Damien Cave

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  • The India-Pakistan doomsday scenario

    U.S. intelligence says a nuclear exchange between the two feuding countries could kill 12 million. Here's how experts believe the region could explode.
  • U.S. was warned that Moussaoui had close ties to al-Qaida, analyst says

    French authorities alerted the FBI in August that the "20th hijacker" had trained in al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan, according to an intelligence expert -- but the U.S. did nothing.
  • Bush and Gore's Florida nightmare: It's ba-ack!

    Experts weigh in on Justice's decision to investigate -- and possibly sue -- counties and municipalities in Florida, Tennessee and Missouri for disenfranchising voters, many of them blacks.
  • Lock up the analysts and throw away the key

    An investor who followed expert advice lost $100,000. He wants vengeance, but history suggests he's not likely to get it.
  • Slammed!

    Telemarketing scammers are the price we pay for lower long-distance bills. Can we afford this kind of bargain?
  • Old McDonald had a subsidy

    Congress is set to hand over $170 billion to farmers. But to one grower of fava beans in California's Central Valley, the money isn't just bad economics -- it's an outright insult.
  • Spyware vs. anti-spyware

    The author of Ad-Aware, a program that removes sneaky software, explains what happened when his own program was zapped by the enemy.
  • Musician to Napster judge: Let my music go

    A 1960s-era recording artist says he can't get Sony to pay royalties, so his psychedelic pop might as well be free.
  • In defense of copyright

    A top intellectual property lawyer argues that the Supreme Court's decision to review the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act is plain wrong.
  • "Changing Lanes"

    Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson collide in a preachy revenge thriller.
  • Even lamer than a busted dot-com

    "F'd Companies," Philip Kaplan's obituary for online flameouts, is more pathetic than the companies it skewers.
  • Watson, come here, I want to fire you

    Angry at his predictions of global warming, the Bush administration and the energy industry strive to unseat a prominent scientist.
  • No relief

    The war on drugs is preventing many Americans from getting desperately needed pain medicine.
  • "Stud" by Kevin Conley

    A New Yorker editor offers a behind-the-scenes look at the world of elite horse-breeding, where one roll in the hay is worth $500,000.
  • "They view world politics as a billiard-ball table"

    Experts struggle to explain the Bush administration's off-and-on Mideast policy.
  • "Clockstoppers"

    Impressive sci-fi effects and cute actors can't save a trite, safe teen flick that should please Joe Lieberman.
  • Tilting at ICANN

    Karl Auerbach, elected to the Internet domain-name authority with a mandate from the people, explains why he is suing his own organization.
  • Chained melodies

    Copyright-holding corporations are pushing new laws and computer-crippling technologies in their war on piracy. But can anything keep geeks from copying the music and movies they crave?
  • "Father Ron"

    By Damien Cave
  • Father Ron

    Pedophile or warm and giving priest? Both, says a young man with fond -- but tarnished -- memories of a good man.
  • Stop. Pay toll. Download.

    Backers of a next-generation multimedia compression technology want to charge a controversial fee -- but instead their plan is fanning interest in free, open-source alternatives.
  • "Queen of the Damned"

    The late R&B star Aaliyah haunts an Anne Rice adaptation that feels like a vampire's life: It goes on forever.
  • Mickey Mouse vs. The People

    How an antiquarian bookseller and a Nathaniel Hawthorne fan ended up before the Supreme Court.
  • Losing the war on patents

    Attempts to fix the intellectual property system from below are faltering. Is it time to bring in the feds?
  • "Big Fat Liar"

    This tepid Hollywood revenge comedy, starring Frankie Muniz of "Malcolm in the Middle," chooses safe, clean fun over true teen anarchy.
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