127810881276B235
Hunger strikers in Cuba's cruel jails
OUR OPINION: WORLD SHOULD PRESSURE REGIME TO FREE POLITICAL PRISONERS
Political prisoners continue to suffer in Cuba, and they must not be forgotten. Now, at least three of them are on hunger strikes protesting horrendous conditions when they should never have been locked up in the first place. They're being punished for demanding political reforms and democracy. Indeed, the regime's more than 300 political prisoners are subjected to cruel treatment for doing what is legal in any free country. No effort should be spared by the international community to demand their release.
25-year sentences
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/12758380.htm
The Boston Globe
DeLay says he is innocent of charges
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, looks on during a news conference regarding Hurricane Katrina on Capitol Hill in this Sept. 2, 2005 file photo. A Texas grand jury's recent interest in conspiracy charges could lead to last-minute criminal indictments, possibly against DeLay, as it wraps up its investigation Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005, into DeLay's state political organization, according to lawyers with knowledge of the case. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
By Larry Margasak, Associated Press Writer September 28, 2005
WASHINGTON --A Texas grand jury on Wednesday indicted Rep. Tom DeLay and two political associates on charges of conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, forcing the House majority leader to temporarily relinquish his post. A defiant DeLay insisted he was innocent and called the prosecutor a "partisan fanatic."
"I have done nothing wrong. ...I am innocent," DeLay told a Capitol Hill news conference during which he criticized the Texas prosecutor, Ronnie Earle, repeatedly. DeLay said the charges amounted to "one of the weakest and most baseless indictments in American history."
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/09/28/delay_indicted_in_campaign_finance_probe/
New England encyclopedia: Paul Revere, candlepin bowling, hermits
Items from the Encyclopedia of New England (from left): tupperware, wiffle ball, Benjamin Franklin, L.L. Bean, Paul Revere (his lantern is shown), and candlepin bowling.
By Beverley Wang, Associated Press Writer September 28, 2005
CONCORD, N.H. --It may be the only place where candlepin bowling and Paul Revere meet between the covers, and cookies, covered bridges, diners and doughnuts could ever appear as successive entries.
A new encyclopedia, 13 years in the making and out this month, covers the history, politics, art, geography and culture of New England.
The 1,564-page, 8-pound Encyclopedia of New England wrestles with capturing a region that is unique, yet the source of much of what is considered generically American.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/09/28/new_england_encyclopedia_paul_revere_candlepin_bowling_hermits
Lobster thieves working wharves in southern Maine
September 28, 2005
BRUNSWICK, Maine --Lobster rustlers have been working wharves in southern Maine, snatching thousands of dollars worth of the shellfish from floating crates and frustrating fishermen and marine patrol officers.
Since Aug. 31, thieves have hit lobster wharves from Cundy's Harbor to South Harpswell a half dozen times, snatching $17,000 worth of catch and robbing lobstermen of several days of work.
The thieves' latest target was Morse Lobster in Harpswell Center, where $2,000 worth of lobsters vanished on Sept. 21. Owner Sheldon Morse said he heard a boat in the cove around the time of the thefts, but didn't pay much attention because boating activity on a warm night isn't unusual.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2005/09/28/lobster_thieves_working_wharves_in_southern_maine/
Gas blamed for record late credit card payments
By Jonathan Stempel September 28, 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A record number of Americans delayed making credit card payments in the second quarter as rising gasoline prices made it tougher for many people to pay their bills, a survey released on Wednesday shows.
The American Bankers Association said the percentage of card accounts 30 days or more past due rose to 4.81 percent from 4.76 percent in the first quarter. The latter number was revised upward from 4.03 percent.
"Gas is the driving factor," said James Chessen, the banker group's chief economist, in an interview. "For those already struggling to meet their financial obligations, it has been one more strain."
The data appear to contrast with a recent Federal Reserve survey of the 100 largest U.S. banks, showing the consumer card delinquency rate rising to just 3.7 percent from 3.68 percent, a 10-year low.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/09/28/gas_blamed_for_record_late_credit_card_payments/
Germans still dispute who is next leader
By David McHugh September 28, 2005
BERLIN --Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and conservative challenger Angela Merkel didn't resolve their dispute over who should be Germany's next leader during a 2 1/2-hour meeting Wednesday, but they still called the session helpful.
Merkel came out of the meeting at the Reichstag parliament building looking relaxed and describing the talks as "constructive and serious." Franz Muentefering, head of Schroeder's Social Democratic Party, called the preliminary discussions "fruitful."
Both sides said they focused on policy but had to leave their most serious dispute -- who should be the next chancellor -- for further talks in the coming weeks. The two sides are scheduled to meet again Oct. 5.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/09/28/germans_still_dispute_who_is_next_leader/
Putin aide says it's time to bury Lenin
September 28, 2005
MOSCOW --A senior aide to President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday the time has come to bury the embalmed body of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin -- a statement that could be the Kremlin's attempt to gauge public reaction to the divisive issue.
Georgy Poltavchenko, Putin's envoy to the Central Federal District, said Lenin's body should be removed from its granite tomb on Red Square and buried in a cemetery along with remains of other Bolshevik dignitaries.
Poltavchenko said he was voicing his private opinion on the matter and did not elaborate. Putin has said in the past he was against burying Lenin's body.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/09/28/putin_aide_says_its_time_to_bury_lenin/
The Chicago Tribune
Some East Texans Still Trapped After Rita
By ABE LEVY
Associated Press Writer
Published September 28, 2005, 1:01 PM CDT
PORT ARTHUR, Texas -- Hundreds of East Texas residents remained trapped by fallen trees or fuel shortages Wednesday as federal relief began to trickle in to the rural-industrial region hit last week by Hurricane Rita.
Thousands Refugees from hurricanes Rita and Katrina, some who had lined up Tuesday night, sweltered for hours in a record-breaking, triple-digit heat wave at a newly reopened FEMA disaster relief center in Houston.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-rita,1,2014570.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Forecasts Say Major Hurricane Likely in October
Though late-season storms normally head for Florida, scientists won't rule out another hit on the Gulf Coast.
By Usha Lee McFarling
Times Staff Writer
Published September 28, 2005
Meteorologists examining the conditions that spawned hurricanes Rita and Katrina say there is a strong likelihood that another intense hurricane will occur in October.
And while late-season storms tend to track eastward toward Florida or don't make landfall at all, the experts don't rule out the possibility of another major storm targeting the battered Gulf Coast.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-na-forecast28sep28,1,3494440.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Curtain goes up on political corruption trial
By Rudolph Bush
Tribune staff reporter
Published September 28, 2005, 1:53 PM CDT
Former Gov. George Ryan was a corrupt public official who disregarded what was best for the people of his state to enrich a "chosen few" of his friends and supporters, prosecutors said as the widely anticipated trial got under way today.
"This case is about betrayal of the public trust," Assistant U.S. Atty. Zachary Fardon said in a stinging 90-minute opening statement in which he lashed into Ryan's tenure as secretary of state and governor.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-050928ryantrial,1,789932.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Daley asks state lawmakers to make tax cap permanent
The Associated Press
Published September 28, 2005, 3:09 PM CDT
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley called on state lawmakers Wednesday to make permanent a cap on the value that can be added to a home during property tax assessments.
Legislation that allows counties across the state to put a temporary 7 percent limit on increases in property assessments — the official value estimates that are used to calculate tax bills — will not extend to the next round of assessments in Chicago in 2006, which could lead to future sticker shock for many homeowners, Daley said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-050929propertytaxes,1,4705053.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Two to Share $100K 'Wendy's Finger' Reward
By JUSTIN M. NORTON
Associated Press Writer
Published September 27, 2005, 6:06 PM CDT
SAN FRANCISCO -- A businessman will split a $100,000 reward from Wendy's International Inc. with an anonymous tipster for helping solve the infamous "chili finger" case, the company said Tuesday.
Mike Casey, who runs an asphalt plant in Las Vegas that employed both the man who lost the finger and the husband of the woman who claimed she bit into the digit, had complained last week he hadn't been compensated for the tip that helped authorities unravel the scheme.
"I did what they wanted and they offered it, so I think I have it coming," he said at the time.
Wendy's, based in Dublin, Ohio, said it was grateful to all the tipsters who called a hot line set up when profits plunged after reports of the hoax hit headlines worldwide.
"We sincerely thank these citizens for stepping forward and calling the special hot line number with information that helped investigators break open this case," Wendy's officials said in a statement.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-wendys-finger,1,4034724.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Who's in charge?
Published September 28, 2005
Michael Brown, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was sweating in the spotlight Tuesday. He faced questioning by a special congressional panel investigating the government's initially abysmal response to Hurricane Katrina. This probably won't be the last time Brown gets grilled by hostile congressmen intent on discovering what went so wrong. There's a Senate inquiry pending and the president has appointed an aide to, essentially, ask the same questions.
Brown's bumbling Katrina performance is fair game. He quit over it, after all. But as Brown pointed out, none too diplomatically, he shouldn't be the only one in the hot seat. There's the governor of Louisiana and the mayor of New Orleans, for starters. Keystone Kops doesn't begin to describe the chaos and confusion apparent to all on the ground in the first days after the storm swamped New Orleans.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0509280234sep28,1,5700312.story?coll=chi-opinionfront-hed
The Jerusalem Post
Fearing hit, Hamas leaders in Gaza go underground
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Hamas said on Wednesday that it was not afraid of Israel's threats to eliminate its top leaders and pointed out that the policy of targeted assassinations would only boost the movement's standing.
Despite the defiant statement, sources in the Gaza Strip said most of the Hamas leaders have gone underground for fear of being targeted by Israel.
Hamas was responding to threats made on Tuesday by Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, who said that if Hamas did not stop its rocket attacks, Israel would send Mahmoud Zahar and Ismail Haniyeh to the same place as slain Hamas leaders Ahmed Yassin and Abdel Aziz Rantisi.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1127874075134
J'lem-based Saudi Hamas liaison nabbed
By ETGAR LEFKOVITS
A senior Hamas operative who served as the Jerusalem-based liaison between Hamas operatives in Saudi Arabia and activists in the West Bank is under arrest, Jerusalem police chief Ilan Franco said Tuesday.
Ya'akub Abu Assab, 33, of the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Souana was apprehended last month in a joint Shin Bet-Jerusalem police sting operation.
A court-imposed gag order which was in place on the case was lifted Tuesday afternoon.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1127787592589
Israel: Stop 'nuclear threat' resolution
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
VIENNA, Austria
Israel urged Arab nations on Wednesday to withdraw a push to have it declared a menace to peace at a 139-nation meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, suggesting Iran's suspect nuclear programs posed the real threat to the Middle East.
Gideon Frank, the head of Israel's nuclear program and Israel's chief delegate to the IAEA's general conference, was responding to preparations by Arab countries to present a resolution stating that Israel's secretive atomic program threatened Middle East peace.
Israel "will not be in a position to support" a separate resolution urging all Middle East nations to throw open their nuclear program to IAEA controls unless the plan to table a text on the Israeli threat is dropped, he said.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1127874072796
Israeli scientists solve mystery of 'dark matter'
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A group of Israeli scientists have cracked a riddle of the universe that has been vexing researchers for years.
Dark matter – the stuff that seems to comprise most of the matter in the universe – is very mysterious because it appears to be absent from some galaxies. But it is there after all, according to Hebrew University physicists.
Cosmology Prof. Avishai Dekel and colleagues at the HU's Racah Institute of Physics will publish their important findings in the September 29 issue of the prestigious journal Nature.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1127874075526
The Miami Herald
At last, WWII vet wins case
After years of battling the Department of Veterans Affairs, a partially blind World War II fighter pilot has been awarded disability payments.
BY ALISON YOUNG
Herald Washington Bureau
Fighter pilot Frank Fong of Weston, who lost sight in one eye as he battled Nazis during World War II, has finally won his war against the Department of Veterans Affairs.
More than half a century after he sought compensation for his injury, the VA said Tuesday that it was sending Fong, 86, a check for about $67,000 in payments it should have started making in 1950.
''Veterans have to be persistent. If you let them jack you around, you'll get nothing,'' said Fong, a retired commercial artist.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12758115.htm
No tax cut; county saves for rainy day
Broward County commissioners rejected a proposal to cut taxes, saying they need reserves for future projects and emergencies.
BY AMY SHERMAN
asherman@herald.com
Most Broward County homeowners will pay about as much in county taxes next year as they did this year, after the commission Tuesday narrowly approved a $3 billion budget that maintains reserve funds and pays for rising salaries, fuel costs and other needs.
The 5-4 vote effectively rejected a proposal by Commissioner Jim Scott to slash $20 million. The cut would have translated to about $26 in savings for the owner of a $162,500 home -- the average taxable value in the county, with the homestead exemption -- or $64 in savings for a home with a taxable value of $400,000.
The approved budget means that the owner of the average home will pay $1,102 in county taxes next year, based on a tax rate of $6.78 per $1,000 of taxable property, down from $7.02 this year.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12758117.htm
13 Haitians come ashore in Broward
BY JULIA NEYMAN
jneyman@herald.com
Two boats carrying Haitians came ashore early Tuesday morning in what officials are calling an illegal smuggling effort.
The Broward Sheriff's Office apprehended the migrants -- one boatload in Pompano Beach and the other in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea -- early Tuesday morning, according to BSO.
''The migrants were on two boats that were occupied by 13 [people],'' BSO spokeswoman Liz Calzadilla-Fiallo said. ``Eleven of the 13 were captured and detailed by border patrol. Two remain at large.''
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12762348.htm
Schiavo's family to pen memoir
Terri Schiavo's family has signed an agreement to write a tell-all book about their battle to save the brain-damaged woman's life.
BY MITCH STACY
Associated Press
TAMPA - Terri Schiavo's parents and siblings are writing a book about their struggle in the epic end-of-life case that divided the country and captured the attention of everyone from Pope John Paul II to President Bush, their publisher said Tuesday.
The yet untitled memoir by parents Bob and Mary Schindler, brother Bobby Schindler and sister Suzanne Vitadamo will be published in March to coincide with the first anniversary of the death of the brain-damaged woman, whose feeding tube was removed after her husband won a court order to do so.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12758139.htm
Prosecutors seek to quiz doctors in Limbaugh case
Prosecutors hope to call Rush Limbaugh's doctors and their employees in the pain pill case.
BY JILL BARTON
Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH - Prosecutors investigating Rush Limbaugh over his use of prescription painkillers want to subpoena the conservative commentator's doctors and the doctors' employees, according to a motion filed on Tuesday.
Limbaugh's attorneys are fighting the move, arguing that the doctors' testimony could reveal privileged medical information.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12758136.htm
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