Week of Jan. 22  | Page One | Syracuse, N.Y.

Martin Luther King Jr.: Remembering his ideals in the '90s.
Cyber-Mann: What would life be like strapped to a head-cam and a laptop with an antenna in your beanie? Link to the life of MIT doctoral student Steve Mann.
Gardening on the Internet: Link to Terry Ettinger's Internet garden.

NEW YORK NEWS
Local News | SU News | cny | Sports | Weather

Winter's record snows forecast a flood
Onondaga County officials are looking toward spring -- and fearing the worst.
Jan. 11, by Jacqueline Arnold of The Post-Standard.
Ice castles
Experts say more than 3 feet of snow on a flat roof can cause problems.
Jan. 12, by Robert W. Andrews and Madelaine Gonzalez of The Post-Standard.
Weather boosts sledding injuries
Medical experts say they're facing an epidemic this year.
Jan. 8, by staff and news service reports.
Wicked cold breaks record in Central New York
After a record snowfall, the temperature plunges past -15, reaching -24 by 8 a.m. Saturday.
Jan. 6, by The Post-Standard.
Snowmobiler dies in train accident
Shawn Cummings of Warners stepped into the path of an Amtrak train after his snowmobile became stuck on the tracks.
Jan. 5, by Lori Duffy of The Post-Standard.
Storm buries Syracuse
After a foot of snow Wednesday, the city is on a pace to set a new seasonal record.
Jan. 4, by The Post-Standard.
Syracuse is missing snowplow drivers
Four drivers have been suspended for drug use and eight others are suspected of faking injuries to avoid taking drug tests. Fifteen others have taken early retirement.
Dec. 29, by Rick Moriarty of The Post-Standard.
Flu bugged
The flu season has arrived in Central New York early and with a vengeance.
Dec. 30, by John O'Brien of The Post-Standard.


Word for Word: "Just last night, at 2:00AM, a rider got killed BY A TRAIN for Christ's sakes- when the sled got stuck on the tracks. I mean, you can get your CAR on the friggin' train tracks too, but WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO?!?
Another couple of guys FELL OFF a train tresle a couple weeks ago, one diedand the other won't be riding any time soon. They drove around a barrier toget on the tresle (like, umm... it WAS there for a reason dudes!)."
from the Usenet newsgroup rec.sport.snowmobiles


THE BUCK STOPS HERE
Federal Employees News Digest | National Debt Clock | Reuters updates

Federal workers say they'll remember this at election time
They're coming back, but they're not happy with the way they've been treated.
Jan. 6, by Mike McAndrew of The Post-Standard.
Furloughed workers save teen's dream
Prodded by a congressman, Boston workers enter their offices and track down an application to ski in the World Cup for disabled athletes.
Jan. 6, by Frederic Pierce of The Post-Standard.
Shutdown threatens teen's dream
A 16-year-old Cazenovia soccer star and skier may her lose her chance to ski in the World Cup for disabled athletes because of passport delays.
Jan. 5, by Frederic Pierce of The Post-Standard.
Federal workers losing pay and patience
The budget showdown means more than 1,000 federal employees in Syracuse will get only half of what they're owed for two weeks of work.
Dec. 28, by Mike McAndrew of The Post-Standard.


MISSION TO BOSNIA
Bosnet | BosniaLINK | Croatian InternetNetwork | Ljiljan

In country
Updates from the Reuters world report.
On patrol:
A Canestota soldier is among the first to cross the Sava River.
Jan. 5, by Frederic Pierce of The Post-Standard.
Welcome to Bosnia Home Page: A comprehensive resource from CalTech.
The Bosnia Virtual Field Trip: From George Mason University.
Faces of Sorrow: More than 50 photographs by 36 photojournalists from 14 countries.


SPORTSLINKS
AHL | MLB | NBA | NFL | NFL playoffs | NHL | SU

A hockey husband's goal in life
Newlywed Amy Hannah didn't bargain on the dream her husband is chasing.
Jan. 6, by Lindsay Kramer of The Post-Standard.
McNabb is ready for hoops
The Gator Bowl MVP wants to put on a Syracuse basketball uniform next week.
Jan. 5, by Mike Waters of The Post-Standard.
Billy Owens takes the Heat
With his new coach, Pat Riley, the former SU star learns to respect basketball.
Jan. 5, by Matt Michael of The Post-Standard.

Word for Word: "It appears that Geno decided to try to match up with the wider bodies of Syracuse by using Brenda Marquis instead of Kelley. Brenda played relatively well but I would prefer to see Kelley and Tammy to get more minutes off the bench, as they will be key factors in the Big East & NCAA Tourney."
from the Usenet newsgroup rec.sport.basketball.women


THE WORKS
CyberGuideList| Cybernautics Digest | The Internet Gazette | Windows 95 help

IBM and Sears may sell Prodigy
International Business Machines Corp. has hired an investment banker.
Get the Reuters report.

Are you enhanced? Link to Netscape's home page for the most advanced browsers and updates on security fixes.


PARALLEL UNIVERSES
Special antimatter edition.

Scientists create antimatter atoms
First the World Wide Web and now antimatter. Keep an eye on the folks at CERN.
Star Trek Dialog Generator: Things Scotty might say.
The Infested Web of Penn and Teller.
The Existential Homepage: A tribute to perhaps the original virtual reality.

CINEMA ONE
Syracuse movie guide | Internet Movie Database | Cinemedia | Script Emporium

Hollywood redoes the classics
Othello: Link to the Castle Rock site.
Richard III: Link to the MGM-United Artists site.
Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Check out the Bard on the Internet.
Sense and Sensibility: Link to the Sony Pictures site.
Link to the Jane Austen Information Page or the complete "Sense and Sensibility."

Televisionland: What's on tonight? Check the listings on TV 1.
Visit the Museum of Television & Radio.


THE WAYBACK MACHINE
Elvis birthday | Colin Powell | Quebec | Rabin | O.J. Simpson

Search engines:
All-in-One | Alta Vista | Lycos | Reference | Usenet | WebCrawler | Yahoo


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