The Witches of Finnmark

GARY INDIANA ON THE STEILNESET MEMORIAL

IN FINNMARK, at the Arctic tail end of Norway that lops over Sweden and Finland, American artist Louise Bourgeois and Swiss architect Peter Zumthor collaborated on a monument to the ninety-one persons burned there as witches in the seventeenth century. On June 23, a year after Bourgeois's death, the Steilneset Memorial was opened to the public by Queen Sonja of Norway (that rare thing, a monarch people actually like) in a dedication ceremony that drew what appeared to be most if not all of the surrounding population.

The witch trials, tortures, and executions that took place at Steilneset, on the island of Vardo, were inspired in …

Spanish police arrest 4 in major crackdown on fake brand-name clothing racket

Spanish police say they have arrested four people and seized some 500,000 articles of clothing in an operation against a gang importing counterfeit brand-name products.

Police say in statement Thursday that seven ship containers were seized in raids in the eastern …

Japan misbrands whole industry for one company's mistake

In response to the March 31 Commentary in the Sun-Times Businesssection by Chicago attorney Calvin Manshio (" 'Don't worry' doesn'tcut it for Japan in beef over U.S. imports"), I appreciate thewillingness of the Sun-Times to correct Mr. Manshio's claim that theUnited States shipped beef to Japan that contained Bovine SpongiformEncephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease.

No U.S. beef shipment to Japan ever contained BSE.

I agree with Mr. Manshio's belief that trust is essential ininternational relations. However, there were other misstatements inhis op-ed that must also be addressed.

The situation in question resulted from a simple trading …

PinnacleHealth System fund-raiser nearing its goal

A campaign to raise funds to enhance services at H arri sburgbased PinnacleHealth System is nearing its $10.9 million goal.

As of Oct. 11, the PinnacleHealth Foundation's Commitment to Caring had raised $9.2 million, said Paul Brown, PinnacleHealth's vice president of gifts and endowments. The effort began in August 2000.

It will pay for expanding and renovating the emergency departments at Harrisburg and Community General Osteopathic hospitals. A new community health center at Polyclinic Hospital in Harrisburg will also be funded.

The emergency department projects were completed in late 2000 and early 2001. The community health center is scheduled to open in …

Reba serves as model for young acts' success

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Think of this as the Reba McEntire edition of the Country Music Association Awards.

Country music's most recognizable woman is up for just one award, but she inspired and led the way for the new generation of female talent that swept through nominations this year.

Young singers like Miranda Lambert, Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood admit they owe a debt to stars like Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton — as do all female country performers. But it was Reba who was front and center during their childhood, pointing the way.

She won the CMA's entertainer of the year in 1986 — around the time Lambert turned 3 and Scott …

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NATIONALS REPORT

TimeOpponentNationals

PitchersOpponent

PitchersTVTomorrow7:35at Atlanta Joel Hanrahan

(4-2, 5.14)John Smoltz

(12-7, 3.09)

MASN2,

WDCA-20Saturday7:05at Atlanta Matt Chico

(5-7, 4.78)Chuck James

(9-10, 4.27)MASN2,

WDCA-20Sunday1:05at AtlantaJason Bergmann

(3-5, 4.30) Lance Cormier

(2-4, 6.69)MASNALL GAMES ON WTWP (107.7 FM, 820 AM, 1500 AM)

1.54

Nationals' bullpen ERA in the last 11 games, including two runsin 62/3 innings last night

Manager Manny Acta rested 1B Dmitri Young last night, saying helooked as if he needed a break after a 3-for-18 stretch …