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No Donkey Bathing
Nov. 28, 2001: A Web site uncovers some of the dumbest laws ever on the books
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Guardian Angels Online
Nov. 21, 2001: Authorities and volunteers are teaming up to fight cybercrime
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Like Jury Duty Without the Hassle
Nov. 14, 2001: Web site allows users to participate on virtual juries
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Handwriting on the wall
Oct. 31, 2001: Web site examines how handwriting can offer clues to anthrax-tainted letters
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Revisiting TWA 800
Oct. 24, 2001: Since Sept. 11, there is renewed interest in the mystery surrounding the doomed flight, TWA 800
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Anthrax dance party
Oct. 17, 2001:
At the DOD's vaccination Web site, soldiers can learn about the disease while rocking out.
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Eye in the sky
Oct. 9, 2001:
A Web site shows the results of terrorism from 400 feet up
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Risking death to expose the Taliban
Oct. 2, 2001:
A group of revolutionary women in Pakistan are using the Web to tell the world about the atrocities of Afghanistan's leaders.
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Terrorism.org?
Sept. 25, 2001:
While Osama bin Laden's shadowy al-Qaeda organization has taken pains to conceal itself and its activities, many other terrorist groups broadcast their messages for all to see on the Internet.
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Giving name to tragedy
Sept. 18, 2001:
In terrible times, the race to profit from domain names continues.
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Hearsay or heresy?
Sept. 5, 2001:
On this Web site, the Salem witch trials live on.
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Theater group gives new meaning to 'retrial'
Aug. 28, 2001:
Nearly 70 years after a man was convicted of murdering Charles Lindbergh's baby, people are still debating his guilt. And one theater is recreating the trial.
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Murder, he wrote
Aug. 15, 2001:
Who will get killed this week on crimescene.com. Only the Webmaster knows.
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Web site makes e-snitching possible
Aug. 8, 2001:
WeTIP.com
is a Web site aimed at reducing crime by making it easier to tip off authorities anonymously.
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Missing persons bureau gets hip
Aug. 1, 2001:
Missing persons groups use Web pages such as findchandra.com
to get the word out and help track down lost loved ones.
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Kill all the lawyers? Just kidding
July 25, 2001:
Judicial reformer-turned Web publisher Walter Olson dwells in litigation overload on overlawyered.com, the hub of all things legally absurd on the Net.
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Reaching out from Death Row
July 18, 2001:
Lamp of Hope Web site gives condemned prisoners a place to display their art and writings, while putting a face on the issue of the death penalty for Web users.
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Moonlighting barrister
July 11, 2001: Move over Spice Girls. There's a new pop singer in town. Meet Pesha, Ginger Spice for the golden set. She's hardly your average aspiring pop star sporting bare midriffs and low-rider jeans. The 60-year-old singer-songwriter from Blackpool, England, spends her days with law books and nights holed up in her kitchen studio.
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Shocking for a cause
July 4, 2001: If you ask Neal Horsley, he's just a journalist on the heels of a hot story. The National Press Club, however, would probably not let Horsley in. The anti-abortion activist uses little subtlety in presenting his version of the "news." Those visiting his Web site, The Nuremberg Files, should prepare to be provoked.
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Recognizing hate
June 27, 2001: One of the nation's leading anti-hate crusaders is hoping that increased awareness is the best defense to the proliferation of hate and bias crimes. The Anti-Defamation League's Web site provides "one-stop shopping" center for hate crime information.
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Autopsy photo furor
June 20, 2001: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned? Ask Michael Uribe just how furious a bunch of NASCAR fans can get. Death threats, for example. Uribe launched a special investigation into the crash that killed Dale Earnhardt and hasn't heard the end of it
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Lightening up
June 13, 2001: Leave it to La La Land to lend levity to a grave subject matter. But it's all for a good cause. Pay a visit to Skeletons in the Closet, the L.A. County Coroner's Office gift shop's "unofficial" Web site, and explore the lighter side of the morgue.
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