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Date Sent: 2007-07-26
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Thursday, July 26, 2007 |
Bolten and Miers in Contempt -- DEA raids marijuana clinics -- Docs Contradict Gonzales Testimony
Seven year old on no-fly list -- States ease laws that punish teens for sex with minors -- Online Porn Charges -- US home sales fall heavily in June -- La. AG wants Katrina death files opened -- Tougher anti-terror laws -- How time is allocated during debates? -- Are Voter Registration Drives Being Put Out of Business? -- Dr. Broun Goes to Washington -- Alaska lawmakers under scrutiny -- In Venezuela, Speak No Ill of Hugo -- Former Highway Patrol Officer Caught Robbing Motorists -- Arizona cops named in DEA steroid investigation -- Gun enthusiast doesn't warm to Biden -- Ron Paul supporter confronting Fred Thompson hauled away -- Loose Change Producer Held Without Bail -- Explosions rock Dallas
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Seven year old on no-fly list has been delayed at airport three times
7-25-2007
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AP
He looks harmless Michael Martin, 7, with his mother, Krista Martin, takes a break from drumming in their Coral Springs home. Because Michael shares a name with a suspected terrorist, they are inconvenienced when they fly.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Conspiracies
House Judiciary Committee approves contempt resolution against Bolten and Miers
7-25-2007
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Politico
The House Judiciary Committee approved a contempt resolution against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers, setting up a constitutional battle between the Bush administration and Congress over executive p
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
States ease laws that punish teens for sex with minors
7-25-2007
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USA Today
More states are bucking the national crackdown on sex offenders by paring back punishment for teens who have consensual sex with underage partners.
Governors in seven states have signed bills in the past two months that mean no prosecution for som
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
US home sales fall heavily in June
7-25-2007
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AFP
Sales of existing US homes fell more heavily than expected in June, as the US property market continued its year-long slump, government figures showed.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
La. AG wants Katrina death files opened
7-25-2007
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AP
Louisiana's attorney general, denied an indictment against a doctor he alleged murdered patients at a New Orleans hospital days after Hurricane Katrina hit, asked a judge to unseal documents that he says back up his claims. An unusual move aimed
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Replacement poodle growling for tougher anti-terror laws
7-25-2007
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AP
Prime Minister Gordon Brown plans for tough new anti-terrorism laws, saying police need greater powers to hold and question terror suspects in increasingly complex and global plots. Currently, suspects need to be charged or released within 28 days.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
How time is allocated during debates?
7-25-2007
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Gravel '08
I've made the mistake of thinking every candidate would have a fair shot at the presidency. It seems as though your viability as a candidate is directly proportionate to how much money you can raise during your campaign. Thank you CNN for pointin
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Are Voter Registration Drives Being Put Out of Business?
7-25-2007
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Alternet
After the wave of successes in 2004 voter registration drives by groups like ACORN, a half-dozen states passed severe laws that scared off voting activists -- and now the Senate is weighing in.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Dr. Broun Goes to Washington
7-25-2007
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Opinion Journal
Poorly funded physician Paul Broun scored a shocking victory over state Sen. Jim Whitehead, the establishment's consensus favorite. Broun's victory has "terrified incumbent Republican House members who thought themselves safe for re-elec
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
3 Chandler cops tied to steroid investigation
7-25-2007
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Arizona Republic
The Chandler Police Department confirmed Wednesday that three of its officers are now under investigation, part of a Drug Enforcement Administration investigation into doctors improperly writing prescriptions for anabolic steroids.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Alaska lawmakers coming under scrutiny
7-25-2007
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AP
A government watchdog group filed a complaint Wednesday with the U.S. Senate ethic committee over a land deal involving Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Another Alaska Republican in Congress, Rep. Don Young, is under criminal investigation, a federal law enforce
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
In Venezuela, Speak No Ill of Hugo
7-25-2007
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Time
Many foreigners can travel to Venezuela without a visa. But now there's a new requirement once they get there. President Hugo Chavez announced on Sunday that foreigners who publicly criticize his government will be deported. He ordered officials
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
DEA raids LA medical marijuana clinics
7-25-2007
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AP
Federal agents raided 10 marijuana clinics, the same day city leaders introduced a measure calling for an end to the crackdown on the dispensaries allowed under state law. The bust netted 5 arrests, large quantities of marijuana and cash, and was the
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bush Administration
Documents Contradict Gonzales Testimony
7-25-2007
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AP
Documents indicate 8 congressional leaders were briefed about the Bush administration's terrorist surveillance program on the eve of its expiration in 2004, contradicting sworn Senate testimony this week by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Former Highway Patrol Officer Caught Robbing Motorists
07-25-2007
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The Newspaper
Christopher Topham, wearing his Utah Highway Patrol jacket, badge and gun, would pull over speeding motorists and demand their wallet and registration to collect the "fine" on the spot. There was only one problem -- Topham retired from the
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Arizona cops named in DEA steroid investigation
07-25-2007
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East Valley Tribune
Since the tests began, Humphrey said that several officers have tested positive for steroids, but would not say how many. About 12 officers are on the list the DEA gave Phoenix, a police official said.
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun enthusiast doesn't warm to Biden
7-25-2007
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LA Times
Townsend, a 30-year-old from Mich., came next to last among the amateur inquisitors in the CNN/YouTube debate. He made an impression by asking the candidates if they would protect his "baby" " the Bushmaster AR-15 semiautomatic rifle he cra
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Paul, Gravel challenge parties' leaders
7-25-2007
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LA Times
ONE is a Democrat, the other a Republican. They've never met but share much in common: Both wear dark suits and sneakers, for one. Neither has a lot of money. Both are running for president. [typical lamestream reporter]
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul supporter confronting Fred Thompson hauled away
7-25-2007
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NBC
At a quick campaign stop at a Texas airport this morning, candidate-in-waiting Fred Thompson faced harassment from a young female Ron Paul supporter who was vocal with the senator's membership in the Council on Foreign Relations. Police and TSA o
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Conspiracies
Political Prisoner: Loose Change Producer Korey Rowe Arrested
7-25-2007
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Prison Planet
Loose Change producer and Iraq and Afghanistan veteran Korey Rowe has been arrested and handed over to military officials without bail for allegedly "deserting the Army". [We own you.]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul Making Waves in Cyberspace
7-25-2007
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FOX26 TV Houston
Greg Groogan tells us how a dark-horse presidential candidate from Texas is carving out an unexpected degree of success in cyberspace.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Media: Television
Explosions rock Dallas; Mayor shuts traffic cams down
7-25-2007
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CBS11 TV (video for pyros!)
Several explosions and a large fire rocked an industrial company near downtown Dallas Wednesday morning.
The business, Southwest Industrial Gases, Inc., is a welding supply company. It went up in flames at about 9:30 a.m.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul Spammers strike in SC
7-25-2007
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SongbirdX
When Ron Paul takes a commanding lead in a poll, the media giants claim he must have few supporters who are “spamming” the polls. These “non-existing” supporters decided to attend the Spartanburg rally, and bring a present for a local charity: SPAM.
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