Nick Mamatas

  The People's Republic of Me

  Mickey Z. -- World News Trust

  Jan. 9, 2007 -- I met Nick Mamatas in 1999 when he edited my first book, "Saving Private Power." Nick was (and is) brutally honest and opinionated. He also wields his wit like a weapon and is just about the smartest guy I know. Author of six books (including two novels) and contributor to several more, Mamatas is an original and creative writer with palpable subtlety, nuance, and social conscience. His latest novel, "Under My Roof" (Soft Skull), is a suburban fable about a family that declares independence thanks for a homemade nuclear device stored inside a garden gnome. Having just finished reading this remarkable book, I decided to ask Nick a few questions via e-mail.

  The first statewide post election review of votes cast in each of Minnesota’s 87 counties is complete and the results should give Minnesota voters renewed confidence in the state’s voting machines, said Mark Halvorson, director and co-founder of Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota.

  Oct. 14, 2006 -- NEW YORK -- Our web host, Dreamhost, is moving our database to a new server.  Hopefully, this will speed up our page loading time.  Dreammhost should make the switch fairly quickly.  --Francis

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Kathlyn Stone

   KATHLYN STONE -- World News Trust

  The New York City Police Department has changed its mind and agreed to issue a permit for a march and demonstration Sept. 19 protesting President Bush's address to the United Nations General Assembly that day, a spokeswoman for the antiwar group United for Peace & Justice said Friday.