The Cody News (April 15, 2005)

Two UN officials linked in oil-for-food complaintGlobe and Mail - United Nations — Two high-ranking UN officials have been cited in a US criminal complaint against a South Korean businessman who was at the centre of a 1970s congressional corruption scandal and is now accused of accepting millions of dollars from Iraq ...
I'm not sure there's an entity that does less but gets more respect than the UN. And this corruption crap just tops everything.

Media criticizes Chirac EU appeal
CNN International - PARIS, France -- French media has dismissed as unconvincing President Jacques Chirac's efforts to persuade his country to vote for the EU constitution in an upcoming referendum. Meanwhile Friday, campaigners ...
What happens if the EU falls apart? Probably not much near term, but the reduction of barriers that it brought is a major long term positive.

An American terrorist
Berkshire Eagle - Eric Robert Rudolph is an American terrorist. He set off bombs in public to hurt and kill innocent people in order to make a political point: to "confound, anger and embarrass" the United States government for its legal sanction of abortion. ...
Shame on the Berkshire Eagle for romanticizing a terrorist. This man is a cold-blooded horrible killer and should be villified as such.


CBS NewsDrinking water: More isn't always better
Boston Globe - By Linda A. Johnson, Associated Press April 15, 2005. Runners should think twice before reaching for that water bottle: A study confirms that drinking too much can be dangerous, even deadly, for endurance athletes. ...
Remember when we were supposed to put heat on injuries? And nowadays ice. No, wait, ice, then heat, then ice and heat again. Drink water -- no, don't drink water. And maybe use a leech or two.