Volume 2 Issue 127

August 26, 2003

Fill 'er Up

Trying to get to college, gas gets pricey, and your car may be spying on you

Falling out of reach: As the new academic year begins at most private universities today, more and more students are finding it difficult to afford a college education -
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/6611999.htm

A solution to urban problems? As fiscal troubles mount in Pittsburgh, some are asking why local areas can't share more services -
http://www.postgazette.com/columnists/20030824brian0824p1.as p

Summer Highs: Gas is at it's annual high -
http://money.cnn.com/2003/08/24/pf/saving/travel/gas_p/index .htm

In fact, it's highest ever -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44771-2003Aug25.html

He's back! In NJ politicians forced from office for corruption never go away, they just become behind the scenes players...hense Bob Toricelli's rebirth -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/26/nyregion/26TORR.html?pagew anted=all&position

Texas Justice? The Texas Democrats remain in exile, even though the latest special legislative session has ended -
http://www.adn.com/24hour/politics/story/979358p-6870906c.html

Bad John Edwards Photo of the Day:

Thank you, thank you. For my next trick, I will now pull the bus 20 feet with my teeth.

In the skies: Mars is coming -
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/08/24/mars.closeup.ap/ind ex.html

The last of the "great observatory's" launched by NASA in the last 10 years went up this week -
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/08/25/nasa.telescope/inde x.html

On the horizon: What would posses people to live near a volcano? In Italy, authorities are worried about population growth in the "red zone" around Mount Vesuvius. But, you have to love the quote from one villager: "At least everyone dies together," she said. "It's almost a party like that. If one person dies and a family is left mourning, that's sad. But if the whole town goes at once, it's O.K."
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/26/international/europe/26ITA L.html?8hpib

Coming soon to a car near you: In the nation that first used traffic cameras to write tickets, a disturbing proposal that would basically result in thousands of dollars in fines for every citizen -
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003391098,00.html