Saturday, March 15
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William Muller is the guest editor today. |
The Coming Showdown on Gun Control
"The Supreme Court's ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller may be the most important decision on gun control in U.S. history."
Weather Channel Founder: Sue Al Gore for Fraud
"The founder of the Weather Channel wants to sue Al Gore for fraud, hoping a legal debate will settle the global warming debate once and for all."
Pastor's Hellfire Sermons Put Obama's Campaign in Hot Water
"Barack Obama faced potential damage to his campaign yesterday after television networks aired footage of sermons by the former pastor of Obama's church likening the Democratic frontrunner to Jesus and declaring: 'God damn America.'"
McCain Told to Dump Spiritual Guide in Row Over 'War' on Islam
"The fact is that America was founded, in part, with the intention of seeing this false religion [Islam] destroyed, and I believe September 11, 2001, was a generational call to arms that we can no longer ignore."
"Since November 2001, Afghan girls and women have been shamelessly used as an excuse to justify the current chaotic, violent but half-hearted occupation of Afghanistan."
House of Reps Passes FISA Bill Sans Telecom Immunity Provision
US Commanders: Al-Qaida in Iraq to Stay
Hoover-Era Spying on Father Motivated Anti-Wiretapping Plaintiff
"For Tash Hepting, the lead plaintiff in the pending anti-domestic wiretapping case against AT&T, government spying runs in the family."
US Veterans Urge Soldiers to Speak Out Against Iraq War
"US veterans and active-duty soldiers on Thursday kicked off an event in Washington to protest the war in Iraq, urging other members of the military to join them in speaking out against the conflict."
Fed Interventions Spur Worries of Sowing Seeds for Next Crisis
Iraq: Teachers Told to Rewrite History
"Ministry of Defence accused of sending propaganda to schools."
Cheney Five Years Ago: ‘We Will, In Fact, Be Greeted As Liberators’
US Military Records 2,688 Sexual Assaults
Iranian Teen Fears Deportation Means Death
"The Iranian authorities have found out that I am a homosexual and they are looking for me...If I return to Iran I will be arrested and executed like my former boyfriend."
Gas, Oil Rise to Records As Dollar Falls
"At the pump, gas prices surged 2.1 cents overnight to a record national average of $3.267 a gallon....Gas prices are likely to rise much higher this spring; estimates range from about $3.50 a gallon in the Energy Department's latest forecast to $3.75 or even $4 a gallon according to some analysts."
Law Proposed to Tax Plastic Grocery Bags
"The tax would increase annually until it reached 15 cents per bag in 2014."
Police Seize 100 Machines in Raid on Video Gambling Club
"The officers seized $40,195 in cash...the funds will be split between HPD and the Harris County District Attorney's Office, which will receive 30 percent. Houston Police will keep the remaining 70 percent."
Illegal Tobacco Sales Hurt State
"Big-time profiteers and small-time cheaters are smuggling 7 million cartons of cigarettes into the state annually to evade Michigan's high cigarette taxes, costing the state about $140 million a year."
Iraqi Mother Vows Revenge on US: How She Lost Her Husband and Her Sons
"One day I will put on an explosive belt under my clothes and then blow myself up among the Americans. I will get revenge against them for my husband and sons and I will go to paradise."
Denmark's Toxic Carbon Tax Attempt
"Overall, greenhouse gas emissions fell by a whopping 10% between 1990 and 2005. But the country's manufacturing employment dropped by 25%! The carbon tax did a great job of hurting the economy and making people poorer."
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