Out-and-out terrorism on the border near LaredoTony Garza, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, recently described a brutal gun battle that took place on July 28 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, between "armed criminal groups," as having "included unusually advanced weapons." This since the combatants used an arsenal that combined automatic weapons, bazookas and hand grenades, in the attack on an apparent safe house of one drug cartel by those of another.
Actually, hundreds of different caliber shells were subsequently found at the war ... (more)
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Secret Mysteries of America's BeginningsHave you ever wondered why President Bush ordered American forces to invade Iraq and Afghanistan? In his Second Inaugural Address on January 20, 2005, President Bush said that he invaded these two countries because he was attempting to complete an Ancient Plan based on an "Ancient Hope", a Plan called the "New Order of the Ages". How old is this Plan? How far back in history does this Plan go? You will be shocked to discover the answer.
Secret Mysteries of America's Beginnings unf... (more)
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Bombs explode across BangladeshAt least two people have been killed and 50 others injured in a series of small bomb blasts across Bangladesh.
Officials say more than 300 explosions took place simultaneously in 50 cities and towns across the country including the capital Dhaka.
An outlawed Islamic group, Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh, says it carried out the attacks.
Police say that more than 50 people have been arrested in connection with the blasts.
Prime Minister K... (more)
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Taxpayers pay for beer, ride home at public agency's partyhe beer was provided at taxpayer expense.
So was the ride home.
The executive director of the Justice-Willow Springs Water Commission -- a public agency that oversees water service in part of the southwest suburbs -- got so drunk during a recent work party, he couldn't drive home, officials said Tuesday.
So Peter Newman, who makes $60,000 a year, was driven home by a co-worker in an agency vehicle.
Newman was suspended for four days aft... (more)
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Survey: Half of Mexicans want to come to USAA survey reported Tuesday that nearly half of all Mexicans would like to live in the United States and that the sentiment seemed as strong among Mexico's college-educated middle class as the poor.
Some analysts said the results reflect the failure of the Mexican economy to provide good jobs and satisfactory wages, despite a decade of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Mexican government officials, however, attacked the report's conclusion as misleading and unr... (more)
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Man refused to keep yard tidy enough for town officials, sent to psychiatric hospitalA 56-year-old homeowner who has been fined and jailed in recent months for failing to keep his property tidy is now in a state psychiatric hospital after he allegedly sent a threatening letter to a township official.
James Dvoretsky, who lives with his dog and five cats at 50 Perry St., was arrested about 8 p.m. last Wednesday in the Morris County Mall parking lot by Hanover police on charges of harassment, obstruction and terroristic threats. Police had issued a warrant for his a... (more)
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The Web: Home-sales rules changingIs it going to be harder in the future for you to buy, or sell, residential real estate over the Internet? Some experts think so. In interviews with UPI's The Web column, real-estate agents and lawyers say new regulations are emerging, primarily at the state level, that are preventing online discount real-estate firms from selling properties with fees priced below the industry standard of 5 percent to 6 percent. What's more, cutting-edge online sellers may be restricted from offering rebates or ... (more)
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Muslims warn Blair of 'mark of dictatorship'Muslim groups yesterday denounced Government plans to deport fundamentalist clerics and ban extreme Islamist organisations as the "mark of dictatorships".
As they issued their comments, the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed that it had dropped charges against an imam who had been accused of calling for the slaughter of British servicemen and the murder of homosexuals.
Abdul Muhid, 22, was charged with racial hatred and a public order offence, which he denied. The... (more)
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Anti-terror laws are tyrannical: FraserFormer Liberal prime minister Malcolm Fraser has slammed Australia's anti-terrorism laws, saying they are laws associated with tyrannies.
In a speech to the Jewish Board of Deputies in Sydney, Mr Fraser said Australia was the only democratic nation with this kind of law.
The legislation, passed in 2002, gives the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation the power to detain suspects.
Mr Fraser said that gave ASIO the power to make people disappear... (more)
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Blagojevich To Bush: Release Reserve OilGovernor Rod Blagojevich issued a presidential challenge Wednesday asking to release oil from the strategic petroleum reserve to offer everyone relief from expensive gasoline.
“It’s out of control, and we can’t just sit back and not try to do something to help the working people of Illinois,” Blagojevich said.
The Illinois governor is putting pressure on Washington in a letter to the White House, saying an increase in supply would reduce the ... (more)
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Tort Trials Fall by Nearly 80 PercentThe number of tort trials in federal courts has fallen by nearly 80 percent in less than two decades, a government study found Wednesday, a trend the Bush administration would like to see duplicated at the state and local levels.
Legal experts attribute the drop to Supreme Court rulings in the 1990s that made it much more difficult for people bringing lawsuits in federal courts to prevail.
"Plaintiffs have been avoiding federal courts," said Aaron Twerski, ... (more)
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Toronto Mayor: No reason to have a firearm at homeGun owners in Toronto may soon be prohibited from keeping their firearms at home even if they are properly licensed and registered, Mayor David Miller said yesterday.
"There's no reason to own a gun in Toronto -- collector or not. If you are a collector and you have a permit, the guns need to be stored in a way that they can't be stolen. And perhaps a centralized facility of some kind could accomplish that goal," Mr. Miller told the National Post. "The law requires gun owners to h... (more)
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Officer Says Military Blocked Sharing of Files on TerroristsA military intelligence team repeatedly contacted the F.B.I. in 2000 to warn about the existence of an American-based terrorist cell that included the ringleader of the Sept. 11 attacks, according to a veteran Army intelligence officer who said he had now decided to risk his career by discussing the information publicly.
The officer, Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, said military lawyers later blocked the team from sharing any of its information with the bureau.
Colonel Sh... (more)
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Secret UK Study: Speed Cameras Increase Injury AccidentsThe UK Department for Transport funded, then suppressed, a study that shows a 55 percent increase in injury accidents when speed cameras are used on highway work zones and a 31 percent increase when used on freeways without construction projects. According to the Transport Research Laboratory, the "non-works [personal injury accident] rate is significantly higher for the sites with speed cameras than the rate for sites without."
An analysis of this data, buried on page 43 of the r... (more)
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Plug-In Hybrids Get Up To 250 MPGPoliticians and automakers say a car that can both reduce greenhouse gases and free America from its reliance on foreign oil is years or even decades away.
Ron Gremban says such a car is parked in his garage.
It looks like a typical Toyota Prius hybrid, but in the trunk sits an 80-miles-per-gallon secret — a stack of 18 brick-sized batteries that boosts the car's high mileage with an extra electrical charge so it can burn even less fuel.
Gremban... (more)
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The raw (and ugly) truth about the war on drugsDrugs are bad. Drugs destroy peoples' lives. Didn't you know that marijuana turns regular everyday people into zombie pot smokers? That's why we have a war on drugs in America: to protect our children from potheads.
Drugs are bad. Especially marijuana. I learned this the other day when I visited an elementary school as a guest speaker. The schoolchildren were well trained in describing the dangers of drugs. On command, they would spout out any number of statements describing them.... (more)
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Bookworm Bush's holiday readingGeorge Bush has never had a reputation as a bookworm, but for a man derided by his critics as an intellectual lightweight the president's holiday reading list packs a punch.
As well as brush cutting, mountain biking and fishing, the president will also be tucking into Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky during his five-week summer sojourn on his Texas ranch. The other tomes are reported to be Alexander II: the Last Great Tsar by Edvard Radzinsky and The Great Influenza: The Ep... (more)
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Judge Heard Terrorism Case As He Interviewed for SeatJudge John G. Roberts Jr. was interviewing for a possible Supreme Court nomination with top Bush administration officials at the same time he was presiding over a terrorism case of significant importance to President Bush.
Roberts recently released details of the months-long interviewing process showing that he met with Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and other administration officials about the Supreme Court job while sitting on the three-judge panel that eventually allowed ... (more)
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Aviation experts puzzled by clues in Greek disasterWhen a jetliner suddenly loses cabin pressure at high altitude, those aboard have only seconds to put on oxygen masks before losing consciousness.
But flight crews are trained to respond to such emergencies quickly, and disasters such as the Cypriot airliner crash are exceedingly rare, leading some experts to wonder what went wrong Sunday that led to the deaths of 121 people.
Authorities believe Helios Airways Flight ZU522 decompressed at 34,000 feet, sending oxygen... (more)
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Bosses play Big Brother by cell phoneSo you think you've pulled a fast one by hitting the links instead of attending a boring afternoon business conference.
Think again. Big Brother Boss may literally be watching your every move, via the cell phone in your pocket or car.
Corporations are increasingly using global positioning satellite technology, embedded in cell phone software, to pinpoint within yards where an employee is located – whether it's at a scheduled office-park sales meeting or on the... (more)
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Praying school board likened to terroristsA local ACLU director equated al-Qaida terrrorists with members of a Louisiana school board seeking to open their meetings with prayer.
Joe Cook of the ACLU of Louisiana spoke on camera with WAFB-TV, Baton Rouge, La., while staff and teachers of the Tangipahoa Parish district in New Orleans were at a seminar being informed of their free-speech rights by a member of the Alliance Defense Fund.
Referring to the school board, Cook said, "They believe that they answer to... (more)
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Reactions Mixed Over DISD CamerasHundreds of Dallas high school students soon will have video cameras watching over them if Dallas Independent School District officials follow through with their plan.
DISD leaders want to install surveillance cameras in 22 high schools within the district. The cameras would be placed in the hallways and some common areas of the schools.
Principals said the cameras would provide evidence during investigations of fights and other punishable incidents.
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