(2002-10-31) — In the wake of a brutal attack by a California man wielding a hatchet, several U.S. Senators have co-sponsored a bill calling for registration of hatchets, axes, adzes, sickles, scythes and other cleaving weapons.
The bill would establish a computerized database of every such implement in the nation. In addition, manufacturers would have to [...]

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(2002-10-31) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) posted its best month in 16 years in October. The economy is growing at a 3.1 percent rate. Mortgage rates dropped to within .15 percent of their 30-year low. Housing starts are up.
Economists agree: We’re doomed.
“The average American is deceiving himself,” said a noted economist who’s [...]

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(2002-10-31) — The first radio ads for Minnesota Senate candidate Walter F. Mondale focus on his electability, and the novelty of voting for him.
The following is a script for one of the spots:
NARRATOR: The vast majority of Minnesota Democrats had no plans to vote this year. But that was before their Senate candidate died. Now, [...]

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(2002-10-30) — In the hours following a Democrat campaign rally to celebrate the death of Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-MN, contributors flooded the phone banks and web site of the Democrat National Committee. The deluge of giving goes into a fund called “Buy a Vote for Fritz”.
“Every penny of these tax deductible donations will be used [...]

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(2002-10-29) — The renaissance of septuagenarian former Senators Frank Lautenberg and Walter F. Mondale has sparked an entrepreneur to revive the Brylcream brand. The hair ointment was popular in the United States from the 1950s into the 1970s.
“I figured if the DNC can bring back Fritz and Frank, that’s pretty slick,” said entrepreneur Emil Eyant. [...]

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(2002-10-29) — Democrat officials from around the country flock to Minnesota this week to mourn a man of conscience, and to marvel. The funeral service for Sen. Paul Wellstone, his wife, daughter and five others, is expected to draw more than 14,000 people to an arena at the University of Minnesota.
“He had courage,” said Sen. [...]

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(2002-10-28) — Walter Cronkite, the veteran CBS News anchor, waits behind bars tonight after the Federal government jailed him on charges of sedition. The arrest came after Mr. Cronkite gave an interview in Texas in which he criticized the Bush administration, and accused it of trying to start World War III.
All evidence of Cronkite’s interview [...]

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