Brian Gongol
Illegal Immigrants a Problem in UK, Too (12.4.2003) Somehow, I don't think North Korea has this problem
Freedom Tower to Replace WTC (12.22.2003) 1776-foot tower to be built with insurance money; will set new record height in gigantic "screw you" to enemies of freedom
Productivity Soars in Third Quarter (12.3.2003) What the heck made you do it, America? 14.7% jump in durable-goods manufacturing
Fighting Communism with Beauty Pageants (12.3.2003) Chairman Mao rolling in grave over Miss World 2003 contest
Operation Red Dawn Captures Saddam Hussein (12.14.2003) They named it for that guilty-pleasure 80's Brat Pack film
Rumor: Saddam's Ex-Wife Ratted Him Out (12.14.2003) So would the $25 million reward be part of a divorce settlement?
How US Forces Caught Saddam (12.14.2003) The bricks were too well-placed
Dragging Britain into the Debt Circle (12.3.2003) Britons now borrowing like they're Americans
Street Vendors Peddling Internet Like Hot Dogs (12.4.2003) Art students get goofy ideas
New Windows Version Coming in 2006 (12.4.2003) Promising better security, fewer crashes, and unicorns for all
Canadians to Pay MP3 Tax (12.15.2003) Special fee to cover copyright value lost to copying
Next Century of Flight (12.14.2003) Ultra-big and ultra-small both anticipated
Boeing Chief Quits (12.3.2003) CFO may have unethically hired Pentagon official with conflict of interest; CEO goes down, too
Smithsonian Tried to Re-Write History (from eDodo.org) (12.14.2003) Didn't want to give Wright Brothers credit for powered flight
Hip-Hop is BBC's Biggest New Station (12.4.2003) Top station in UK apparently eclectic mix of everything
Balladeer Lightfoot Named to Order of Canada (12.14.2003) I just wanted to write "balladeer"
Scores Killed in Philippine Mudslides (12.22.2003) More rain in a day than in a normal month
I'm Beginning to Like Poland (12.14.2003) First they stand with the US on Iraq; now they're messing with the EU from the inside
French Floods Close Two Nuclear Plants (12.3.2003) That's nuclear power plant...as in splitting atoms
Security Guard Killed at UN Headquarters (12.3.2003) Shooting death on the 3rd floor
UK to Test Abortion Law (12.4.2003) Third-trimester abortion over a cleft palate
Big Explosion in Sydney (12.3.2003) But no one knows what it was
Immigrant Birth Rates Fall in Canada (12.22.2003) The longer they live in Canada, the fewer kids they have; matches perfectly with economic expectations
How Spiders Hook Up (12.4.2003) Females pick males who look like the ones they saw when young, eat the rest
Getting that Stupid Song Out of Your Head (12.3.2003) I've long said some songs can only be exorcised by repeated playing...science says I'm right
German May Have Invented Phone Before Bell (12.4.2003) Then again, if it didn't work as well, did he really?
Science Magazine Picks Top 10 Advances of 2003 (12.22.2003) Universe is made of "dark energy" more than anything else; so is ABC's prime-time lineup
Hearing Separates Us From Chimps (12.15.2003) Humans evolved with better sound-to-speech capacities than other primates
Lightening the Soldier's Burden (12.3.2003) Typical combat load up to 150 pounds today; looking for a 50-lb. solution
New World's Tallest Building (12.22.2003) Neither Sears Tower nor Petronas Towers
Cardinal: Anti-Semitism Rising in Europe (12.22.2003) Campaign of "new anti-Semitism" conducted by violent Muslim youth
HHS Head: World "Losing" AIDS Fight (12.4.2003) 40 million infected with HIV worldwide
Egyptian Foreign Minister Attacked at Jerusalem Mosque (12.22.2003) Israel's quandary: How can you negotiate when your enemies won't even let their own people talk with you?
Libya Was Trying to Build Weapons of Mass Destruction (12.22.2003) War in Iraq gave Gaddafi second thoughts; funny how sanctions didn't
Pakistani President Avoids Assassination (12.14.2003) Says with impressive bravado: "I'm used to such incidents – it's happened before"
Saddam Down, Others To Go (12.15.2003) Other war criminals remain at large; some want them hunted, too
Powell Says Bin Laden Tapes Create US Allies (12.4.2003) Says terrorist's huffing and puffing wakes up others
Terror Threat Continues in UK (12.4.2003) Four detained in southwest London
North Korea Stole $10 Million from Iraq (12.4.2003) Weapons deal was negotiated in Syria -- the same Syria that sat on the UN Security Council
Former Saddam Photog Says Satan Drives a Japanese Pickup (12.3.2003) Hussein reportedly now wearing that hideous beard
Shifting From Big Overseas Bases to "Warm" Environments (12.4.2003) Might be easier for us to fight global terrorism with lots of smaller allies
How to Deter Modern Enemies (12.4.2003) Defense Department looking at new strategies, since terrorists don't act like the old Russkies