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Keith Epstein is a
Washington D.C.-based writer, editor, content developer and
investigative journalist whose work appears regularly in publications
such as The Washington Post, Post-Newsweek's Techway,
and Ziff Davis Media/CIO Insight.
From 1986 until 1999
he was an award-winning investigative reporter in the Washington Bureau
of The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer and Newhouse News
Service. Earlier, he worked for The Miami Herald and The
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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(Washington
Post)
> Read the
story
Ice on jets: Recurring risk
Accidents are not always so accidental. Years
of government delays in requiring known safeguards have contributed to
recurring catastrophes. These needless transportation tragedies involve
airliners, trains, school buses and trucks. From an award-winning
series, "Deadly Delays." (The Plain Dealer) > Read the story
Federal
Land Giveaway: A Fortune Under the Desert
Sagebrush stretches on for as far as the eye can see. It
doesn't look like much. But a company is profiting from a
bargain-basement lease on this desert land. Underneath: A precious
mineral (Newhouse News Service)> Read the story
Storm
Clouds Over Connie
First it was pills. Then a rape. Then murder. SInger Connie
Francis got over that. But then came a lawsuit, a break with her
manager - and a stay in the psychiatric ward. (The Miami
Herald) > Read the story
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Alternatives to Hysterectomy
Despite medical
advances, women aren't always informed of alternatives to
hysterectomy. Nor do all women who receive hysterectomies need the
operation. (Discovery) > Read the story
 Hypertension in Black and White
Nearly 70 years
after a New Orleans study first documented clear disparities in blood
pressure between blacks and whites, hypertension is still an unequal
opportunity killer. It unnecessarily targets African Americans
disproportionately, and African American men even more so. It takes
three times more lives than either homicide or HIV. (Washington
Post)
> Read the story
The Chemical Star of 'Erin Brockovich' –
Villain or Hero?
Findings of Fact: Ephedra
Ginger: A Wonder Herb?
 Health and
Fitness
The
Family Fit
Baby boomers who spawned jogging and aerobics mania have run
into reality. Too harried by careers and kids to exercise, they face
prospects of illness and compromised quality of life. And yet many
families find ways to stay fit – and together.
(Washington Post)
> Read the story
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Travel & Features
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A
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House..
Prehistoric man
etched directions in the dirt. He simply pointed and sticked.
The modern traveler is blessed with more options - online map sites. (Washington
Post) > Read
the story
A
Nepal Itinerary Can Be a Real Riot
This journey to the Himalayas was intended to sample
"adventure" activities of moderate difficulty and popular appeal. Who
could have predicted an easy day of mountain biking would end in tear
gas and bullets?
(The Washington Post) > Read the story
 Cheerio,
Mon Ami!
Among the French, it is not South Kensington but Le
Quartier de South Kensington. And for bonne raison: It is their
neighborhood now. It's easier to sample tartes aux pommes than
find a pint of lager. (The Washington Post) > Read the story
Does
Evangelism Belong in the National Parks?
Karl and Rita
Girshman happened to be naked in their room at Big Bend National Park
when suddenly, a lodge employee let himself in with a key. He handed
the Girshmans a flier, then invited them to "join in worshipping our
Lord and Savior" and to "come as you are." The man with the key was
part
of A Christian Ministry in the Parks, a little-known religious program
that recruits some 300 Christians to work in the national parks.
(High Country
News) > Read the story
Climb Every Mountain and You'll Find a Crowd
When Robert
Gries ascended 14,411-foot Mount Rainier for a bit of crevasse training
and ice-wall climbing, he wasn't alone. More than 100 other climbers
made it to the top that day. Even America's wilderness is getting
crowded. (Newhouse News Service)
> Read the story
The
Plain Truth
Faced with rising consumer dissatisfaction - and
rumblings from Congress about the need for a "passenger bill of rights"
- the airlines made a bunch of promises. They would improve
voluntarily. They would offer "the best level of service." Did someone
say air travel - or travail? > Read the story
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Technology &
Business
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Internet
Chernobyl?
Richard Clarke, the president's director of cyberspace
security, is preparing for the next attack. Reason: The nation's
fragile data infrastructure is plagued with software bugs, speed-demon
viruses and ever-complex systems. Yet the new emergency repair teams in
Washington don 't have the right weapons to keep up, and corporate SWAT
teams aren't cooperating. (Ziff-Davis Media/CIO Insight)
> Read the story
Taking Out the Net
Without having to set foot on U.S.
soil, terrorists with minimal expertise could cripple the Internet,
damaging critical avenues of commerce, vital public services and
sensitive government communications, authorities on Internet and
national security are warning. (Post-Newsweek
Interactive/Washington Techway) > Read the story
The
$8 Billion
Man Battles Back
Numbers are
mixed, the debt is deep. It's open season on telecoms, and many CEOs
are in the water. Can this intensely competitive chief executive
sink the putt?
(Post-Newsweek
Techway) > Read the
story
 The Fall of the House of
Schrader
William Schrader, a founding father of the electronic
superhighway, once heralded as an “Internet mogul,” grew PSINet into a
Wall Street favorite. Then everything collapsed, taking Schrader down
with it. (Post-Newsweek Interactive/Washington Techway)
> Read the story
> Transcript
of on-line chat
Spies
Like Us
Corporate
gumshoeing used to be outsourced to firms with 007-sounding names
and to ex-CIA and NSA operatives. These days, snooping is in-house
- and high tech. The company without 'CI' risks being left behind. (Ziff
Davis Media) > Read the story
Knockout
Deal
Within a week of
his pitch to AOL, Raul Fernandez had Proxicom building the media
giant's Web sites. The sale of Proxicom is the latest milestone for
this Internet pioneer in perpetual overdrive. (Post-Newsweek/Techway)
> Read the story
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Congresswoman
Takes Care of 'My People'
Rep. Mary Rose
Oakar's help for a hometown developer illustrates one reason for
her political longevity and ability to weather years of
controversies. Even her enemies marvel that she never forgets the
defining principle of 15 years in Congress: Take care of your people --
and they will
take care of you. (The Plain Dealer) > Read the story
On
the Quayle
Trail
Articles on vice presidential candidate Dan
Quayle, from the 1988 election. Deadline enterprise included
disclosures involving his law school admission, enrollment in National
Guard, and inaccurate resume. (The Plain Dealer) > Read the stories
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