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Laramie Resident Reflects On Shepard Anniversary In 1998, Jim Osborn was in charge of the University of Wyoming's gay support group. What he's learned in the 10 year's since Matthew Shepard's murder. Lithwick: How Guantanamo Policies Spread to the US It will be harder to tune them out when they are not just nameless men behind barbed wire. Don Graham, Vernon Jordan Remember Oz Elliott Osborn Elliott, 1924 - 2008, remembered by Donald E. Graham and Vernon E. Jordan. O.J. Simpson: Inside the Memorabilia Trade A memorabilia expert discusses O.J. Simpson's conviction and the shady side of the sports memorabilia trade. What Was Motive Behind Obama Effigy on Campus? A week after an effigy of Barack Obama was found hanging on a small Oregon campus, the community is grappling to understand the motive. Non-Cuban Latinos May Tip Florida Vote Florida's electorate gets more complex. Who benefits? In Killing Bailout, Did Republicans Doom McCain? The Republicans killed the bailout bill?and McCain's chances. Bush Aides Ducked Questions on Prosecutor Firings Report: Top Bush aides ducked queries on prosecutor firings Obit: NEWSWEEK Editor Osborn Elliott, 1924-2008 Remembering the legendary editor of NEWSWEEK Terror Watch: Yemen's Revolving Door Al Qaeda escapees may be fueling the latest round of attacks. Palm Beach Braces For Second Voting Crisis During the 2000 election, Palm Beach, Fla., resident Sandy Blank watched, horrified, as her county became a mess of butterfly ballots, hanging chads, erroneous votes for Pat Buchanan?and a national punch line. (The Onion rechristened the state "Flori-duh.") The voting disaster inspired civic activism: Blank become a Palm Beach poll worker. "I wanted to change things," she says. Instead, six weeks before the presidential election, the situation there is as messy as ever, and a botched primary in late August only underscored the threat of another calamity. In that primary, roughly 3,500 votes went missing; then, after an audit, there were ballots than voters, which should be impossible. But this is Palm Beach. "It's a crisis of confidence," says Blank, reporting a paltry 3 percent turnout at her polling station. The Dignity Index Microsoft honcho Bill Gates's dead-on-arrival ad campaign with Jerry Seinfeld gets yanked after just two weeks on the air. Congrats, Bill! You're the new New Coke! Score: 6 Why Some Residents Chose to Ride Out Hurricane Ike Inside the mentality of those who chose to remain in their homes during Hurricane Ike rather than evacuating. Recovery Team Finds Thousands of Ike Survivors A search-and-rescue team describes the scene on Galveston Island, Texas, where thousands stayed despite an evacuation order before Hurricane Ike. Immigration and Crime: A Tragedy in Tampa Did the feds bungle an immigration matter and let a suspected felon go free? Hirsh: Greenspan's To Blame for Wall Street Woes The former Fed chief's culpability in Wall Street's woes. Texas Coast Anxiously Awaits Hurricane Ike The Texas coast anxiously awaited the impending arrival of Hurricane Ike, which could be the worst storm to hit the state in decades. Crew Trapped on Disabled Ship in Ike?s Wake As Hurricane Ike barrels toward the Texas coast, 22 crew members on a disabled ship, in the Gulf of Mexico, are riding out the storm. Why Do Some People Ignore Evacuation Warnings? What motivates some people to ignore evacuation orders and warnings of hurricanes and other disasters? Inside the psychology of the stubborn. Environment: America?s Two Biggest Ports Go Green The 'greening' of America's two biggest ports.