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...White House and make this a CIA problem. And I assume the Democrats are trying to make sure this isn't just laid at the door of the CIA." Democrats retorted that the confidential memo had only been seen, and not used, by Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, the panel's top Democrat - who charged that the memo "was likely taken from a waste basket or through unauthorized computer access" and improperly leaked...
...collective youth, most have served as coaches at Division I-A schools, headlined by Shoop, who left behind his role as secondary coach at Boston College to take on his current position at Columbia. Prior to BC, Shoop held positions on the staffs at Army and Virginia, as well as Division I-AA powers Northeastern and Villanova—where he served as defensive coordinator during the Wildcats 12-1 season in 1997—and his alma mater, Yale...
From Alaska's Arctic Organics to West Virginia's Flying Ewe Farm, CSAs have sprouted across the nation. Call the trend antiglobalization writ small, a way to connect with neighbors, help small farms and combat the energy waste and pollution of hauling food long-distance. Also, CSAs tap into concerns over homeland security. Says Brian Halweil of the Worldwatch Institute, a Washington think tank: "Knowing your farmer brings peace of mind, especially in the face of terrorist threats to the infrastructure, and food-contamination recalls...
...Kissimmee, Fla., near Disney World, to Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park in Estes Park, Colo.--are installing the systems. KOA, which launched KOA Konnect in April, plans to offer wireless Internet access in 500 campgrounds and RV parks, charging a flat $19.95 a month, which is about average. Virginia-based LinkSpot offers a $5.95-a-day service in 30 East Coast parks, while TengoInternet supplies 28 RV parks from Florida to Arizona at prices ranging from $5 a day to $105 for three months...
...SENTENCED. IYMAN FARIS, 34, Ohio truck driver, to 20 years in prison for supporting al-Qaeda and plotting to attack the Brooklyn Bridge; by a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. U.S. officials said Faris, a Kashmir-born naturalized U.S. citizen, admitted to meeting Osama bin Laden at a camp in Afghanistan in 2000 and later talked with an al-Qaeda leader in Karachi, Pakistan about severing the suspension cables of the Brooklyn Bridge. In 2003 he sent a coded message to an al-Qaeda operative that "the weather is too hot," meaning he didn't expect the plot to succeed...