A woman, who was taking the road test to become a licensed school bus driver, crashed the bus into a utility pole in White Plains, New York, today. The wreck occured on South Kensico Road between the intersections with Minevera Place and Oakley Avenue. The Journal News reported that the accident occured at 11:30...
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Nine people, including two police, were killed, and dozens injured, in fighting earlier today outside an Islamabad mosque between armed protestors and security forces. There is a standoff at Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan. Hard-line clerics have kidnapped alleged prostitutes and police in their efforts to impose a Taliban-style version of...
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With the announcement Monday of €2 million in new funding from the European Union (EU), the Republic of Djibouti’s Ministry of Agriculture hopes to provide some relief to an estimated 25,000 rural inhabitants suffering through severe drought conditions. The money, to be channeled through UNICEF for its water and sanitation program, will be used...
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The BBC’s correspondent Alan Johnston based in Gaza has been freed after almost fourth months in captivity. The BBC broadcast images of Alan Johnston leaving a building in Gaza and entering a white car. Johnston’s release was part of a prisoner exchange between Hamas and the Army of Islam, who had been holding him....
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The compassionate, tolerant left has lost their minds and are making that “collective noise†over the commutation of Scooter Libby’s jail term by President Bush.
"In this case, an experienced federal judge considered extensive argument from the parties and then imposed a sentence consistent with the applicable laws. It is fundamental to the rule...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Twenty-two known Nuestra Familia/Nuestra Raza/Northern Structure/Norteno gang members and associates have been nabbed as a result of a nearly two year investigation by the Stockton Violent Crimes Task Force (SVCTF), a FBI-led Safe Streets Task Force which consists of agents from the FBI and officers from the Stockton Police Department...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Twenty-two known Nuestra Familia/Nuestra Raza/Northern Structure/Norteno gang members and associates have been nabbed as a result of a nearly two year investigation by the Stockton Violent Crimes Task Force (SVCTF), a FBI-led Safe Streets Task Force which consists of agents from the FBI and officers from the Stockton Police Department...
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Yesterday Wikinews reported that the prison sentence of I. Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby was commuted by US President George W. Bush. Today Senator Joe Biden of Delaware, a Democratic Party hopeful for the 2008 Presidential election, has issued a statement critical of the President’s actions. … Biden questions Bush’s “special treatment” of “Scooter” Libby Today,...
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Think what you will about President Bush’s commuting of Scooter Libby’s 2 1/2 year prison sentence — the right thinks Bush should have issued a full pardon, and the left believes this is cronyism run amok and that the administration thinks they’re above the law — but there’s one thing for certain: People who...
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Michael Moore’s controversial new documentary SiCKO opened to strong box office numbers in limited release over the weekend. The biting and sometimes humorous expose of America’s health system earned weekend totals of US$4.5 Million on 441 screens, the second highest opening weekend numbers for a documentary ever, after Moore’s own Fahrenheit 9/11. This follows...
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You too can become a billionaire by David Marotta and George Marotta There are 946 billionaires in the world according to a recent survey. Half are in one country, the United States of America! The others are scattered throughout 53 other countries. Because of the surging world economy, 195 newcomers were added to the...
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David Hempleman-Adams left St. John’s at approximately 9:30pm local time on July 2, 2007 from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador in a small helium filed balloon in an attempt to make the Trans-Atlantic crossing in the smallest balloon ever to make such a crossing. The final destination of the landing is not known and...
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The European Union would like to make it easier to dismiss employees. At the same time, social security should be improved. Then, thanks to the improved flexibility of the market, it should be simpler to find a job. Surveys show that Europeans mostly seem to agree with the need to adapt and change. The...
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A suspicious bag has undergone a controlled explosion outside a London Underground station, as has a car outside a mosque in Glasgow, Scotland. These police actions come in the wake of failed terror attacks involving car bombs in London and at Glasgow International Airport on 29th and 30th June. The terror threat level in...
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Several of you sent me this amazing story--Court ordered payout 30 years after divorce. Get this:
Dennis North gets married and has three kids. His wife cheats on him and they get divorced. Dennis buys her a house and investments as part of the divorce settlement, and raises the three kids himself. Later, he pays...
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As conservatives congratulate themselves on ten years of welfare reform, they need to start looking at the larger picture and all that was left undone. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) addressed only one program in the welfare behemoth, Aid to Families with Dependent Children. The myriad other programs...
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Last week the Supreme court handed down three free speech rulings that find favor with conservatives. One of them is Morse et al. v. Frederick, a case involving the free speech rights of students. At issue is a five year old incident wherein a Juneau-Douglas High School senior named Joe Frederick raised a 14-foot...
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You’ve probably heard that the American bald eagle has just been removed from the federal list of protected species. While this comeback is certainly wonderful news for our revered national bird, those spreading the story are exploiting its opportunity to dust off moldy activist folklore. Virtually every news organization (including Fox News) reporting this...
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