loop news for January 5, 2005

---...--- loop news for January 5, 2005 - via yahoo headlines - Randal McCloy may have brain damage, according to his doctor at Ruby Memorial hospital in Morgantown. "He is not waking up as we had hoped he would do," Dr. John Prescott told reporters. Monday's accident at Sago Mine was the deadliest in the nation since 2001. more... -...---

---...--- A preschooler is on the government's no-fly list, according to this article by Kristie Rieken. Edward Allen, age four, shares a name with someone with suspected terrorist ties, and it took his mother several minutes of pleading to convince Continental Airlines personnel that her son should be allowed to get on their flight from Houston to New York. A ticket agent at LaGuardia airport told the boy's mother "You're lucky that we're letting you through instead of putting you through the other process." more... ---...---

tags: sago, mine, miner, mining, airline, no-fly list, Continental Airlines