2002

 

Some websites don't keep material a real long time,
so some of these links will expire.

Tue Apr 30
Reputation and marriage were OK until that one incident with the pony
Even Weather Channel won’t accept Saudi image ads
Mystery of “Mile-High Sex” flight still open
Ice cream truck music driving people nuts
Windup toy airplane led to stabbing death
Baby fed vegetarian diet underweight, put in foster care
Step right up, get your 50,000-volt Taser for $389
Catholic leaders “business as usual” despite crisis
At this rate, Catholic Church revival not likely in my lifetime

Mon Apr 29
Cardinal Law: 6-year-old victim of priest’s sex abuse was partly to blame
$1.5M donation to Hillary investigated
Microsoft coming after people who lost software receipts
82-year-old stuck in bathtub 4.5 days
Cat-killer sentencing delayed by e-mail threat
Prom gown giveaway saves the day for some girls
More denials on Saudi prince’s alleged “no women” request
School rocket project burns down house

Sun Apr 28

Did male supremacist Saudi prince ban female air controllers on Texas visit?
Local police use-of-force reports analyzed
Parents’ debit card used for hooker

IRS wants cafe owners to be Tip Police
Catholic church leaders haven’t learned a thing
Vehicle inspection jump to $39.50 in Dallas, Houston, Ft. Worth
Fresh criticism of the funeral industry
Link to Funerals and Ripoffs website
Smelly feet cause ruckus in court

Sat Apr 27
Deposition report: priest sex-abuse lawsuit in San Antonio Archdiocese
Your preference: Coke or dog meat juice?
No prom for boy who tested positive for nicotine
Opium-soaked tablecloths seized at US airport

Fri Apr 26
New Bexar County property evaluations
Michigan guts search-warrant protections
One reason not to tap a car window with your pistola
FTC shuts down porn spammers
“Smart robotic sensors” go for hidden targets
Dead mouse in sealed Ritz Crackers package
Why not to bang on a stolen ATM during the night
Thur Apr 25
“Taste of Mariachi Flambeau” river parade total disaster!
Barges sink or catch fire, symphony orchestra thrown from overloaded barge into hip-deep water, barge steering guy beat up by tuba guy
Event sponsored by the Knights of Fubar turns out to be an unorganized mess! KTSA live coverage cut short as crepe paper fires and barge collisions stop parade!
The Stranger rescues Big Opera Lady from sinking barge!
Wed Ar 24
Express-News: “Recycled water in golf draft getting the ax”
Tue Apr 23
Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson
amazon.com link for above
How do birds build nests?
Honor students’ privacy to be protected by not releasing their last names
New Google service: questions answered by people, on any topic, for a fee Google link
Palestinians say troops looted and vandalized West Bank
Wildlife Society may punish lynx-hair fakers
Dave Barry: Party for a two-year-old
“Mutant two-headed toad” was two toads mating
Beware of Nigerian e-mailers offering millions
Crisis in e-mail privacy software
Mon Apr 22
da Vinci didn’t paint “Adoration of the Magi”?
more on da Vinci

digital clock
F-15 nose art
Jet Skis (but not speedboats) banned from Padre
Gene-altered corn story was hoax
Murder gun was Robert Blake’s, had serial filed off
Taiwan scientists clone pigs with human DNA
Man strikes pose for photo, shoots photographer
Indians fielder Bradley crocked and tossing cookies
Weekend shootings kill 2, wound 3

Sun Apr 21
(new airplane: took day off)
Sat Apr 20
(new airplane: took day off)
Fri Apr 19

America's best Christian
Departing staff DID vandalize White House and EOB
Michael Jackson having money problems
9-11 detainees’ names still kept secret
U.N. official calls Jenin camp “horrifying”

Detailed report: What really happened in Jenin?
Man beheads effigy of accused terrorist’s attorney
Oregon kids diss cops’ new PT Cruiser patrol cars
79-year-old loses pink van to hooker

Black Panthers’ 35th anniversary reunion
“Chicken Butt” ruled not slanderous
Couples who smoke more likely to have baby girls
Thur Apr 18
Families hearing doomed flight’s cockpit tapes today
Recycled sewage-water drinkers PO’d
BBC: Jenin “horrific beyond belief”
Brits outraged, cut Israel weapons sales
Israeli pilot refused to fire into civilian dwelling in Palestine
Ally McBeal axed
75-year-old man popped for getting 10-year-old pregnant
Priest wants to take baseball bat to sex-abuse victims
War on e-mail spam
Way of swinging side-to-side patented by 7-year-old

Wed Apr 17
Escape of bin Laden U.S. screwup?
Cardinal Law took secret trip to see Pope
Jesse Jackson $$$ came from firms he threatened
Muppets deny being gay, lawsuit in the works
Woman lost 800 pounds including 110-pound lap

Tue Apr 16

Kids: We killed our brother
Bushies bury boss’ bloopers
“Monstrous war crimes” in Jenin
A&M won’t fire prof who stole
IRS slave reparation refunds investigated
Farmers Insurance to refund $15M

U.S. met Venezuelan overthrowers
Sex abuse at American Boychoir School
Yeah? Well, under their clothes they are ALL nude!
Demented person murders lifesized doll
Supreme Court: simulated child porn is legal
Lady Banks roses
on my fence April 2002 600x450 31K JPG

Mon Apr 15
Five finalists in Texas quarter design
Europeans brought violence to the New World
IRS phone inquiry: “Can I deduct my cat?”
Bid withdrawn for already-chewed gum
Gorbachev cancels S.A. visit second time
Dem. chairman predicts Gore will run in 2004
Do ELF super-pings harm whales?
Summary of telemarketer no-call efforts nationwide
Texas telemarketer no-call list
Lawmen say pedophiles are hiding better
Boston priest on sick leave ran gay resort
Starbucks to mine debit cards for personal information
Sun Apr 14
Viacom execs struggle by on $12M bonuses
Catholic victims breaking secret-settlement promises
Pope leaving abuse mess to be handled by U.S. bishops
8-year-old misses bus, drives Ford to school
IRS mistakenly paid $30M in slavery credits
Tree-hugger falls to death
Hurricane evacuation route Padre Island/Corpus Christi being improved
California Democrat proposes 5¢ bullet tax

Sat Apr 13
Recalled mayor poses for Playboy website photos
McDonald’s customer gets ballpoint stab in forehead
Taliban John mistreated?
San Antonio fugitive airman caught in Mexico
Skunk helps cops get suspect
Jailed Houston crime writer wins $25K book award
Eagles’ summer tour won’t be a Clear Channel promotion

George as Georgia
TEST Man or Woman?
Fri Apr 12
Money from faked robbery bought “pretty good weed”
Kerrville fishing hole yields Lexus, Honda, Buick
Dell dude gets 200 calls a day
Refugees: Israelis killed old women, used human shields
Stealth PACs rule as activists pour in the cash
Sweetest Thing movie review

Thur Apr 11
BULLETIN: Council kills airport management deal over this Roddy Stinson column
Health District surveying San Antonio cafes about smoking
Digital AM radio can deliver super-clean signal
Hawaii cans traffic cameras
U.T. Tyler cans campus newspaper’s aggression
Yahoo and others can privacy promises
Men can avoid marriage when women successful
Two men guilty of being bad sons avoid the can
Case can be made for life on Mars

Wed Apr 10
USA Today: “At GM, safety optional”
“Free porn” worm hits internet
Accused priest had owned gay-oriented hotel
Evidence ups pressure on Boston cardinal
Sister Antonia: “Prison Angel” of Tijuana
Police Dog Severs Suspect's Penis
Drunk driver’s excuse is “9-11 worry”
Ed McMahon’s $20M mold claim
Kmart yanks tabloid over Martha Stewart story

Tue Apr 9
Another postage rate increase
Rats eating L.A. Coroner’s bodies
Another con takes a DNA walk
Who’s sneaking drugs into dairy cows?
Worry over the lack of fires
Do they know where their tobacco has been?
Worse drought in a century: Not Texas– Maine
Two-year contract for Nightline
What ever happened to Joan Baez
Kmart may close 700 more stores

Mon Apr 8

Israeli Forces Inflict Widespread Damage in Bethlehem
Date-rape warning on Florida napkins
I'm middle class. You're middle class. Isn't everyone?
Free internet porn may kill Penthouse

Mike Wallace will cut “60 Minutes” workload

New: an excellent News Headline page

Sun Apr 7
PGA Village referendum petition website
Mayor’s handling of the PGA Village and petition drive issues
Poppy Honey and other odd names
50- or 60-thousand air screeners needed
FBI didn't follow up on spy clues
Grocery store women awarded $30M
Rio Grande Valley doctors to close offices Monday to stage protest demonstration
Wealthy avoid scrutiny by taxman while wage-earners and the working poor are checked closely
Sat Apr 6
Yahoo! privacy issue involves spamming
Science project afoul of zero tolerance

He wanted a little more than his house cleaned”

Girl survives attack on film by “friends”

China: why'd Bush call Taiwan “a country”?

Bishops accused of coverup of abuse
Priest didn’t do required background checks

Squeegee helped save 6 lives on 9-11

Fri Apr 5

PGA Village: 9-2 Yes
Anti-PGA Village campaign website
California considering bullet tax
Southern Baptists to boycot HoJo over sex convention
Woman “8 weeks pregnant with clone”
Hanssen snooped on Hillary, Chelsea, FBI director
Mexico gene-altered corn story was junk science

L.A. catholic church e-mails about priests made public
Cop tired of donut jokes
Mom cries hearing “We are reindeer molesters!”
Followup story on reindeer sentencing

Asteroid to hit Earth in 878 years
Bryant Gumbel not offered big raise for hosting 3rd-place “The Early Show” so he’ll leave
Lewis & Clark expedition plants and animals waning

Thur Apr 4

Naval Academy to stop saying grace?
Lt. Gov. proposes statewide school tax
Houston-Galveston Gulf Freeway to close
Learned the hard way: very big difference between Ticketmaster and Ticketmasters.com
Israelis keep reporters out of Bethlehem, “blast open” a door to the Church of the Nativity
“Pets banned!” April Fool story got people mad at the Beckley, West Virginia newspaper
In real life, “Friends” and “Sex and the City” characters couldn’t really afford those apartments
Kids’ Saturday-morning cartoons may end
Delighted to be studying a two-headed snake

Scientists say there’s no biological reason for preventing first cousins from marrying
MSNBC to put Phil Donahue up against Fox’s Bill O’Reilly and Connie Chung on CNN
12-year-old girl in elevator grabs flasher’s zipper and maybe does some damage
Wed Apr 3
PGA Village ten District forums
Go
Ex-stripper mayor fired in landslide Go

Survey: U.S. becoming “land of the rude” Go
Criminals become teachers in Texas Go
Should parsonages remain exempt from taxes? Go
Lawyers already after $18M in Enron case Go
Mike Tyson: registered sex offender Go
Catholic victim's “Life of sadness” Go
Parody site Rev. Falwell wants shut down for making fun of him Go

Some weight-loss programs now tax deductible
Go
Tue Apr 2
Resume faker still at SAHA at $100,000 a year Go
Straight priest in trouble. Repeat: STRAIGHT priest Go
Runaway balloon knocks out Central Texas power Go
Feds: replace airport Guard with local cops Go
Texas quarter designs: see ’em and vote Go
Alamo probably won’t make the Texas quarter cut Go
Santa Fe to fine handheld cell-phone drivers Go
Antarctica is cooling. No, it’s warming. No... Go
Battle to replace global warming scientist Go
Microsoft patch to fix hacker intrusions doesn't work Go
Cat killer’s acquittal angers some Texans Go

Mon Apr 1
What Clinton thinks hurt his reputation Go
“Osama bin Laden” calling cell phones Go
Stripper turned mayor faces recall election Go
Opium crop coming from Afghanistan Go
Drug touted on internet “new LSD”? Go
California lawyer’s “bride buying” trial to begin Go