3 states head to court to keep control over wolves
Range Magazine, Helena
Three states are defending their ability to sustain a gray wolf population in the Northern Rockies, asking to be heard in a federal lawsuit that seeks to return the wolves to the endangered species list.
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McCain Camp Hits Obama Over Losing Bearings
News Max, New York
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that Republican John McCain was "losing his bearings" for repeatedly suggesting the Islamic terrorist group Hamas preferred Obama for president.
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Victims of terrorism seek justice
Marijke van der Meer, Radio Netherlands
Should the victims of a terrorist attack be treated differently from the victims of other crimes, or of natural disasters? If so, how? Should they have a different legal status? Do they have different needs? How can they get justice, when those who have harmed them commit suicide in the attack?
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Ohio Senate votes to strengthen self defense rights
John Carey, Chillicothe Gazelle, Columbus
Ohioans should have the ability to use force and, if necessary, deadly force to defend themselves and their family against a violent intruder in their home. That belief is the genesis behind an important bill passed by the Senate in recent weeks. Senate Bill 184, legislation I am proud to cosponsor, would establish Ohio's "Castle Doctrine."
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Safety in numbers for speeding drivers
Yahoo News, Beijing
The price of the remote-control device starts at around 800 yuan ($115), while a more advanced apparatus with the ability to flip over the numbers in less than three seconds costs more than double.
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Code Pink Protesters Try Witchcraft at Anti-Marine Rallies
Jana Winter, Fox News, Berkeley
Code Pink is now resorting to witchcraft to beef up the number of its supporters protesting Berkeley's controversial Marine Corps Recruiting Center.
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'Respect atheists', says cardinal
BBC News, UK
The Archbishop of Westminster has urged Christians to treat atheists and agnostics with "deep esteem".
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Hoekstra Effort to Strip Earmarks from Intelligence Bill Successful
Hon. Pete Hoekstra, Washington
“Even though requests for earmarks are made public, the classified nature of the underlying programs means that transparency for the public does not exist,” Hoekstra said. “Given the highly classified nature of this bill, the best assurance we can give the American people that Congress is spending taxpayer money wisely is to spend it on national security, not earmarked
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Paul supporters Lawson and Jones win NC primaries
George Dance, Nolan Chart, North Carolina
B.J. Lawson, making his first run for office, and Walter Jones, a 7-term incumbent, both scored impressive victories
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'The Deniers' details flaws in the theories on global warming
Mark Milke, Vancouver Sun, Toronto
Is Wingham a flake, a denier in league with flat-earthers? Only if you think the chair of the department of space and climate physics and head of earth sciences at University College London, and a member of the Earth Observation Experts Group, among other qualifications, qualifies for such a label.
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Argentine farmers to resume protest over grains tax
Nicolas Misculin, Reuters, Buenos Aires
Argentine farmers announced fresh protests against a tax hike on Wednesday, aiming to put pressure on the government by disrupting grains exports from one of the world's top suppliers of corn, wheat and soy.
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Will taxpayers be on the hook for subprime crisis?
Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor, Washington
Among other things, the bill would call for the Federal Housing Administration, a government agency, to let cash-strapped homeowners refinance into more affordable, fixed-rate mortgages. Before the FHA agreed to refinance the loans, the current lenders would have to agree to take substantial losses. That means the federal agency would insure a loan that’s smaller than the original one, for about 85 percent of the current value of the home.
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Defiant Clinton vows to battle on
Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington
Screaming tabloid headlines have declared her campaign "Over!" and calls for her withdrawal from the race are mounting, but Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton - despite lackluster primary results this week - has put out her own steely message: She's not going anywhere.
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Wilderness bill would limit Border Patrol
Chad Groening, One News Now, Washington
Zack Taylor, who is a former Border Patrol agent, says a bill being proposed by a member of the Congressional Hispanic caucus would make it very difficult for law enforcement agents to operate in areas along the U.S.-Mexico border where illegal immigration and drug smuggling is rampant
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Cindy Crawford Saves the Environment One $20 Water Bottle at a Time
Jeff Poor, Business & Media Institute, Hollywood
It’s not quite champagne wishes or caviar dreams, but supermodel-turned-mommy Cindy Crawford is now offering tips on how to live a more environmentally conscious life
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Congressman Repeats Need to Protect American Sovereignty, Reject North American Union
Borderfire, Washington
U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) today sent a letter to Canadian Ambassador to the United States Michael Wilson asking him what actions the Canadian government has taken to track down the 41,000 aliens who have gone missing after being ordered to leave the country.
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UN teacher by day … Islamists' chief bomb-maker at night
Adam Entous, The Scotsman, Rafah, Gaza Strip
BY DAY, Awad al-Qiq was a respected teacher and headmaster at a United Nations school in the Gaza Strip. By night, he built rockets for Islamic Jihad
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County prepares to sue Diebold
Joe Guillen The Plain Dealer, Cleveland
Cuyahoga County hired a nationally renowned lab on Thursday to prepare for a possible lawsuit against the maker of the $21 million touch-screen voting system scrapped in December.
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Southern Hemisphere Sea Ice Reaches “Unprecedented” Levels
Steve McIntyre, Climate Audit, South Pole
Four of the past 5 months are “all-time” records for Southern Hemisphere sea ice anomalies, “unprecedented” since the data set began in 1979
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Brown Berets de Aztlan are recruiting/Where is the FBI?
Ernesto Cienfuegos, Aztlan, Los Angeles
"The Brown Berets de Aztlan have undertaken an active campaign to recruit more soldiers and form new chapters throughout Aztlan," said Chairman David Rico yesterday.
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CCTV boom has failed to slash crime, say police
Owen Bowcott, The Guardian, UK
Massive investment in CCTV cameras to prevent crime in the UK has failed to have a significant impact, despite billions of pounds spent on the new technology, a senior police officer piloting a new database has warned. Only 3% of street robberies in London were solved using CCTV images, despite the fact that Britain has more security cameras than any other country in Europe
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U.S. signs civilian nuclear pact with Russia
MSNBC, Moscow
Russia and the U.S. signed a key agreement on civilian nuclear power Tuesday that will give Washington access to Moscow's nuclear technology and potentially hand Russia lucrative deals on storing spent nuclear fuel
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Substitute Teacher Fired, Accused of Wizardry
Fox News, Land 'O Lakes, FL
Jim Piculas said he made a toothpick disappear and reappear in front of students at the Rushe Middle School in Land 'O Lakes, Fla., Local6.com reported. He said he later got a call from the supervisor of teachers, saying he had been accused of wizardry
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Scientists probe new class of superconductor
Peter N. Spotts, Christian Science Monitor
Scientists around the world are scrambling to unlock the secrets behind a new group of materials that act as autobahns for electricity – conducting current with virtually no wasteful resistance.
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Suspected terrorist makes mockery of Canadian justice
Judi McLeod, Canada Free Press, Brampton, Canada
A suspected terrorist, rearrested for reasons unknown at the Brampton courthouse yesterday, took a hike from his trial, simply saying over his shoulder: “I’m outta here
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The new paradigm: PAS and DAP as friends
Karim Raslan, The Star, Malaysia
Nonetheless, in one dramatic move and taking a leaf out of Hernando de Soto’s poverty alleviating agenda, they announced a plan to issue permanent land titles to the residents of Perak’s many Emergency-era new villages, thereby reinforcing the new administration’s pro-rakyat focus.
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Ron Paul on Staying in the Presidential Race
Neil Cavuto, Fox News, Nation
I think it's a pretty good idea. I think it's foolish, though, if you don't talk about cutting an equal amount of spending. I think you should cut the spending some place, and get rid of all the taxes.
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Tories to push cultural integration
Renata D'Aliesio, Calgary Herald, Calgary, Canada
The federal government has begun work to retool the country's multiculturalism policy -- a legacy of the Trudeau era -- to put more emphasis on "integration" of newcomers.
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Congress Quietly Repeals Martial Law Provision
In late 2006, Congress revised the Posse Comitatus Act and the Insurrection Act to make it far easier for a president to declare martial law. Those changes were repealed at the end of this January as part of Public Law 110-181 (HR 4986), the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (signed into law by President Bush on January 28, 2008).
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