Articles, 5/18/05

Of Course, As We Knew All Along, It Wasn't Actually "News"
...Gen. Richard Myers...said...the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Carl Eichenberry, doubted whether the Newsweek report was behind the violence...Eichenberry thought the rioting was "more tied up in the political process and the reconciliation process that President Karzai and his Cabinet is conducting in Afghanistan," Myers said. "He thought it was not at all tied to the article in the magazine."
As Afghanistan Calms, Questions Remain About Why Retracted Newsweek Story Triggered Riots
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBMYB2LU8E.html

White House Says US Suffered Lasting Damage From Newsweek Article Alleging Quran Desecration
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBGMPCLU8E.html

EDITORIAL A Sudden Taste for Openness
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/18/opinion/18wed2.html?th&emc=th

EDITORIAL Blowing Up an Assumption
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/18/opinion/18pape.html?th&emc=th

EDITORIAL Outrage and Silence
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/18/opinion/18friedman.html?th&emc=th

Protesters Subjected To 'Pretext Interviews'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/17/AR2005051701240.html

New Method Determines Baby Porcupine Is a Girl
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBO9ICLU8E.html

Mayport Woman Crushed by Falling Oak Tree Section
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/florida/MGBJ9OHBU8E.html

BP Says Personnel Failures Led to Texas Blast; Interim Report Call Errors 'deeply Disturbing'
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBC458RU8E.html

Storm season starts early as Adrian forms in Pacific -- heading northeast http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-sweird18may18,0,2618357.story?coll=sfla-news-sfla

Nobel Laureates Meet in Ancient Jordanian City to Discuss Problems Facing Modern Times
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBC03RAV8E.html