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RAIN (Records/Archives In the News) is a daily compilation of news stories from around the world. BBC News, Sat, 08 Jan 2005 11:10 PM PST Prison records available to view http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/4157733.stm People in Plymouth researching their family history are being offered the chance to find out if there were any felons in the family. SHELBY Shred Day aims to prevent identity theft Macomb Daily - Mount Clemens,MI,USA ... to be shredded. Absolute Shreds of Auburn Hills will provide the shredding equipment and recycle the destroyed documents. As part ... <http://www.macombdaily.com/stories/010905/loc_shred%20day001.shtml> THIS IS AMERICA - Presidential Exhibits at the National Archives Voice of America - USA By Jerilyn Watson. And I'm Bob Doughty. Today we visit the National Archives for some presidential history. President George W. Bush ... <http://www1.voanews.com/SpecialEnglish/article.cfm?objectID=110ECF7E-5426-497B-84DA97E9FBE13C24&title=THIS%20IS%20AMERICA%20-%20Presidential%20Exhibits%20at%20the%20National%20Archives> RETIRED teacher records veterans' stories Canton Repository (subscription) - Canton,OH,USA ... recordings of personal histories and all documents submitted will ... day Patton called for some personnel records to look at ... he had seen those same files just days ... <http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=9&ID=201852&r=0> A filing cabinet is the key to creating a home office Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA ... to hold medical records, automobile repair records, owners' manuals, insurance documents, bank statements ... Hanging files should be color-coded by month. ... <http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031780081777&path=!business&s=1037645507703> PEEK at the past Springfield State Journal Register - Springfield,IL,USA ... Tom Stevens of the Photo Resource Center in Springfield, who printed the negatives and also spoke at the reception, said that glass negatives were most often ... <http://www.sj-r.com/sections/news/stories/44720.asp> UNCOVERING the secrets of the NHS BBC News - London,England,UK Now the Freedom of Information Act has come into force, will the secret workings of the NHS will be revealed or will patients lose interest in finding out ... <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4154947.stm> FALCONER to curb secrecy of ministers Guardian - UK The cabinet minister responsible for the new Freedom of Information Act has said that ministers' diaries and details of who they meet should be opened up to ... <http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foi/story/0,9061,1386314,00.html> ARCHIVES unite for one-stop genealogy shop Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK Last week the family records website Scotland's People, the National Archives of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon (which deals with Scottish heraldry ... <http://www.sundayherald.com/47044> FREEDOM Of Information Act 50 Connect - UK ... To mark the full implementation of the Act, over 50,000 files that are less than 30 years old have been released at The National Archives. ... <http://50connect.co.uk/50c/gene.asp?article=11758> NETWORX keeps records sealed commercialappeal.com (subscription) - Memphis,TN,USA ... we do not agree that a private company such as Memphis Networx can be considered a 'governmental agency' under the Tennessee Public Records Act," company chief ... <http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/local_news/article/0,1426,MCA_437_3456530,00.html> Opelika-Auburn News Opelika plant closes Tamiko Lowery Staff Writer Sunday, January 2, 2005 When they clocked out for the Christmas holidays, Quantegy employees planned on returning to work, as scheduled, Monday. But, there's no job to go back to - for some 250 employees. <http://www.oanow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=OAN%2FMGArticle%2FOAN_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031779976767&path=!news!localnews> Washington Times 1/8/05 Club history left behind Thom Loverro THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Nationals will be a franchise without a past when they open the 2005 baseball season at RFK Stadium. <http://www.washingtontimes.com/sports/20050108-010430-3045r.htm> Wall Street Journal GM's AWOL Corvette How Car Maker Lost Control Of Its New Model's Rollout Shows Power of Web Fan Sites By KAREN LUNDEGAARD Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 7, 2005; Page B1 General Motors Corp. had big plans to wow the automotive world when it takes the wraps off its Corvette Z06 sports car next week at the Detroit auto show. But to millions of Corvette fans the car's sleek new look is already old hat. That's because unauthorized photos of the car started appearing on Web car-fan sites almost two months ago, and later showed up in auto magazines -- despite GM's aggressive efforts to put the new 'Vette and its 500 horses back in the barn. <http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110506257167819740-search,00.html?> -- Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA Richmond, Va [log in to unmask]