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The article concerns a dispute over scholarly access to the papers of U.S. President George W. Bush. An executive order issued by Bush in 2001 restricted availability of presidential papers by asserting a sitting president's power to delay their release indefinitely. The order also requires a president's specific permission to release a document instead of an automatic 30-day release. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is scheduled to discuss a bill overturning Bush's order.

The article discusses several Florida counties' switching from touch-screen voting machines to casting paper ballots that are scanned by machine. Warren Stewart, policy director of VoteTrust USA, likened Florida's election problems to the Bermuda Triangle. On January 29, 2007, U.S. Representative Rush D. Holt introduced a bill that would require a paper trail on voting machines nationwide.

The article reports on the disputes between universities and student newspapers in the U.S. over the transparency of sexual assault cases. Topics discussed include lawsuit filed by the University of Kentucky against campus newspaper "The Kentucky Kernel," remarks from University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto, and information on the sexual assault case against entomology professor, James Harwood.

James Castle was the artist of silence, grayness and folded cardboard. Silence because he was born deaf and refused to read, write, speak, sign or finger spell. Grayness because of the velvety, overcast drawings he made all his life: extravagantly tonal images of landscapes, farmyards and interiors rendered in a mixture of soot and spit applied to found paper with sticks and rags. Their muted yet solid forms in some way embodied both Castle's silent world and his loyalty to it. And folded cardboard because of the flattened yet bulky toylike sculptures -- figures, farm animals, articles of clothing and pieces of furniture -- that Castle made from discarded boxes, string and paper. This detritus he gleaned from the post office and general store that his parents oversaw in their house in an Idaho farming community named Garden Valley. In his understanding of structure, moving parts and the abbreviation of familiar forms, Castle used cardboard as brilliantly as Alexander Calder used wire, but with more corners. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

I get why people flee to the dollar in times of strife. I used to do it. Growing up in Mexico in the 1980s -- when the government devalued the currency each time it ran the economy into the ground -- I used to stuff greenbacks away to ensure my scant savings against macroeconomic incompetence. Still, nothing prepared me for the dollar's extraordinary ascent in the midst of the current financial disaster. Between mid-July and mid-November, the dollar rose more than 25 percent against the euro and more than a third against the British pound. It jumped 29 percent against the Canadian dollar and 39 percent against the Mexican peso. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article explains the advantages of using paper financial statements by financial institutions in the U.S., according to a report from the National Consumer Law Center.

The article focuses on the implementation of voting methods which produce a paper trail for verification of the results. The new requirements come as the use of paperless machines, meant to minimize mistakes associated with hanging chads, were questioned because of the inability to double check votes. Particular attention is given to proposed legislation from New Jersey Representative Rush D. Holt.

The F.B.I's insistence that the bureau examine the private papers of the late journalist Jack Anderson is reported. Anderson spent a number of decades in Washington investigating government corruption and the actions of secretive government agencies such as the F.B.I. and the C.I.A. Anderson's family vows to go to jail rather than give access to the F.B.I. The bureau contends that it is illegal for private unauthorized persons to possess classified materials, which the collection allegedly contains.

The article looks at the rough treatment of foreigners traveling into the U.S. with faulty visa papers. Department of Homeland Security officials have acknowledged that with increased efforts to keep terrorists out of the U.S. since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, some mistakes and harsh handling of foreigners, who only had small paperwork errors or were caught in a bureaucratic circle, had occurred.

The article focuses on tensions between the American newspaper publishing company Tribune Publishing and its two California newspapers, The San Diego Union-Tribune and The Los Angeles Times. Topics include Tribune Publishing's decision to lower its revenue projections for both newspaper's 2015 final quarter, both newspaper's finances, and Tribune Publishing chief financial officer Sandra J. Martin.

Reports on the decision of the aides and friends of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to give custody of all his mayoral papers and artifacts to a private nonprofit group. Management of the group by Giuliani; Storage of the records at a facility in Queens; Anger of some archivists and historians at the transfer of the records.

An editorial is presented which discusses the first National Security Strategy report of U.S. President Donald Trump on topics including national security policy, the significance of country's leadership, and global stability of allies.

The article discusses tweet by the U.S. President Donald Trump regarding his decision to release a classified government documents related to the 1963 assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, documents kept at the National Archives and pressure on Trump for transparency.

Focuses on the printing and issuing of their own money by communities in the United States. The systems of local currencies as a way to rebuild communities; The legality of the currency systems; The example of the city of Willimantic, Connecticut.

Reports on the change of a one hundred dollar bill in America. Reason bill was changed.

Throws light on the recycling of the old worn out bills discarded by the Federal Reserve, by Crane & Company, the Dalton, Massachusetts, concern, involved in making stationery. Focus on the letterheads released by the latter.

Focuses on US Federal Reserve System's release of new $100 bills with off-center likenesses of Benjamin Franklin on March 25, 1996. Technological advancements to combat sophisticated counterfeiters; Foreign central banks' increase of their holdings of United States Treasury notes.

Examines attempts by the Federal Reserve to find ways to recycle the 7,000 tons of worn-out currency that is shredded each year. So far efforts have involved the use of old bills in roofing tiles, particle board, fuel pellets, stationery, packing material and artwork. Value of the long fibers found in currency; How long bills last; Number of bills of each denomination currently in circulation; Comments from Paul R. Frey.

The article discusses the accounting methods of 2016 U.S. presidential campaign candidates, including the spending of presidential candidates without keeping it on record. An overview of U.S. presidential candidates' spending known as exploratory spending prior to an official announcing of candidacy, including that of political candidates Republican Jeb Bush, Democrat Hilary Clinton, U.S. Republican Senator Rand Paul and U.S. Republican Senator Ted Cruz, is provided.

The article discusses entrepreneur Aaron Kushner's management of "The Orange County Register" newspaper, which is owned by Kushner's Freedom Communications media company, highlighting a lawsuits and problems facing Kushner. Topics addressed include Kushner's decision to resign as publisher of the "Orange County Register," as well as lawsuits filed by the "The Los Angeles Times" newspaper and other parties against Kushner for allegedly failing to make various payments.

Marc Prosser is using online tactics to wage a pro-paper battle. Mr. Prosser, founder of a bond education Web site called Learnbonds.com, has started an online petition to ask the United States Treasury Department to bring back paper savings bonds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Newspapers produced and sold by homeless people in dozens of American cities are flourishing even as the deepening recession endangers conventional newspapers. At many of them, circulation is growing, along with the sales forces dispatched to sell the papers to passers-by. The recession has hardly been a windfall for these street papers, most of which are nonprofits that survive on grants and donations as well as circulation revenue. But the economic downturn has heightened interest in their offbeat coverage and driven new vendors to their doors. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents information about two Urdu-language newspapers based in the U.S., "The Pakistan Post," and "The Urdu Times," with reference to their vanishing copies. Though Mahammed Farooqi, owner and publisher of Pakistan Post, had got accustomed to his paper disappearing occasionally over the years, but recently every copy of his paper vanished and he was even threatened. Similarly, many copies of "The Urdu Times," also disappeared.

The article presents information on Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy's papers that could be accessed by the public at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. The papers showed some exchanges between Rose Kennedy and his son John F. Kennedy, the former U.S. President. In one letter, John Kennedy requested his mother to let him know about her future contacts with heads of state after she had requested his head to allow her to write directly to Russian leader Nikita S. Khrushchev.

Reports on the overstatement of the average circulation figures of Tibune Co. papers, the Newsday and Hoy in the U.S. Effort made by the company to compensate advertisers; Number of Newsday and Hoy copies overstated in the average daily circulation in twelve months; Issues affecting the circulation of papers, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

Comments on the need for a paper record of each voter's choices that the voter can verify. Need to preserve the votes on paper; Concerns covering the security of voting machines; Initiative of California to implement a backup paper tally of votes.

Reports on the distribution of new daily newspapers. Hopes to attract younger readers with free subscriptions and brevity of articles; Street distribution of "amNew York," a free daily whose primary investor is the Tribune Company; Similar papers in Chicago and Washington; Struggle of free daily papers to make profits; Comments of skeptics and supporters.

The article reports on the plan of American media company Gannett Co. Inc. to include Arlington, Virginia-based daily newspaper USA Today into its local papers in an effort to expand advertising and circulation revenue.

Editorial. Comments on the deal of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani with the city's records commissioner to move his papers to a private storage facility in Queens, where they now reside. Advantage of the contract for Giuliani; History of high elected officials controlling his own documents; Top priority of the city concerning the papers.

Reports on the signing of an executive order by U.S. President George W. Bush which allow a sitting president to keep secret papers of a previous president, even if a previous president wants his papers made public.

The article reports on the increase of immigrant families in the U.S. that requests for birth certificates for the application of passports and dual citizenship.

Covers the plans of United States presidential candidate Bill Bradley to let all reporters see his papers during his tenure in the Senate. Policy of Bradley in the Senate; Conditions given by Bradley when he deposited his papers at Princeton University; Highlights of Bradley's campaign.

The article discusses people who place liens on property in the U.S. in 2013 as part of the sovereign citizen anti-government movement, such as a couple in Minnesota who filed claims against a sheriff after their was lost to foreclosure in 2009. The U.S. Uniform Commercial Code, political violence in Nevada, and crimes against police officers are discussed, as well as anti-government protests, the history of the sovereign movement, and tax evasion.

The article reports on a paper drafted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' panel which aims to protect consumers against possible increases in health insurance rates in 2013.

The article reports on the revelation of the British government papers which includes records of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's cabinet towards U. S. Prime Minister Ronald Reagan. It says that the documents offered new insights into fractious relationship with France. It tells that the toughest document was the diplomatic cable from Britain's ambassador in Washington at the time Sir Nicholas Henderson railing with President François Mitterand over French-made Exocet missiles.

The grisly photographs of American soldiers posing with the body parts of Afghan insurgents during a 2010 deployment in Afghanistan were the source of a dispute between The Los Angeles Times and the Pentagon lasting weeks. Two of the 18 photographs given to the paper were published Wednesday by The Times over fierce objections by military officials who said that the photographs could incite violence. The officials had asked The Times not to publish any of the photographs, a fact that the defense secretary, Leon E. Panetta, reiterated on Wednesday as the images spread across the Internet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A profile is presented of actress Cara Delevingne. It discusses topics such as her casting in the film "Paper Towns" based on the novel by John Green, her past career as a fashion model, the transition to acting which included supporting roles in films such as "The Face of an Angel," and her departure form the Storm Model Management company.

After toppling Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in 1970, serving 20 terms in Congress and surviving censure last year to nimbly gain his 21st, Charles B. Rangel is no pushover. But don't mess with his wife, Alma, er, Mrs. Rangel, either. Among the 500,000 pages of presidential papers released last week by the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library and Museum was a letter dated June 7, 1971, from Mr. Rangel (see also bottom of post), then a freshman congressman, to the first lady, Pat Nixon. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

It may be a first in the annals of government secrecy: Declassifying documents to mark the anniversary of their leak to the press. But that is what will happen Monday, when the federal government plans to finally release the secret government study of the Vietnam War known as the Pentagon Papers 40 years after it was first published by The New York Times. At first blush, it sounds like the release of one of the worst-kept secrets in history -- finally unlocking the barn door four decades after the horses bolted. The study, after all, has already been published by The Times and other newspapers, resulting in a landmark First Amendment decision by the Supreme Court. It has been released in book form more than once. But it turns out that those texts have been incomplete: When all 7,000 pages are released Monday, officials say, the study can finally be read in its original form. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In light of how long it can take to close a refinancing or mortgage these days -- especially considering how many paper documents are involved in the process and could potentially get lost, delaying the process further -- we wondered whether a mortgage cloud of sorts exists at any banks. Specifically, we wondered why banks don't just scan all mortgage documents the minute they get them and then put them into an internal cloud of sorts that any employee could get access to. That would also help prevent lost documents. To find out, we checked with Chase and Bank of America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Ibrahim al-Amine, the hawk-eyed editorial chairman of Al Akhbar, describes his newspaper's founding ambitions this way: ''We wanted the U.S. ambassador to wake up in the morning, read it and get upset.'' He succeeded. Earlier this month Al Akhbar became the only Arab newspaper to obtain its own substantial batch of WikiLeaks cables and gleefully cataloged various embarrassments to the region's kings, princes and politicians. Soon afterward, the paper's popular Web site came under a cyberattack that became a story in its own right, and provided more free publicity. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Haitian-American hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean, left, filed papers on Thursday to run for president of Haiti. Several hundred supporters cheered as he arrived by motorcade at an electoral office in the capital, Port-au-Prince, still largely in ruins from the Jan. 12 earthquake. ''The United States has Barack Obama, and Haiti has Wyclef Jean,'' he shouted. His candidacy must still be approved by a review board to verify that he meets constitutional requirements, including having lived in Haiti for the five years before the election and never having held foreign citizenship. Mr. Jean, who was born in Haiti but raised in Brooklyn, has said his appointment as a roving ambassador by President Rene Preval exempts him from the residency requirement. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports on the reaction of the editors of `The Commentator,' an undergraduate student newspaper at Yeshiva University in New York City, over the decision of the university administration to remove the newspaper. Articles contained in the periodical; Objective behind the removal of the paper; Comments from the paper's editors.

Reports that diplomatic papers published in Tokyo, Japan in December 8, 1999 suggested that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1999 involved a deception effort by the Japanese government. Efforts of Japan to avoid hinting at war with the United States; Researcher who discovered the papers in the Japanese Foreign Ministry archives; Confirmation of the genuineness of the diplomatic papers.

Reports that Senator Trent Lott, the majority leader, revealed that he was the inventor of the modern paper clip by binding the people of the United States together. Explanation of Lott on the importance of paper clips in an office; Comments of a spokesman of Vice President Al Gore on the claim of Lott.

Reports that the American Medical Association dismissed the editor of its journal on January 15, 1999 for rushing through a paper on whether college students think oral sex is `having sex' to influence President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial. Comments from Doctor E. Ratcliffe Anderson, executive vice president of the association, on editor George D. Lundberg; Details on the paper.

Provides information on the school papers of Alabama towns which served not only the school but also the communities. Topics featured in the student journals; Information on the training given to the students who work on the papers; Importance of the student journals to the community according to Brenda Boman, an English teacher and faculty adviser to `The Notasulga Times.'

Reports on the papers donated by the late Pamela Harriman, former United States Ambassador to France, to the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. Expected content of the papers.