Search engines fail to keep pace with Web growth study finds
Researchers in Nature report search engines cover only a fraction of online pages. Northern Light reaches about one sixth of pages reachable by engines, down from one third 18 months earlier, with Hotbot dropping to 11 percent. New pages take over six months to appear in listings.
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Nature
Northern Light
Snap
Altavista
Hotbot
Steve Lawrence
C. Lee Giles
NEC Research Institute
Princeton
Lawrence
Giles
Library of Congress
Start your engines in web index coverage study
A recent study shows search engines cover less of the Web. The top engine now indexes about one sixth, down from one third a year and a half ago. Unlisted pages remain unfound, while pages with many incoming links are more likely to be discovered.
Hate Groups Move Online as Modern Racism Expands
The article examines how hate groups have shifted to the Internet to recruit and spread propaganda, noting experts like Gail Gans and Abraham Cooper on online reach. It cites 250 to 2,000 problematic sites, warns of 24/7 exposure for youths, and contrasts online influence with historical pamphleteering and racism. It also compares past killers such as Joseph Paul Franklin and Patrick Purdy, arguing most hate crimes are not gun fueled, yet gun violence by isolated individuals remains especially alarming.
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America
Midwest
Benjamin Smith
Gail Gans
Civil Rights Information Center
Anti-Defamation League
New York
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Los Angeles
Abraham Cooper
Cooper
Southern Poverty Law Center
Montgomery
Ala
Christian Identity Movement
Mark Potok
Jack McDevitt
Northeastern University
Boston
McDevitt
Chip Berlet
Politi
Cal Research Associates
Somerville
Mass
FBI
Uniform Crime Reporting Program
Smith
Joseph Paul Franklin
Missouri
Patrick Purdy
Stockton
Calif
Willie Atterberry
AfroNet
Silicon Valley
Trevor Farrington
Internetwork
Racial divide grows in Internet use across races
A Commerce Department report shows a widening gap in PC ownership and Internet access between whites and black and Hispanic Americans, even after income, with disparities strongest in rural, low income groups. The study urges continued community access to bridge the gap.
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Ashington
Commerce Department
Larry Irving
Commerce
Clinton
Irving
Cosco recalls 670000 baby seats with faulty handles
About 670,000 Cosco car seats double as carriers are recalled after 151 handle-release incidents injuring at least 29 infants. NHTSA urges continued rear facing use but no carrying handle until a free repair kit is installed. Models dated March 1, 1995 to Sept. 9, 1997. Call 800-221-6736 for details.
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Washington
Cosco
Subaru recalls 95,000 Impreza and Legacy cars
Subaru of America recalls 95,000 Impreza and Legacy vehicles from 1994 to 1996 to remove front tow hooks that could trigger unintended air bag deployment if hooks strike road hazards. No serious injuries reported. Excludes Outback models.
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Detroit
Subaru of America Inc
Impreza
Legacy
Aid checks tied to monthly death rate changes studied
University of California at San Diego sociologist David P. Phillips and a team analyzed about 32 million death certificates over 15 years to claim monthly death counts rise at the start of each month when aid checks are issued and fall at month end. They report larger gaps for drug and alcohol related deaths, with minorities showing bigger increases. They suggest limited welfare funds might influence mortality patterns but caution about wider implications.
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United States
University of California- San Diego
David P. Phillips
Phillips
New England Journal of Medicine
Ource
Unit of California
San Diego
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