(AP) TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Searchers spent days looking for Julius "Butch" Nesbitt after his empty 14-foot boat was found beached along the South Carolina coast. Now, sitting in a jail 600 miles away, he admits faking his death as he fled from drug charges.

"It was pretty much spur of the moment. It was either that or face prison the rest of my life, is how I saw it," he told The Associated Press during a jailhouse interview Thursday.

Another Look At The 'Does File Sharing Equal Stealing?' Question

Mike i totally agree with you as to section 10-6 (whatever that is ) is in US law not all over the world. so next time at least link to where the rest of us world citizens can find it.

Let's put aside what the RIAA or Microsoft want. You are absolutely correct that both would like to distort copyright law. >> >> why should I not, for example leave that original copy in a >> safe, and play the music on my IPOD? >> You can. That is fair use. >> >>And when I am done with the music "AS LONG AS I DELETE ALL >>COPIES" can I not sell the original to someone else. >> Who says? The copyright is exhausted in that one copy.

Commentary: The Threat From Terrorism Does Not Justify Slicing Away ...

Ash writes: "Britain is now one of the most spied upon societies, where such rights as habeas corpus are hacked to bits." Though he is writing about Britain, I found that Mr. Ash's comments have resonance for American's as well. His commentary follows:

Smiley swirled the last of the brandy in his balloon glass and muttered: "We've given up far too many freedoms in order to be free. Now we've got to take them back." That legendary spymaster's warning about the over-intrusive, over-mighty national security states that we in the self-styled "free world" built up during the cold war was delivered in John le Carre's novel of 1990, "The Secret Pilgrim". But instead of taking those freedoms back, British people have lost more of them. Across the western world, vastly more personal information is held on individuals by states and private companies; ancient liberties are curbed, people detained without trial, free speech stifled.

Are The Wheels Coming Off The Newsom Bus?

Update: National coverage of TourkGate: AP: San Francisco Mayor Admits Affair and S.F. Mayor Apologizes for Affair LA Times: San Francisco mayor admits affair Time: The Scandal of San Francisco Chicago Tribune: San Francisco abuzz over mayor's affair MS NBC: Mayor apologizes for affair with manager's wife

Update: Here's some more coverage from across the web: Pictures from UCSF's Raising Hope event from Wednesday night here. Wednesday night seems so long ago. The Binary Circumstance: Gavin Newsom's Campaign Manager Quits Over Alleged Affair The Left Coaster: Hit The Road, Mayor LA Observed: Mayor's affair gets messy Mother Jones: CBS Says: SF Mayor Gavin Newsom Breaks "The Man Code" Bookworm Room: I guess this will kill the gay rumors I Fought the Law: Oh, Gavin...

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Then, at a recent rally I attended at the Meadowlands in New Jersey, Obama announced, "I love the free market" and "I love capitalism." Hope, change and an end to class warfare? It's as if he's saying, "Hey, you, right-winger, you too can have hope and can change the world!"However, if we just look beyond the attractive Obama package and ourselves for a moment, we might remember that the election is about actual issues. What are we hoping for? What is the "change" that the pro-Obama Kennedys are so excited about?The fresh, young face of Obama represents change, yes. But he also represents something very familiar: liberalism. Government as a permanent, inefficient, out-of-control crutch. Never mind the support of Edward Kennedy, who for many is the face of liberalism in America; Obama himself is the most liberal senator in the U.S.

Ohio schools avoiding thousands of pounds of recalled beef

A school district has dumped recalled beef patties into trash bins, and others have shelved meat for hamburgers and tacos in freezers until the federal government sorts out the nations largest-ever meat recall.

Schools around the state received an estimated 60,000 pounds of beef affected by the recall, the Ohio Department of Education spokesman Scott Blake said Wednesday. Suppliers fully cook beef before it gets to schools, Blake said.

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Junk Science: Looming Lightbulb Liability

The speeding freight train carrying toxic waste liability for makers, sellers and purchasers of compact fluorescent lightbulbs, or CFLs, was only faintly audible in the distance last spring when this column first warned of it. Now we're beginning to see that environmentalist-stoked train speed toward its victims, whom President Bush and Congress just finished tying to the tracks.

Despite these clean-up and disposal hassles, environmental groups, bulb makers and retailers relentlessly have promoted CFL use as a strategy for reducing electricity consumption and the power plant emissions allegedly causing global warming.

Wordstock kicks off with 'Women & Words'

The first event of this year's Wordstock Festival was a warm, welcoming way to start the event. "Women & Words" featured a panel of four women authors, who each read an excerpt from one of their books and then sat around chatting like a group of friends.

It was in the Wieden+Kennedy Atrium, which was the perfect setting for such an event. And at the end, we were even treated to a Taylor Mali poem -- gearing people up for his show on Sunday night.

Face Blind

Now that he had long hair and a wild-looking scarf on his head, he could recognize his image. He felt the beginnings of an identity.

Conventional medicine, in other words, got him nowhere. So Choisser posted a message about his experiences on a Usenet group devoted to people with neurological problems. His subject line was "Trouble Recognizing Faces." After a few months, in late 1996, he received a solitary reply.

Platinum futures surge to record on supply concerns, South African ...

Meanwhile, agriculture futures rose broadly on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery jumped 30 cents to settle at $9.73 a bushel, while March soybeans soared 38.75 cents to settle at $13.26 a bushel. March corn climbed 10 cents to $5.105 a bushel.

Ups and Downs

Henry Lowe (Nate Parker), articulate, talented and hot-headed; Hamilton Burgess (Jermaine Williams), a play-it-safe type, and Samantha Booke (Jurnee Smollett), an aspiring lawyer and firebrand. As the social ills of the era swirl around them, the Wiley debate team forges an undefeated season. The final showdown with Harvard provides all the underdog vs. top-dog dynamics you'd expect. While Washington and Forest Whitaker add their Oscar-winning heft to the proceedings, the film belongs to the team members, in particular the wonderful Jurnee Smollett, who had proven her acting chops at age 11 with her brilliant performance in Eve's Bayou. She embodies the strength of will and passion needed to succeed as an ambitious black woman in the 1930s. The Great Debaters smooths out the edges too much to be a great film, but it is a good one.