MI5 warning over civil liberties Channel 4 News
The director-general of the MI5 has said civil liberties may have to be eroded to protect British citizens. In her first comments about July's London bombings, Dame Eliza Manningham Buller said the security services were shocked but not surprised by what happened.
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Chinese President Begins Official Visit to Canada Voice of America
The President of the Peoples Republic of China, Hu Jintao, has begun an official visit to Canada. Trade, investment and human rights are among the issues being addressed during the trip.
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The President of the Peoples Republic of China, Hu Jintao, has begun an official visit to Canada. Trade, investment and human rights are among the issues being addressed during the trip.
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Chirac's illness sets off power battle Guardian Unlimited
Jacques Chirac left hospital yesterday, declaring himself "in good shape", but aware that his week-long stay, for what doctors called "a small vascular incident", had unleashed a fierce battle for his succession.
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Jacques Chirac left hospital yesterday, declaring himself "in good shape", but aware that his week-long stay, for what doctors called "a small vascular incident", had unleashed a fierce battle for his succession.
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Baghdad airport shuttered over pay dispute Provo Daily Herald
Passengers' voices echo through the dusty, once-busy corridors and gates. Workers -- a skeleton force -- shuffle past closed shops and restaurants.
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IMF again postpones decision on Zimbabwe expulsion Reuters
The International Monetary Fund's executive board on Friday postponed casting judgment on whether to expel Zimbabwe as a member but pledged to revisit the issue within six months.
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The International Monetary Fund's executive board on Friday postponed casting judgment on whether to expel Zimbabwe as a member but pledged to revisit the issue within six months.
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Afghan Minister Dodges Shooting CBS News
Gunmen botched a brazen assassination attempt on Afghanistan's defense minister Saturday, opening fire on his convoy after he had gotten out of his car at the capital's airport, while fresh fighting in the south left 30 suspected militants dead, officials said.
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Gunmen botched a brazen assassination attempt on Afghanistan's defense minister Saturday, opening fire on his convoy after he had gotten out of his car at the capital's airport, while fresh fighting in the south left 30 suspected militants dead, officials said.
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After Egypt's Vote, a Surge of Skepticism Washington Post
As the oilcloth campaign posters came down from Cairo street corners, Hayan Saad, whose husband has been jailed since 2003 despite court orders for his release, laughed out loud at the suggestion she might have gone to vote for President Hosni Mubarak.
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First Lady steps in to defuse anger at Bush Telegraph.co.uk
The White House has turned to its most popular performer in an effort to rebuff criticism of its handling of Hurricane Katrina. Laura Bush, the normally mildly spoken First , is defending her husband in defiant terms - describing some of the criticism of President George W Bush as "disgusting".
Her remarks came as Mr Bush's attempt to defuse public anger by replacing the man in charge of the recovery operation appeared to have fallen flat. Although Michael Brown, the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was recalled to Washington, he was not sacked from his job - and President Bush's approval ratings continues to hover at an all-time low.
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Her remarks came as Mr Bush's attempt to defuse public anger by replacing the man in charge of the recovery operation appeared to have fallen flat. Although Michael Brown, the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was recalled to Washington, he was not sacked from his job - and President Bush's approval ratings continues to hover at an all-time low.
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Dear Friend,
Please join as many as a million people around the world in a healing meditation and prayer for those affected by Katrina.
Meditation and prayer powerfully affect our world in ways we may never understand. And when two or more join together the effects are exponential. Lives will be saved, emotional trauma healed, families reunited, hearts soothed, and normalcy returned. Miracles will happen.
Sunday - September 18, 2005
11:00 to 11:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time
10:00 to 10:30 pm Central Daylight Time
9:00 to 9:30 pm Mountain Daylight Time
8:00 to 8:30 pm Pacific Daylight Time.
Please join as many as a million people around the world in a healing meditation and prayer for those affected by Katrina.
Meditation and prayer powerfully affect our world in ways we may never understand. And when two or more join together the effects are exponential. Lives will be saved, emotional trauma healed, families reunited, hearts soothed, and normalcy returned. Miracles will happen.
- 1) Everyone will meet in meditation and prayer at the same time on the same day. Simply meditate or pray in your own space, and
imagine connecting with everyone else, as described below.
Sunday - September 18, 2005
11:00 to11:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time
10:00 to 10:30 pm Central Daylight Time
9:00 to 9:30 pm Mountain Daylight Time
8:00 to 8:30 pm Pacific Daylight Time.
To coordinate with your time zone, visit: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html
If you are only available for five minutes, please do what you can.
If you cannot join us at the appointed time, please do your meditation and prayer at any time, and imagine your energy joining the group. - 2) Consider doing the following meditation:
- Breathe slowly and deeply.
- Focus on your heart, and see your heart filled with the beautiful, warm, golden, healing light of the sun. Feel the limitless healing energy of love filling your heart. Magnify the feeling inside of you. See the energy. Hear it.
- When you are ready, imagine all of the people who have been affected by the hurricane, all of those who are giving so much
to assist, each and everyone one of them wrapped! in this warm, beautiful, light of love and healing. Imagine them perfectly restored. Imagine them in a beautiful, loving setting, free of any pain or sickness, happy, healthy, their lives fully restored. Use all of your senses. See, hear, and feel them filled with hope, health, and happiness. - When you are ready, feel the love energy growing as your love and compassion joins the love energy of millions of others around the world.
- Hold this picture for as long as you can (5 minutes, 30 minutes, one hour)
- When you close your meditation, imagine this beautiful healing light of love expanding to envelope the entire world, every country, every man, woman and child. Hold this vision and know with complete confidence, with all your heart and soul, that this healing is
taking place and be thankful for the love of the world. - Express your thanks to God, Jesus Christ, Buddha, Muhammad,! your spiritual guide, universal love energy, to that which is appropriate and meaningful for you.
Sunday - September 18, 2005
11:00 to 11:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time
10:00 to 10:30 pm Central Daylight Time
9:00 to 9:30 pm Mountain Daylight Time
8:00 to 8:30 pm Pacific Daylight Time.
To All My Fellow Americans Who Voted for George W. Bush:
On this, the fourth anniversary of 9/11, I'm just curious, how does it feel?
How does it feel to know that the man you elected to lead us after we were attacked went ahead and put a guy in charge of FEMA whose main qualification was that he ran horse shows?
That's right. Horse shows.
I really want to know -- and I ask you this in all sincerity and with all due respect -- how do you feel about the utter contempt Mr. Bush has shown for your safety? C'mon, give me just a moment of honesty. Don't start ranting on about how this disaster in New Orleans was the fault of one of the poorest cities in America. Put aside your hatred of Democrats and liberals and anyone with the last name of Clinton. Just look me in the eye and tell me our President did the right thing after 9/11 by naming a horse show runner as the top man to protect us in case of an emergency or catastrophe.
I want you to put aside your self-affixed label of Republican/conservative/born-again/capitalist/ditto-head/right-winger and just talk to me as an American, on the common ground we both call America.
Are we safer now than before 9/11? When you learn that behind the horse show runner, the #2 and #3 men in charge of emergency preparedness have zero experience in emergency preparedness, do you think we are safer?
When you look at Michael Chertoff, the head of Homeland Security, a man with little experience in national security, do you feel secure?
When men who never served in the military and have never seen young men die in battle send our young people off to war, do you think they know how to conduct a war? Do they know what it means to have your legs blown off for a threat that was never there?
Do you really believe that turning over important government services to private corporations has resulted in better services for the people?
Why do you hate our federal government so much? You have voted for politicians for the past 25 years whose main goal has been to de-fund the federal government. Do you think that cutting federal programs like FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers has been good or bad for America? GOOD OR BAD?
With the nation's debt at an all-time high, do you think tax cuts for the rich are still a good idea? Will you give yours back so hundreds of thousands of homeless in New Orleans can have a home?
Do you believe in Jesus? Really? Didn't he say that we would be judged by how we treat the least among us? Hurricane Katrina came in and blew off the facade that we were a nation with liberty and justice for all. The wind howled and the water rose and what was revealed was that the poor in America shall be left to suffer and die while the President of the United States fiddles and tells them to eat cake.
That's not a joke. The day the hurricane hit and the levees broke, Mr. Bush, John McCain and their rich pals were stuffing themselves with cake. A full day after the levees broke (the same levees whose repair funding he had cut), Mr. Bush was playing a guitar some country singer gave him. All this while New Orleans sank under water.
It would take ANOTHER day before the President would do a flyover in his jumbo jet, peeking out the widow at the misery 2500 feet below him as he flew back to his second home in DC. It would then be TWO MORE DAYS before a trickle of federal aid and troops would arrive. This was no seven minutes in a sitting trance while children read "My Pet Goat" to him. This was FOUR DAYS of doing nothing other than saying "Brownie (FEMA director Michael Brown), you're doing a heck of a job!"
My Republican friends, does it bother you that we are the laughing stock of the world?
And on this sacred day of remembrance, do you think we honor or shame those who died on 9/11/01? If we learned nothing and find ourselves today every bit as vulnerable and unprepared as we were on that bright sunny morning, then did the 3,000 die in vain?
Our vulnerability is not just about dealing with terrorists or natural disasters. We are vulnerable and unsafe because we allow one in eight Americans to live in horrible poverty. We accept an education system where one in six children never graduate and most of those who do can't string a coherent sentence together. The middle class can't pay the mortgage or the hospital bills and 45 million have no health coverage whatsoever.
Are we safe? Do you really feel safe? You can only move so far out and build so many gated communities before the fruit of what you've sown will be crashing through your walls and demanding retribution. Do you really want to wait until that happens? Or is it your hope that if they are left alone long enough to soil themselves and shoot themselves and drown in the filth that fills the street that maybe the problem will somehow go away?
I know you know better. You gave the country and the world a man who wasn't up for the job and all he does is hire people who aren't up for the job. You did this to us, to the world, to the people of New Orleans. Please fix it. Bush is yours. And you know, for our peace and safety and security, this has to be fixed. What do you propose?
I have an idea, and it isn't a horse show.
Yours,
Michael Moore
www.michaelmoore.com
mmflint@aol.com
On this, the fourth anniversary of 9/11, I'm just curious, how does it feel?
How does it feel to know that the man you elected to lead us after we were attacked went ahead and put a guy in charge of FEMA whose main qualification was that he ran horse shows?
That's right. Horse shows.
I really want to know -- and I ask you this in all sincerity and with all due respect -- how do you feel about the utter contempt Mr. Bush has shown for your safety? C'mon, give me just a moment of honesty. Don't start ranting on about how this disaster in New Orleans was the fault of one of the poorest cities in America. Put aside your hatred of Democrats and liberals and anyone with the last name of Clinton. Just look me in the eye and tell me our President did the right thing after 9/11 by naming a horse show runner as the top man to protect us in case of an emergency or catastrophe.
I want you to put aside your self-affixed label of Republican/conservative/born-again/capitalist/ditto-head/right-winger and just talk to me as an American, on the common ground we both call America.
Are we safer now than before 9/11? When you learn that behind the horse show runner, the #2 and #3 men in charge of emergency preparedness have zero experience in emergency preparedness, do you think we are safer?
When you look at Michael Chertoff, the head of Homeland Security, a man with little experience in national security, do you feel secure?
When men who never served in the military and have never seen young men die in battle send our young people off to war, do you think they know how to conduct a war? Do they know what it means to have your legs blown off for a threat that was never there?
Do you really believe that turning over important government services to private corporations has resulted in better services for the people?
Why do you hate our federal government so much? You have voted for politicians for the past 25 years whose main goal has been to de-fund the federal government. Do you think that cutting federal programs like FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers has been good or bad for America? GOOD OR BAD?
With the nation's debt at an all-time high, do you think tax cuts for the rich are still a good idea? Will you give yours back so hundreds of thousands of homeless in New Orleans can have a home?
Do you believe in Jesus? Really? Didn't he say that we would be judged by how we treat the least among us? Hurricane Katrina came in and blew off the facade that we were a nation with liberty and justice for all. The wind howled and the water rose and what was revealed was that the poor in America shall be left to suffer and die while the President of the United States fiddles and tells them to eat cake.
That's not a joke. The day the hurricane hit and the levees broke, Mr. Bush, John McCain and their rich pals were stuffing themselves with cake. A full day after the levees broke (the same levees whose repair funding he had cut), Mr. Bush was playing a guitar some country singer gave him. All this while New Orleans sank under water.
It would take ANOTHER day before the President would do a flyover in his jumbo jet, peeking out the widow at the misery 2500 feet below him as he flew back to his second home in DC. It would then be TWO MORE DAYS before a trickle of federal aid and troops would arrive. This was no seven minutes in a sitting trance while children read "My Pet Goat" to him. This was FOUR DAYS of doing nothing other than saying "Brownie (FEMA director Michael Brown), you're doing a heck of a job!"
My Republican friends, does it bother you that we are the laughing stock of the world?
And on this sacred day of remembrance, do you think we honor or shame those who died on 9/11/01? If we learned nothing and find ourselves today every bit as vulnerable and unprepared as we were on that bright sunny morning, then did the 3,000 die in vain?
Our vulnerability is not just about dealing with terrorists or natural disasters. We are vulnerable and unsafe because we allow one in eight Americans to live in horrible poverty. We accept an education system where one in six children never graduate and most of those who do can't string a coherent sentence together. The middle class can't pay the mortgage or the hospital bills and 45 million have no health coverage whatsoever.
Are we safe? Do you really feel safe? You can only move so far out and build so many gated communities before the fruit of what you've sown will be crashing through your walls and demanding retribution. Do you really want to wait until that happens? Or is it your hope that if they are left alone long enough to soil themselves and shoot themselves and drown in the filth that fills the street that maybe the problem will somehow go away?
I know you know better. You gave the country and the world a man who wasn't up for the job and all he does is hire people who aren't up for the job. You did this to us, to the world, to the people of New Orleans. Please fix it. Bush is yours. And you know, for our peace and safety and security, this has to be fixed. What do you propose?
I have an idea, and it isn't a horse show.
Yours,
Michael Moore
www.michaelmoore.com
mmflint@aol.com
Koizumi heading for landslide, polls show Financial Times
Television exit polls showed Junichiro Koizumi’s Liberal Democratic party heading for a crushing victory in Sunday’s election, vindicating the prime minister’s strategy of making the election a referendum on postal reform. Mr Koizumi’s party and coalition partner New Komeito won at least 321 seats according to the latest official figures, while the opposition Democratic Party of Japan scored 113. The LDP alone now has a majority of 291 seats in the lower house of the Japanese parliament.
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Television exit polls showed Junichiro Koizumi’s Liberal Democratic party heading for a crushing victory in Sunday’s election, vindicating the prime minister’s strategy of making the election a referendum on postal reform. Mr Koizumi’s party and coalition partner New Komeito won at least 321 seats according to the latest official figures, while the opposition Democratic Party of Japan scored 113. The LDP alone now has a majority of 291 seats in the lower house of the Japanese parliament.
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Dahlan says Gaza still occupied despite Israeli pullout Xinhua
Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister Mohammed Dahlan said on Sunday that despite an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, the coastal strip is still under occupation. In a written statement sent to reporters, Dahlan, who returned Saturday from Jordan for treating back pain there, said Israel still keeps the ability to invade Gaza again in the future by controlling Gaza's airspace, waterway, borders and crossings.
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SD center aids Katrina victims San Diego Union Tribune
After a 33-hour train ride in coach seating, Gloria Taylor arrived in San Diego on Friday evening, tired, hungry and wondering where she would get help.
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Remembering 9/11 - "Walk with me through this day" JREGrassroots
hile we break once more and remember our fallen neighbors, our family,
our friends, consider taking a moment to read an amazing and inspiring
speech in their honor.
This excerpt is from a CNC Breakfast speech by John Edwards in 2004 yet
it will forever be timeless. You may read the entire speech by visiting
the link here:
http://www.jregrassroots.org/forums/index....showtopic=16293
When you've finished, please feel free to leave a message of comfort
and support for those many people who are still living with the sorrow of
that day 4 years ago. They are our brothers & sisters, and just as they
will never forget, neither shall we.
Peace to you & yours.
-------------------------------------
John Edwards, 2004
---
Good morning.
Today, on this day of remembrance and mourning, we have the Lord's word
to get us through. "The bricks have fallen, but we will build with
dressed stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will put cedars in
their place."
And let me show you how we are building and putting cedars in those
three hallowed places-the footprints of the Towers, the Pentagon, and the
field in Pennsylvania. Walk with me through this day and you will see
that this is a season of hope.
For at this moment, just outside of New York, a mother laces up her
daughter's shoes. And they are ready to start their long walk through this
day. The daughter is two and a half. She can say his name, "Dad." She
can point to his picture, but she does not know him.
On this day, they go to Central Park to remember with the other
families. Then, they head downtown to place a flower where he died-the once
tall tower where he left his first, last and only message addressed to
her. And they return home still in their Sunday bests after a Saturday of
sorrow.
So walk with me through this day.
Read the rest at:
http://www.jregrassroots.org/forums/index....showtopic=16293
hile we break once more and remember our fallen neighbors, our family,
our friends, consider taking a moment to read an amazing and inspiring
speech in their honor.
This excerpt is from a CNC Breakfast speech by John Edwards in 2004 yet
it will forever be timeless. You may read the entire speech by visiting
the link here:
http://www.jregrassroots.org/forums/index....showtopic=16293
When you've finished, please feel free to leave a message of comfort
and support for those many people who are still living with the sorrow of
that day 4 years ago. They are our brothers & sisters, and just as they
will never forget, neither shall we.
Peace to you & yours.
-------------------------------------
John Edwards, 2004
---
Good morning.
Today, on this day of remembrance and mourning, we have the Lord's word
to get us through. "The bricks have fallen, but we will build with
dressed stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will put cedars in
their place."
And let me show you how we are building and putting cedars in those
three hallowed places-the footprints of the Towers, the Pentagon, and the
field in Pennsylvania. Walk with me through this day and you will see
that this is a season of hope.
For at this moment, just outside of New York, a mother laces up her
daughter's shoes. And they are ready to start their long walk through this
day. The daughter is two and a half. She can say his name, "Dad." She
can point to his picture, but she does not know him.
On this day, they go to Central Park to remember with the other
families. Then, they head downtown to place a flower where he died-the once
tall tower where he left his first, last and only message addressed to
her. And they return home still in their Sunday bests after a Saturday of
sorrow.
So walk with me through this day.
Read the rest at:
http://www.jregrassroots.org/forums/index....showtopic=16293
The challenge facing Roberts Christian Science Monitor
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Senate Judiciary Committee opens its first Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 11 years on Monday with its top Republican and Democrat vowing a close examination of chief justice nominee John Roberts.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Senate Judiciary Committee opens its first Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 11 years on Monday with its top Republican and Democrat vowing a close examination of chief justice nominee John Roberts.
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Iraqi and US troops sweeping through the northern city of Tal Afar yesterday killed 15 suspected rebels and discovered a bomb factory during the second day of a high-profile counterinsurgency offensive.
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Ophelia lurks off Carolina coast, could strengthen Boston Globe
Hurricane Ophelia sat nearly stationary off the coast of the southeastern United States last night and could hit North Carolina later in the week, forecasters said.
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Bush arrives Sunday in New Orleans, where he was met by Vice Adm. Thad Allen. Do you think Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad Allen will improve Katrina relief efforts? President Bush on Monday will get his first up-close look at the streets of New Orleans, flooded nearly two weeks ago after levees protecting the low-lying city broke.
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Paris: In a major defence deal, India today decided to acquire six highly advanced French Scorpene submarines worth three billion US Dollars (about Rs 13,000 crore), days after placing an order for 43 Airbus aircraft at a cost of about 2.4 billion USD (nearly Rs 9,800 crore) from an European consortium that includes France. French President Jacques Chirac disclosed India's decision to buy the Scorpene submarines while welcoming Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Elysee Palace where the two leaders had wide ranging discussions on Indo-French defence cooperation, India's bid for permanent membership of the UN Security Council and trade and economic cooperation.
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Utility Error Disrupts Power in Los Angeles New York Times
Large areas of Los Angeles lost power on Monday after utility workers doing maintenance work accidentally cut a line, officials said. The blackout, which occurred just after 12:30 p.m. Pacific time and lasted for less than an hour in most areas, came a day after Sept. 11 and amid reports of threats by Al Qaeda against the city, setting off jitters citywide. During the power loss, television stations broadcast striking images of towering flames at refineries.
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On the First Day, John Roberts's Reserve Is Confirmed Washington Post
By Marcia Davis. It was the moment for which the nation had been waiting -- okay, well, at least those who'd managed to get a seat in the hearing room in the Russell Building on Capitol Hill yesterday.
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By Marcia Davis. It was the moment for which the nation had been waiting -- okay, well, at least those who'd managed to get a seat in the hearing room in the Russell Building on Capitol Hill yesterday. The confirmation hearings for John G. Roberts Jr. were unfolding against the backdrop of Hurricane Katrina, and though a few senators mentioned it early on, as the day progressed in Room 325, its urgency seemed a million miles away. The caucus room with its high ceiling, huge columns and glittering chandeliers has been the site of other history-making moments. It was where in 1987 Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court began its descent into defeat, and where Clarence Thomas crossed swords with Anita Hill. Yesterday, it was where Roberts finally spoke on his own behalf in his bid to become the next Supreme Court chief justice.
John Roberts spoke only briefly as a Senate panel opened hearings on his nomination to be chief justice. At left is former senator Fred Thompson. (By Bill O'leary -- The Washington Post)
A sea of media, 140 or so strong, and the few members of the public who managed to get seats in the very back of the room had been waiting through one senator's speech after another to hear the 50-year-old federal judge work his rhetorical magic. Here was the man who had argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court, and won most. Here was the man touted as a lawyer's lawyer, a man his colleagues have praised as knowing the power of combining legal brilliance with a cool confidence. And here was the man, who, if President Bush has his way, will be confirmed as the nation's 17th chief justice, elevated to a position that could shape the quality of life for Americans for decades to come. So, naturally, his words were what everyone wanted to hear. And speak he did -- for all of eight minutes. He was introduced shortly before 3:30, and he was done with his opening statement soon after.
Talk about judicial restraint. As does any lawyer, John Roberts knows that anything he says can be used against him. And so yesterday he was a man of "thank yous" -- to the senators lined up before him, to Bush for the nomination, to his family and his mentors without whose help and sacrifices he would not be sitting where he was, he said. He paid respects once again to the man whose casket he helped to carry up the Supreme Court steps last week, William H. Rehnquist. Roberts clerked for the chief justice, and in one of those odd, novel-like twists, he may soon replace him. "I talked last week with the nurses who helped care for him over the past year, and I was glad to hear from them that he was not a particularly good patient," Roberts said. "He chafed at the limitations they tried to impose. His dedication to duty over the past year was an inspiration to me and, I know, to many others." Roberts went on to speak of his philosophy, one that demands a limited role for judges. He compared them to umpires, adding, "Nobody ever went to a ballgame to see the umpire." Judges are more than umpires, of course, and Roberts tried to assure the panel that his thinking has evolved since his early eager days as a young lawyer working in the Republican administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. When the questioning begins, there will be those who will press him to be more revealing. But yesterday Roberts spent most of the day in silence, sitting through the 10-minute speeches of the Judiciary Committee members, which added up to hours. Roberts was as still as he was silent, his face a wall. His lips were a tight line, except on the few occasions when he laughed at a joke -- mainly the recurring one about his relative youth and appearance of good health. There were times, too, when someone seemed to make a point that he appreciated, and he would reward that senator with the slightest of nods, as when Joseph Biden (D-Del.) talked about the issues of technology and privacy that no doubt the high court would face in the future. There were what passed for harsh words from Democratic senators such as New York's Charles Schumer, who warned that he would be unsparing in his questioning, and California's Dianne Feinstein, who said she would be unable to vote for anyone she believed would overturn Roe v. Wade. And there were words of encouragement from Republicans such as Orrin Hatch, who warned Roberts not to be trapped into answering questions that compromised him as a judge. Roberts took it all in, his eyes often wide and glistening under the glare of the camera lights, but revealing nothing. It was representative democracy at work, though it was occurring in a room where if you didn't know better, you might think democracy was almost exclusively white. The Judiciary Committee itself is all white, and Feinstein is its only female member. "Things went as I expected," said Ted Shaw of the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund. "I think Roberts's opening statement was eloquent. I've seen him in court. But the question for me is who is he." Roberts's moments of greatest animation occurred before the hearings began, when he sat with his wife, Jane, and children, Jack and Josie. Jack wore a suit with shorts and a bow tie. Josie wore a blue dress and a bow in her hair. It was a moment reminiscent of the summer day when Bush first nominated Roberts to replace Sandra Day O'Connor. Jack didn't dance this time, though. He simply climbed into his father's lap. The cameras flashed, and Roberts didn't have to say a word.
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By Marcia Davis. It was the moment for which the nation had been waiting -- okay, well, at least those who'd managed to get a seat in the hearing room in the Russell Building on Capitol Hill yesterday. The confirmation hearings for John G. Roberts Jr. were unfolding against the backdrop of Hurricane Katrina, and though a few senators mentioned it early on, as the day progressed in Room 325, its urgency seemed a million miles away. The caucus room with its high ceiling, huge columns and glittering chandeliers has been the site of other history-making moments. It was where in 1987 Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court began its descent into defeat, and where Clarence Thomas crossed swords with Anita Hill. Yesterday, it was where Roberts finally spoke on his own behalf in his bid to become the next Supreme Court chief justice.
John Roberts spoke only briefly as a Senate panel opened hearings on his nomination to be chief justice. At left is former senator Fred Thompson. (By Bill O'leary -- The Washington Post)
A sea of media, 140 or so strong, and the few members of the public who managed to get seats in the very back of the room had been waiting through one senator's speech after another to hear the 50-year-old federal judge work his rhetorical magic. Here was the man who had argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court, and won most. Here was the man touted as a lawyer's lawyer, a man his colleagues have praised as knowing the power of combining legal brilliance with a cool confidence. And here was the man, who, if President Bush has his way, will be confirmed as the nation's 17th chief justice, elevated to a position that could shape the quality of life for Americans for decades to come. So, naturally, his words were what everyone wanted to hear. And speak he did -- for all of eight minutes. He was introduced shortly before 3:30, and he was done with his opening statement soon after.
Talk about judicial restraint. As does any lawyer, John Roberts knows that anything he says can be used against him. And so yesterday he was a man of "thank yous" -- to the senators lined up before him, to Bush for the nomination, to his family and his mentors without whose help and sacrifices he would not be sitting where he was, he said. He paid respects once again to the man whose casket he helped to carry up the Supreme Court steps last week, William H. Rehnquist. Roberts clerked for the chief justice, and in one of those odd, novel-like twists, he may soon replace him. "I talked last week with the nurses who helped care for him over the past year, and I was glad to hear from them that he was not a particularly good patient," Roberts said. "He chafed at the limitations they tried to impose. His dedication to duty over the past year was an inspiration to me and, I know, to many others." Roberts went on to speak of his philosophy, one that demands a limited role for judges. He compared them to umpires, adding, "Nobody ever went to a ballgame to see the umpire." Judges are more than umpires, of course, and Roberts tried to assure the panel that his thinking has evolved since his early eager days as a young lawyer working in the Republican administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. When the questioning begins, there will be those who will press him to be more revealing. But yesterday Roberts spent most of the day in silence, sitting through the 10-minute speeches of the Judiciary Committee members, which added up to hours. Roberts was as still as he was silent, his face a wall. His lips were a tight line, except on the few occasions when he laughed at a joke -- mainly the recurring one about his relative youth and appearance of good health. There were times, too, when someone seemed to make a point that he appreciated, and he would reward that senator with the slightest of nods, as when Joseph Biden (D-Del.) talked about the issues of technology and privacy that no doubt the high court would face in the future. There were what passed for harsh words from Democratic senators such as New York's Charles Schumer, who warned that he would be unsparing in his questioning, and California's Dianne Feinstein, who said she would be unable to vote for anyone she believed would overturn Roe v. Wade. And there were words of encouragement from Republicans such as Orrin Hatch, who warned Roberts not to be trapped into answering questions that compromised him as a judge. Roberts took it all in, his eyes often wide and glistening under the glare of the camera lights, but revealing nothing. It was representative democracy at work, though it was occurring in a room where if you didn't know better, you might think democracy was almost exclusively white. The Judiciary Committee itself is all white, and Feinstein is its only female member. "Things went as I expected," said Ted Shaw of the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund. "I think Roberts's opening statement was eloquent. I've seen him in court. But the question for me is who is he." Roberts's moments of greatest animation occurred before the hearings began, when he sat with his wife, Jane, and children, Jack and Josie. Jack wore a suit with shorts and a bow tie. Josie wore a blue dress and a bow in her hair. It was a moment reminiscent of the summer day when Bush first nominated Roberts to replace Sandra Day O'Connor. Jack didn't dance this time, though. He simply climbed into his father's lap. The cameras flashed, and Roberts didn't have to say a word.
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Koizumi's Landslide Victory TIME
Japan's Prime Minister wins an election widely seen as a referendum on his ambitious reform agenda. With obstacles removed, can he follow through? Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi ran the most important election of his career as if he were the hero of a medieval revenge play—and vengeance, as they say, was his. After failing to push through a bill to privatize Japan's state postal system this summer, due largely to resistance within his own Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Koizumi dissolved the lower house of Parliament and called for snap elections, throwing all 480 seats up for grabs and putting his career, his party's tenuous majority and perhaps the economic and political future of the country on the line. As the polls closed Sunday night, it became clear that his gamble has paid off bigger than even his most enthusiastic boosters had hoped: in a landslide victory, the LDP secured 296 seats, its biggest majority since 1986.
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Japan's Prime Minister wins an election widely seen as a referendum on his ambitious reform agenda. With obstacles removed, can he follow through? Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi ran the most important election of his career as if he were the hero of a medieval revenge play—and vengeance, as they say, was his. After failing to push through a bill to privatize Japan's state postal system this summer, due largely to resistance within his own Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Koizumi dissolved the lower house of Parliament and called for snap elections, throwing all 480 seats up for grabs and putting his career, his party's tenuous majority and perhaps the economic and political future of the country on the line. As the polls closed Sunday night, it became clear that his gamble has paid off bigger than even his most enthusiastic boosters had hoped: in a landslide victory, the LDP secured 296 seats, its biggest majority since 1986.
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Mass looting marks Palestinian 'day of glory' Globe and Mail
For Wissam Judeh, the first day since 1967 that Palestinians have been in control of the entire Gaza Strip was a moment for both jubilation and revenge. Moments after the Israeli army formally withdrew from Gaza yesterday morning, the 22-year-old student raced into this former Jewish settlement in the heart of Palestinian land to see what life on the other side of the fence looked like after all these years. After taking in the tall palm trees, the neatly groomed beaches, and the piles of rubble that once were the settlers' homes, he made a beeline for the abandoned synagogue, now looted and blackened by fire after being attacked by throngs of Palestinians.
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What the committee had to say Monday Indianapolis Star
The Senate Judiciary Committee opened its first Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 11 years on Monday. Highlights of what committee members had to say to nominee John Roberts: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.: "One of the most important issues that needs to be addressed by you is the constitutional right to privacy. I'm concerned by a trend on the court to limit this right and thereby to curtail the autonomy that we have fought for and achieved . . . It would be very difficult . . . for me to vote to confirm someone whom I knew would overturn Roe v. Wade, because I remember . . . what it was like when abortion was illegal in America."
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The Senate Judiciary Committee opened its first Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 11 years on Monday. Highlights of what committee members had to say to nominee John Roberts: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.: "One of the most important issues that needs to be addressed by you is the constitutional right to privacy. I'm concerned by a trend on the court to limit this right and thereby to curtail the autonomy that we have fought for and achieved . . . It would be very difficult . . . for me to vote to confirm someone whom I knew would overturn Roe v. Wade, because I remember . . . what it was like when abortion was illegal in America."
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A crisis manager takes disaster job Detroit Free Press
Criticized for the slow response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and for putting inexperienced people in charge of the nation's disaster agency, President George W. Bush turned to a veteran fire chief Monday to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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2 men plead not guilty in federal terror probe Indianapolis Star
Santa Ana, Calif. -- Two men pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges alleging they planned terrorist attacks against military facilities, the Israeli Consulate and other targets in the Los Angeles area. Levar Haley Washington, 25, and Gregory Vernon Patterson, 21, were held without bail after their pleas in U.S. District Court. Prosecutors contend the plot was orchestrated by Washington, Patterson and Hammad Riaz Samana, 21, at the behest of Kevin James, an inmate of the California State Prison, Sacramento.
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Italy to extradite London bombing suspect CBC News
Italy's highest court upheld a decision to extradite London bombing suspect Hamdi Issac to Britain. A British citizen also known as Osman Hussain, Issac was arrested on an international warrant in the Italian capital on July 29, 2005. The decision by the Court of Cassation cannot be appealed. Issac will be transferred to Britain within 10 days, said Paolo Iorio, a lawyer representing the British government. Last month Issac was ordered extradited to Britain, but the decision was appealed. His lawyer claimed that poor documentation of evidence and "heightened tension" in Britain might affect proceedings.
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Italy's highest court upheld a decision to extradite London bombing suspect Hamdi Issac to Britain. A British citizen also known as Osman Hussain, Issac was arrested on an international warrant in the Italian capital on July 29, 2005. The decision by the Court of Cassation cannot be appealed. Issac will be transferred to Britain within 10 days, said Paolo Iorio, a lawyer representing the British government. Last month Issac was ordered extradited to Britain, but the decision was appealed. His lawyer claimed that poor documentation of evidence and "heightened tension" in Britain might affect proceedings.
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Workers cause big LA blackout San Francisco Chronicle
A mistake on a single power line Monday cascaded into a major blackout in and around Los Angeles, inconveniencing millions of people and renewing questions about the vulnerability of the region's power system. ...
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Merkel urged to rejig team for German vote Reuters
By Noah Barkin. BERLIN, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Front-runner Angela Merkel's party urged her to ditch her shadow finance minister on Tuesday as worries mounted that the momentum had swung to her rival, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, five days before Germans vote. The calls came after a series of opinion polls over the past week showed the conservatives losing their once commanding lead over Schroeder's Social Democrats. Polls now point to a dead heat between the main parties, opening up the prospect of a prolonged period of political uncertainty.
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By Noah Barkin. BERLIN, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Front-runner Angela Merkel's party urged her to ditch her shadow finance minister on Tuesday as worries mounted that the momentum had swung to her rival, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, five days before Germans vote. The calls came after a series of opinion polls over the past week showed the conservatives losing their once commanding lead over Schroeder's Social Democrats. Polls now point to a dead heat between the main parties, opening up the prospect of a prolonged period of political uncertainty.
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11 children found locked in cages Independent
Sheriff's deputies in Ohio have found 11 children locked in cages less than three-and-a-half feet high inside a home, but a couple have denied they had abused or neglected the children. A judge yesterday put the children - who range in age from 1 to 14 and who have various disabilities, including autism - into foster homes. The children were found in nine cages built into the walls of the house near the small US city of Wakeman in northern Ohio, according to the Huron County Sheriff's Office. They had no blankets or pillows, and the cages were rigged with alarms that sounded if opened, said Lt. Randy Sommers.
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Euro Economies: UK Inflation Accelerates to Eight-Year High Bloomberg
UK inflation accelerated in August to the fastest pace in at least eight years as oil prices surged, reinforcing economists' expectations the Bank of England will leave interest rates unchanged this year.
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UK inflation accelerated in August to the fastest pace in at least eight years as oil prices surged, reinforcing economists' expectations the Bank of England will leave interest rates unchanged this year.
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Roberts Repeatedly Dodges Roe V. Wade Washington Post
John Roberts kissed his wife and then, like clockwork, his Supreme Court confirmation hearing was gaveled to order at 9:30 am sharp on Tuesday.
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More of the exposed Outer Banks chain of island was ordered evacuated Tuesday as Tropical Storm Ophelia drifted closer to the coast of the Carolinas with pounding surf and a threat of heavy rain.
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More of the exposed Outer Banks chain of island was ordered evacuated Tuesday as Tropical Storm Ophelia drifted closer to the coast of the Carolinas with pounding surf and a threat of heavy rain.
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2 Convicted of Murdering Transgender Teen Washington Post
Two men who had sex with a transgender teen were convicted of murdering her after they discovered she was biologically male, but a third defendant's case ended in a mistrial.
2 found guilty in slaying of teen San Jose Mercury News
2 found guilty in party killing of teen San Francisco Chronicle
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Two Men Are Charged With Passing Secrets to Philippines New York Timesago
A Federal Bureau of Investigation intelligence analyst and a former top Philippines law enforcement official were charged in federal court on Monday with espionage.
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A Federal Bureau of Investigation intelligence analyst and a former top Philippines law enforcement official were charged in federal court on Monday with espionage.
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Hunter testifies Vang shot first Pioneer Press
As he dived for cover, Terry Willers heard the first gunshot whistle past, but before he could roll deeper off the trail, a second shot hit the left side of his neck, exploding as it exited near his right shoulder blade.
Crime lab official testifies in shootings Miami Herald
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The Candidates Mayoral Hopefuls Traverse New York in Primary Race New York Times
The four Democratic mayoral candidates aggressively courted voters yesterday on the eve of today's primary, with Fernando Ferrer making an appeal to black and Hispanic New Yorkers in hopes of winning the primary and avoiding a runoff, while the three ...
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FBI Agents Often Break Informant Rules Washington Post
Many FBI agents have ignored Justice Department rules for handling confidential informants that were established in the wake of several high-profile scandals, according to a study released yesterday.
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Many FBI agents have ignored Justice Department rules for handling confidential informants that were established in the wake of several high-profile scandals, according to a study released yesterday.
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Sad but not surpising Elizabeth Edwards
A MESSAGE FROM ELIZABETH EDWARDS
A MESSAGE FROM ELIZABETH EDWARDS
QUOTE("A MESSAGE FROM ELIZABETH EDWARDS")
Dear Friend,
The misery we all witnessed in New Orleans broke our hearts. The heroism of first responders and National Guard and volunteers and the perseverance of Gulf Coasters have stirred us again. But the backdrop for all of this is that the people in charge, the people who make the priorities and decide the agenda in the White House and in Congress, have been so callous in the last two weeks. It is troubling, but sadly it is not surprising. The Republican leadership has been disregarding the poor for decades, and the President's slow, indecisive response to this disaster - a disaster that came down hardest on the poorest people of the region - is a reminder of the immeasurable suffering that results from this disregard. It has to stop, and it can. It can if people like you continue to sign the New America Initiative. So far the response has been tremendous; thank you again for pledging your support. If we can add more signatures to the initiative, President Bush and Republicans in Congress won't be able to turn their backs any longer.
Pledge your support for our New America Initiative.
This disaster can awaken the best in our country. We need to start by acknowledging that thirty-seven million Americans - most of them from working families - live in poverty every day, and we need to empower our nation so that we can do something about it. Through our New America Initiative, we would not only rebuild the devastated Gulf; we would help the victims of this disaster rebuild their lives. Working together with local organizations, we would do the critical work of rebuilding the Gulf and the region - rebuilding homes, repairing infrastructure, and restoring hope across the region. But instead of doing that work with contractors from outside, we'd do it with the community members who have lost so much. We'd not only give them good jobs with benefits; we'd give them the skills and know-how so they can get better jobs in years to come. Right now our national community is focused on immediate needs, like food and shelter. And we need to be. But we also need to provide a chance to start over and to make life better than it was before. Our New America Initiative is one way to get that process started.
Pledge your support for our New America Initiative
We cannot expect that the Republican Congress or White House will come up with a plan that has the interests of all Americans in mind. In both their long-standing policies and their response to this disaster, their disregard and callousness have been painfully evident. Grover Norquist, a seminal thinker among the Republican leadership, has said that he wants government to be so weak that he could "drown it in a bathtub." That image is searing today. And he is wrong; we need a government strong enough to protect our people and to ensure hope and opportunity for all Americans, not just the wealthy.
Pledge your support for our New America Initiative
The thousands of people living along the Gulf Coast need help in two major ways: they need the opportunity to get back on their feet, and they need funding, training, and assistance so that they can rebuild the communities they've lost. Our New America Initiative takes on both of these challenges at once, and it does so by empowering those Americans who have worked and suffered in the shadows of the American dream for too long. Thank you again for stepping forward and telling President Bush that you want to see this New America Initiative in action, and thank you for taking this opportunity to encourage your friends to join us. If our nation acts strongly in response to this crisis, the people of the Gulf Coast can show their strength.
- Elizabeth
The misery we all witnessed in New Orleans broke our hearts. The heroism of first responders and National Guard and volunteers and the perseverance of Gulf Coasters have stirred us again. But the backdrop for all of this is that the people in charge, the people who make the priorities and decide the agenda in the White House and in Congress, have been so callous in the last two weeks. It is troubling, but sadly it is not surprising. The Republican leadership has been disregarding the poor for decades, and the President's slow, indecisive response to this disaster - a disaster that came down hardest on the poorest people of the region - is a reminder of the immeasurable suffering that results from this disregard. It has to stop, and it can. It can if people like you continue to sign the New America Initiative. So far the response has been tremendous; thank you again for pledging your support. If we can add more signatures to the initiative, President Bush and Republicans in Congress won't be able to turn their backs any longer.
Pledge your support for our New America Initiative.
This disaster can awaken the best in our country. We need to start by acknowledging that thirty-seven million Americans - most of them from working families - live in poverty every day, and we need to empower our nation so that we can do something about it. Through our New America Initiative, we would not only rebuild the devastated Gulf; we would help the victims of this disaster rebuild their lives. Working together with local organizations, we would do the critical work of rebuilding the Gulf and the region - rebuilding homes, repairing infrastructure, and restoring hope across the region. But instead of doing that work with contractors from outside, we'd do it with the community members who have lost so much. We'd not only give them good jobs with benefits; we'd give them the skills and know-how so they can get better jobs in years to come. Right now our national community is focused on immediate needs, like food and shelter. And we need to be. But we also need to provide a chance to start over and to make life better than it was before. Our New America Initiative is one way to get that process started.
Pledge your support for our New America Initiative
We cannot expect that the Republican Congress or White House will come up with a plan that has the interests of all Americans in mind. In both their long-standing policies and their response to this disaster, their disregard and callousness have been painfully evident. Grover Norquist, a seminal thinker among the Republican leadership, has said that he wants government to be so weak that he could "drown it in a bathtub." That image is searing today. And he is wrong; we need a government strong enough to protect our people and to ensure hope and opportunity for all Americans, not just the wealthy.
Pledge your support for our New America Initiative
The thousands of people living along the Gulf Coast need help in two major ways: they need the opportunity to get back on their feet, and they need funding, training, and assistance so that they can rebuild the communities they've lost. Our New America Initiative takes on both of these challenges at once, and it does so by empowering those Americans who have worked and suffered in the shadows of the American dream for too long. Thank you again for stepping forward and telling President Bush that you want to see this New America Initiative in action, and thank you for taking this opportunity to encourage your friends to join us. If our nation acts strongly in response to this crisis, the people of the Gulf Coast can show their strength.
- Elizabeth
Rendell Pushing Property Tax Reform Minimum Wage Increase WFMZ-TV Online
GOVERNOR ED RENDELL SAYS INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE AND LOWERING PROPERTY TAXES ARE AT THE TOP OF HIS AGENDA. THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE BELIEVES LAWMAKERS WILL APPROVE THE STATE'S FIRST MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE IN EIGHT YEARS IF IT'S BROUGHT TO A VOTE.
GOVERNOR ED RENDELL SAYS INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE AND LOWERING PROPERTY TAXES ARE AT THE TOP OF HIS AGENDA. THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE BELIEVES LAWMAKERS WILL APPROVE THE STATE'S FIRST MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE IN EIGHT YEARS IF IT'S BROUGHT TO A VOTE.
Country Stars Line Up For Katrina Benefit Billboard
Two weeks following the devastating Hurricane Katrina, a host of music-related initiatives are raising funds for those suffering the effects of the storm.
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Spending nearly a month camped outside President Bush's ranch in Texas evidently has done little to blunt Cindy Sheehan's condemnation of the war in Iraq and the continuing American military presence there.
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