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 Help with Google News, anyone?
started 2/3/2003; 6:31:12 PM - last post 2/8/2003; 10:46:37 AM
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adamsj - Help with Google News, anyone? 
2/3/2003; 10:31:12 PM (reads: 1716, responses: 8)
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So I just got the phone call that a dear friend died today, and I'm searching for an obituary--there were no details, no place, just that he died around noon. This is a bitter blow--I didn't think it could get any worse than the shuttle going down, but it just did.
So I've tried and failed, and now I want your help--how do you search on Google News for a name by initials--like L.B. Johnson? Or like L. B. Johnson? Or like L B Johnson? Or like LB Johnson. Or all of the above.
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Doc Searls - Re: Help with Google News, anyone?
2/4/2003; 2:07:13 AM (reads: 749, responses: 0)
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Sorry to hear about your friend.
Chances are nothing will show up until tomorrow's papers. There doesn't seem to be an advanced search facility on Google News. I'd just do trial & error on every possible combination of initials, name and misspelling.
I just put a notice up on the main blog page. Maybe somebody can help.
Good luck.
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Toph - Re: Help with Google News, anyone?
2/4/2003; 2:50:40 AM (reads: 660, responses: 0)
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"L.B. Johnson""L. B. Johnson""L B Johnson""LB Johnson"
Recommend take possibilities and enter into Google News this way
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Toph - Re: Help with Google News, anyone?
2/4/2003; 2:53:24 AM (reads: 685, responses: 0)
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"L.B. Johnson""L. B. Johnson""L B Johnson""LB Johnson"
Recommend take possibilities and enter into Google News this way and search news, search the web.
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Richard Soderberg - Re: Help with Google News, anyone?
2/4/2003; 3:44:12 AM (reads: 681, responses: 0)
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It sounds like what you're looking for is any article or obituary about his death.
I've an active account at Google Answers, and I'd be quite willing to donate some credit to ask a question for you, if you can come up with one.
If you like, I'd be glad to assist; I don't have time to do the research, thanks to my day job, but the least I can do is offer to ask the question.
I think that I can possibly offer you a bit of help, too; when something is indexed on Google News, is it indexed in Google as well? That would make sense, and if it is, you should be able to use Google as usual to find the articles of interest.
I wish I could help further. Feel free to contact me if you wish.
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lou josephs - Re: Help with Google News, anyone?
2/4/2003; 3:56:34 AM (reads: 705, responses: 0)
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bag google, try Teoma for stateside stuff.
Also give alltheweb.com a shot as well.
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Hanan Cohen - Use Altavista news search instead
2/4/2003; 6:01:18 AM (reads: 697, responses: 0)
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Sorry to hear about your loss.
Go to Altavista News search and search the following:
Johnson died -Space
In the date selector choose Today/Yesterday
The "-Space" tells AV to exclude "Johnson Space Center" from the search results.
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Google Guy - Re: Help with Google News, anyone?
2/8/2003; 6:09:12 AM (reads: 643, responses: 1)
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adamsj - Re: Help with Google News, anyone?
2/8/2003; 2:46:37 PM (reads: 763, responses: 0)
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As it turns out, my problem was not with Google News itself, but with a local version of urinal^H^H^H^H^H^Hjournalism which relegates obituaries to the classified advertisements. That's out of scope for Google News, so my friend wasn't there.
And thanks to everyone who looked for an L. B. Johnson--that's not my friend's name. I just had LBJ on my mind lately and, since my friend was a private man, I took advantage of his name to fuzz up the situation. The isn't much privacy these days--that's my tiny contribution to it.
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