GOPer: Iraqi Parliament Works Better Than Dem Congress
Rep. Thelma Drake (R-VA) went to Iraq and found a government she can get behind.
Census Bureau wants to halt 2010 raids Thu Aug 16, 7:45 PM ET
WASHINGTON - The Census Bureau wants immigration agents to suspend enforcement raids during the 2010 census so the government can better count illegal immigrants.
For Giuliani, Ground Zero as Linchpin and Thorn
As Rudolph W. Giuliani campaigns around the country, his stewardship of New York City after the Sept. 11 attacks has become a topic of scrutiny.
Three nabbed for adding maggots to supermarket meat
Thu Aug 16, 9:20 AM ET AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Three young men in the northern Dutch town of Damwoude were charged with damaging property after adding maggots to supermarket meat that was later sold to a customer, police said Thursday.- Couple tried to name baby "@" Thu Aug 16, 9:19 AM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese couple tried to name their baby "@," claiming the character used in e-mail addresses echoed their love for the child, an official trying to whip the national language into line said Thursday.
Majority of Americans Don't Trust Petraeus
Despite the White House PR blitz, people don't think
Mueller Notes: Ashcroft out of White House Surveillance Loop
The FBI Director's hospital showdown pages reveal that the Attorney General wasn't trusted with details of warrantless wiretapping. Conyers wants to know more.
MSNBCOlbermann First Anchor To Turn Spotlight On Mining Czar's Safety Record
- Man told to "walk off pain" after shooting Thu Aug 16, 9:17 AM ET
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African man shot three weeks ago was told to "walk the pain off" and is still trying to persuade hospitals to remove the bullet lodged in his side, a newspaper said Thursday.
CIA/FBI/WikipediaCIA, FBI Edited Wikipedia Entries About Iraq And Gitmo
Another Collapse At Utah Mine
At Least Nine Rescue Workers Injured..."The Floor Slipped"...Four Ambulances And Two Helicopters...Medics Seen Doing Chest Compressions
Bush Approves Using Spy Satellites On Americans
Fewer Than 2 Percent Of Newspaper Errors Corrected
CNN.com: Federal ID plan raises privacy concerns.
The cards would be mandatory for all “federal purposes,” which include boarding an airplane or walking into a federal building, nuclear facility or national park, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told the National Conference of State Legislatures last week. Citizens in states that don’t comply with the new rules will have to use passports for federal purposes.
It’s been a rough week for our ol’ friends at Fox News. Thanks to some IP-address based research, the political world learned that the FNC was responsible for “touching up” Wikipedia pages, editing content that didn’t fit with the partisan network’s political agenda.
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For example, embarrassing content from Media Matters about FNC personalities was quietly removed. Criticism of Keith Olbermann and Al Franken was accenuated. The network that specializes in on-air propoganda had taken its usual schtick to Wiki pages.
With that in mind, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that Fox News’ Chris Wallace — you guessed it — sought to undermine Wikipedia’s credibility with a report tonight.
The irony is rich. Pay particular attention to the references to “self-serving agendas” and businesses desperate to “improve their public image.”
Fox News tried to exploit Wikipedia, and got caught, so naturally it’s time to undermine the source of the network’s embarrassment. Typical.
At least 510 dead in 8.0 quake in Peru
Texas couple to get $80,000 settlement after being arrested for anti-Bush T-shirts
Feds pay $80,000 to pair arrested for wearing anti-Bush T-shirts
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The federal government has agreed to pay $80,000 to a Texas couple arrested and charged with trespassing in 2004 after they refused to cover up homemade T-shirts with anti-Bush slogans.
The American Civil Liberties Union, which filed the lawsuit on behalf of Nicole and Jeffery Rank of Corpus Christi, Texas, announced the settlement on Thursday.
The Ranks were handcuffed, removed from the July 4, 2004, rally at the state Capitol and held in police custody for between one and two hours.
"This settlement is a real victory not only for our clients but for the First Amendment," said Andrew Schneider, executive director of the ACLU of West Virginia. "As a result of the Ranks' courageous stand, public officials will think twice before they eject peaceful protesters from public events for exercising their right to dissent."
An order closing the case was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Charleston.
"We are pleased that this matter has been concluded," said White House spokesman Blair Jones. "The parties understand that this settlement is a compromise of disputed claims to avoid the expenses and risks of litigation and is not an admission of fault, liability, or wrongful conduct."
The recent revelation of the existence of a presidential advance manual made it clear that the government tries to exclude dissenters from the president's presidential appearances, the ACLU said in a prepared statement. "As a last resort," the manual says, "security should remove the demonstrators from the event."
The front of the Ranks' T-shirts bore the international symbol for "no" superimposed over the word "Bush." The back of Nicole Rank's T-shirt said "Love America, Hate Bush." On the back of Jeffery Rank's T-shirt was the message "Regime Change Starts at Home."
Jeffery Rank, who was a Republican who disagreed with Bush, said he found it ironic that the government manual encourages event organizers to use young Republicans as "rally squads to oppose messages like ours at presidential appearances." Rank has since changed his party affiliation, the ACLU notes in its release.
Woman has rare identical quadruplets 1 minute ago HELENA, Mont. - A 35-year-old Canadian woman has given birth to rare identical quadruplets, officials at a Great Falls hospital said Thursday. Karen Jepp of Calgary, Alberta, delivered Autumn, Brooke, Calissa and Dahlia by Caesarian section Sunday afternoon at Benefis Healthcare, said Amy Astin, the hospital's director of community and government relations.
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