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Professor Peter Ray; Love Nest at Love Hall
The Ledger exposes wrongdoing by Dr. Peter Ray, a meteorology professor at Florida State University. The first story sheds light on misuse of public money for a hurricane research truck requested by the professor. The rest of the series reports on married Ray's pattern of sexually harassing students and colleagues at FSU. Although five women accused him of harassment and he admitted having a relationship with 19-year-old student Melissa Sanders, Allen reports, the university finds no wrongdoing, but takes away his department chairmanship. The stories include copies of the professor's archived e-mails to the student.
Tags: budget; sexual harassment; higher education; women; sexual affair; Doppler; weather experts
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The Ship That Disappeared
"The Hualien No. 1, a bulk carrier with a cargo of 5,300 tonnes of gravel, vanished off Taiwan's coast together with 12 crew members aboard after leaving Hualien Port for a 14-hour voyage to Tamsui on Feb. 28, 2000. No distress call was received. Neither flotsam nor fuel slick were found by related rescue teams. Experts also said it was unlikely that a substandard gravel ship such as the Hualien No. 1 would be of interest ot pirates."
Tags: diskette; ship; vessel; East Shipping Company; maritime safety regulations; domestic shipping; lumber; Central Weather Bureau; Hualien harbor Bureau; Coastal Guard Administration; Ministry of Transportation; National Taiwan Ocean University
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Delayed Takeoff
Technology Review reports that "Today, five years after Congress validated this vision and the Federal Aviation Administration set out to realize it, free flight is still sitting on the runway... The idea sounded simple and intuitive, and at the same time radical: Free pilots from the rigid, circuitous routes imposed by ground-based air traffic control, and let them choose the quickest and most fuel-efficient paths around wind and weather.... For some, this retrenchment (away from free flight) marks a welcome return to reality. For others, it is a temporary obstacle to clearance for takeoff. But for some of free flight's radical devotees, it's an unconscionable retreat from an urgent and eminently feasible mission, the latest in a string of costly botches and compromises by the FAA. And since there are not alternative proposals on the table for a substantial overhauls of the air traffic control system, some experts think we're on course for a nightmare in the sky..."