Month August 2004

Plane diverted to pick up Bush twins “I kept thinking, I haven’t heard of anybody diverting planes for all these other people being inconvenienced. This doesn’t fit in the norm of airline travel.” It finally arrived at the destination two…

Reports that led to terror alert were years old That terror alert yesterday that bad and horrible attacks were expected on financial centers? Turns out it was based on information that is years old and not reliable. Much of the…

Student faces 30-year minimum in Hummer arson case Lawyers for a Caltech graduate student accused of burning dozens of Hummers and other sport utility vehicles failed to convince a judge to throw out the most serious charge against their client…

Nader loses Peace and Freedom nomination The California Peace and Freedom Party won’t be supporting Ralph Nader for president. The group of 80,000 instead nominated jailed American Indian activist Leonard Peltier at its convention yesterday.

Festival Express In 1970, the Grateful Dead, The Band, Janis Joplin, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Ian & Sylvia, and others did a concert tour in Canada by train. This documentary covers that memorable 5-day trip (and non-stop party!), with some…