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sunlight soldier

by Mindy Belz

Cover Story | COVER STORY: 9/11 terrorists exploited our open society, started a war, and retreated to the shadows. Now these shadow warriors want to take advantage of another of our open institutions: the criminal court system. Will the system work for us-or for them? The lead prosecutor in the case of terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui last week asked an appeals court to make the system protect Americans

[http://www.worldmag.com/2003/10/sunlight_soldier]

In this issue: "Terror on trial," Oct. 18, 2003

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Creditworthy

by Jennifer Marshall

National |  CAN A STATE ALLOW TAXPAYERS to direct their tax dollars to scholarship programs instead of to the state? The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that raises…

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Safety dance

by Jennifer Marshall

National |  WARNING LABELS FOR UNSAFE schools are the subject of controversy after states categorized only 54 schools nationwide as "dangerous." The No Child Left Behind…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2003/10/safety_dance]

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Report Card

by Jennifer Marshall

National |  Debate over the D.C. voucher bill, which currently hangs in the balance in the U.S. Senate after passing the House, reveals opponents' line of attack on…

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Crash protection

by Chris Stamper

National |  IBM IS ADDING A VIRTUAL AIRBAG TO ITS LAPTOPS. The tech giant last week unveiled what it calls the world's first automatic hard driveÐprotection technology.

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Classic challenge

by Chris Stamper

National |  WHEN MICROSOFT'S SPECIAL X-BOX BUNDLE HITS stores this week, it will feature an updated version of a game that is hardly new: Tetris. Nearly two decades after…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2003/10/classic_challenge]

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Bits & Megabytes

by Chris Stamper

National |  Seattle, San Francisco, and other city library systems plan to track their books with microchips instead of the familiar barcodes. The system helps librarians…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2003/10/bits_megabytes_1]

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Boom to doom

by John Dawson

National |  Fortunes in the NFL seem to change as fast as the weather on the Great Plains. Maybe faster when you consider the Buffalo Bills. Once this season the Bills…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2003/10/boom_to_doom]

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Cubs win? So do scalpers

by John Dawson

National |  Talk about mania. Breaking a 95-year streak of futility had Cubs fans opening their pocketbooks. Some Cubs fans doled out thousands of dollars for tickets to…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2003/10/cubs_win_so_do_scalpers]

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'They will be held accountable'

by Priya Abraham

International |  FEATURE: U.S. officials were already souring on Syria before Israel's Oct. 5 attack on the country. Now Syrian ties to terrorism and espionage against the…

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Judgment day

by Lynn Vincent

National |  CALIFORNIA: Voters toss aside an unpopular Democratic governor, but at what cost? Liberal Republicans are delighted, but conservatives who chose…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2003/10/judgment_day]

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Politics by other means

by Bob Jones

National |  ELECTIONS: Wary Republican lawyers in California were prepared for recount lawsuits that didn't materialize, but the massive preparation shows how the era of…

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A more colorful GOP

by Bob Jones

National |  POLITICS: Indian conservative is unusual even by Louisiana standards

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Missing the link?

by Lynn Vincent

National |  HEALTH: Abortionists do not want to tell women about the likely connection between abortion and breast cancer, but as Breast Cancer Awareness Month arrives,

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Around the horn

by John Dawson

National |  It's about time for Dennis Rodman to make his way back into the limelight. This time, it might be on the court. The "Worm" hasn't seen any live NBA action…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2003/10/around_the_horn_1]

Dispatches

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Quotables

My conscience got the best of me. Professional bowler Pete Weber on why he will stop using an obscene gesture to taunt opponents. He says parents wrote to…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2003/10/quotables_1]

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Blogwatch

by The Editors

Liberal standards Josh Chavetz of Oxblog (oxblog.blogspot .com) commented on a poll that measured likely Democratic primary voter response to the names of…

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Quick Takes

High-tech Amish It took an act of God to convince the Amish that productivity can be godly. The Knight Ridder news service reports that Amish leaders in…

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At last!

by Marvin Olasky

PLAYOFFS: Perennial losers Cubs and Red Sox boost interest and ratings-in part by showing that baseball is 90 percent mental, and the other half physical

[http://www.worldmag.com/2003/10/at_last]

Reviews

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Penman for the terrorists

by Gene Edward Veith

Culture |  Edward Said was the Harriet Beecher Stowe of radical Islam's war on the West

[http://www.worldmag.com/2003/10/penman_for_the_terrorists]

Voices

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Secret weapon

by Joel Belz

Homeschoolers may become to conservative Republicans what labor unions are to Democrats

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Mailbag

By our love I also find some of the "stands on principle" of my fellow believers to be counterproductive in reaching the lost ("As others see us," Sept. 20).

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In our own likeness

by Janie B. Cheaney

Creative authors still cannot create a different human nature

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Withholding applause

by Marvin Olasky

But why shouldn't journalists be able to clap with both hands when they witness new wonders?

[http://www.worldmag.com/2003/10/withholding_applause]

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