Decent News, August 2001
Some of the more decent news in the world: hopeful, courageous, funny,
or just cool. A few are not pleasant, but are stories I think need to
be heard. The following are all LINKS to external sites. Some links
(e.g., boston.com) stop working after a few days; some do not.
Life after Layoffs at netbusiness.netscape.com 8/31/01.
Mr. Rogers
says goodbye -- for now at CNN.com 8/31/01 and I Was Mister Rogers' Neighbor at Time.com 8/22/01
Women finally beaming in to science fiction conventions; Female authors leading the way at boston.com 8/31/01
Arthritis victim has 'message of hope' at CNN.com 8/31/01
Women of Color II set for Cambridge at the Boston Globe 8/31/01
MIT chemist reports use of light to free hydrogen at the Boston Globe 8/31/01
Lost in London cabs: 62,000 cell phones and a girl at boston.com 8/31/01
First female to play in Division I college football games goes 3-for-3 in extra-point kicks at boston.com 8/31/01
Jailed teen hacker gets fresh start as head of his own computer services company at boston.com 8/31/01
Summer program on Mexican heritage aims to enrich migrant students; help them stay in school at www.boston.com 8/28/01
Wetlands used to clean farm spill; carrots fuel L.A. farmland growth; Mich. farms parched (first section) www.boston.com 8/28/01
Looking for a taste of soul? Harlem's 125th Street has plenty at travel.boston.com 8/25/01
AIDS Turnaround: Researchers suddenly upbeat over vaccine prospects boston.com 8/25/01
Among his 62,000 letters, wrongly jailed inmate writes one that leads to freedom boston.com 8/25/01
A machine that simulates a warm human body keeps kidney functioning for 24 hours boston.com 8/25/01
Badly injured player ready to return, lead his old team onto field boston.com 8/25/01
Kenyan musician strikes a chord by denouncing corruption in popular song at boston.com 8/24/01
Freed from Idaho's death row after 17 years, man says he holds no grudge at boston.com 8/24/01
Journalist Sairi Shah: Life in Afghanistan under the Taliban at CCN.com 8/24/01
Wallet lost in Washington found by cow in Japan at www.boston.com 8/24/01
Ups and downs of an American icon (yo-yo) (Boston Globe) 8/23/01
Wayward eagle lands in kindly (and well-gloved) hands (Boston Globe) 8/23/01
Indecency exposure "Sex abuse allegations meet the healing air at New Covenant church" (Boston Globe) 8/23/01
New law gives benefits to domestic violence victims at www.boston.com 8/23/01
Magazine, letter helped Tenn. doctor guide man to artificial-heart transplant at www.boston.com 8/23/01
Wallet returned, with money, 10 years later at www.boston.com 8/22/01
In a freshman state of mind: College's list gives professors clues about class of 2005 at www.boston.com. 8/23/01
Radio aids search for abducted. Boston Globe. 8/22/01
Gymnast lands office work. Boston Globe. 8/22/01
Iran's female legislators protest sentence -- solidarity and courage in the face of political oppresion. Boston Blobe. 8/22/01
Eating disorder web sites are a mixed bag, but they can help. 8/22/01
Sea creature's eyes light way for Lucent at www.boston.com. 8/22/01
Eagle harasses a beach (www.boston.com) 8/21/01
Heart patient took a chance at CNN.com. 8/21/01
The Public Patient at the Boston Globe. 8/21/01
Children
of convicts share their sentence (but some are helping them) at
the Boston Globe 8/19/2000
Moose
takes a dip at CNN.com 8/17/2001
Research could aid immune disorders at the
Boston Globe 8/17/2001
Nepal acts on caste bias at the Boston Globe 8/17/2001
Fighting back online against fraud and spam at digitalmass.boston.com (not quite uplifting, but empowering) 08/15/2001
Cult Internet coffee pot goes to Germany at CNN (humorous). 08/15/2001
Peace
workers bring girl to U.S. at telegram.com. 08/15/2001
Market
Driven and The
Asia of Amherst and the
honor system (all farming articles)at the Boston Globe 08/15/2001
Seeds of Peace interview on CNN 08/15/2001
"Competition shows pianists' love of music" at the Boston Globe 08/15/2001
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