Sgt. Kevin Benderman goes home
• AntiWar.comLast week, a 41-year-old U.S. Army sergeant from Hinesville, Ga., was released from prison after serving 13 months of a 15-month sentence for refusing to board a plane bound for Iraq.
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Attorney General Gonzales supports military tribunals
• McClatshy[Hard to believe but,] Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said that it would be difficult to bring top al-Qaida captives to trial without a special court designed to keep secrets gathered in the war on terrorism.
Feds may ease limit on painkillers
• USA Today[After decades of destroying the lives of patients and doctors] Patients who use powerful narcotic painkillers such as OxyContin or hyperactivity drugs such as Ritalin will be able to get up to a 90-day supply of the drugs, rather then just a one-mon
US senators ask disaster aid for US farms, ranches
• ReutersTwelve senators from U.S. farm and ranch states filed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday that would provide billions of dollars in disaster aid to farmers and ranchers hurt by [lack of illegal aliens to pick crops] bad weather in 2005 and this year.
3 Republican senators among critics of military tribunal plan
• USA TodayPresident Bush's long-awaited plan for military commissions to try foreign terrorist suspects was criticized by fellow Republicans who said the proposal, which omits many of the usual safeguards of a military trial, doesn't go far enough to p
Czechs, others sterilize Gypsies
• Christian Science MonitorMs. Gorolova cannot have any more children. 16 years ago, she says, doctors at a hospital here sterilized her while she gave birth to her 2nd son by c-section. In the throes of labor they had her sign a form authorizing the sterilization, but did not
US defends move to impose new sanctions on North Korea
• AFP[No Xbox's for you.] The US defended its move to impose new sanctions on North Korea despite being reportedly rebuffed by China, Russia and South Korea on fears the Stalinist state would retaliate by testing firing a nuclear bomb.
Gov. George Ryan gets 6 1/2 years in prison
• APFormer Gov. George Ryan, who was acclaimed by capital punishment foes for suspending executions in Illinois and emptying out death row, was sentenced to 6 1/2 years behind bars in the corruption scandal that ruined his political career.
My Response To Dr. Jerry Falwell
Chuck BaldwinToday I'm going to do something I rarely do: I'm going to publicly respond to another commentator's writing. Specifically, I feel I must respond to a recent column written by my friend and mentor, Dr. Jerry Falwell.
Rape law rankles some Pakistan lawmakers
• APLawmakers from a coalition of 6 Islamic groups threatened to vacate their parliamentary seats if Pakistan's government changes a rape law criticized by human rights activists. [Apparently the Mullahs like their rape the way it is.]
Judge awards $3M to mob victim family
• APA federal judge awarded $3.1 million to the family of a man who was killed by fugitive mobster "Whitey" Bulger, ruling that the federal government is liable for the man's death because his identity was leaked to by a rogue FBI agent.
Feds urgently warned of airport problems 2 years before crash
• APNearly two years before the fatal crash of Comair Flight 5191, a control tower supervisor at the Lexington airport reported staff shortages in the tower that "can cost lives." The airport's radar system wasn't working properly but t
French, Americans would back strike on Iran - poll
• ReutersMost French and Americans would support military action against Iran as a last resort if other means fail to stop it acquiring nuclear weapons, a major transatlantic opinion survey showed.
Brother of polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs arrested
• Associated PressBelligerent Kingman cops couldn't be bothered with seeking a warrant before trespassing on private property and arresting a man for not cooperating with an "innocent little welfare check".
Mars Rover Poised for Run at Victoria Crater
• Space.comWheeling across the open, parking lot-like dune fields of Meridiani Planum, the robot is nearing a major milestone: rolling up to "Victoria", a crater that is roughly half a mile wide and 230 feet deep. From where Opportunity now sits, V
New IBM supercomputer aiming for petaflop
• ReutersIBM will build a next-generation supercomputer for the U.S. Energy Department with the potential to achieve a sustained speed of 1,000 trillion calculations per second, or one petaflop, the department said.
Scientists identify brain's concept control core
• ReutersScientists believe they may have finally identified the part of the brain that deals with the critical issue of matching words to everyday objects. Using brain scans of people suffering from Semantic Dementia they found the front end of the temporal
Protective breathing reflex absent in newborns
• ReutersResearch suggests that healthy newborn infants do not have what doctors call "nasoaxillary reflex" -- a protective reflex that helps keep their nasal passages open. In adults lying on their side, the nasoaxillary reflex ensures that the
Telephone telepathy - I was just thinking about you
• ReutersMany people have experienced the phenomenon of receiving a telephone call from someone shortly after thinking about them -- now a scientist says he has proof of what he calls telephone telepathy. [How many times didn't they call?]
FBI: Lockdown of Arizona school prompted by reports of weapon
• Tucson CitizenParents stood beside a roadway that ran in front of the school Wednesday waiting for their children and their backpacks to be searched, said Jim Benally, police chief for Window Rock, a nearby community.
Spread of Disease Related to Attraction Between Planets
• LiveScience.comThe alignment of planets is purported to determine your love life in the daily horoscope. Now scientists say the formula that describes planetary attraction represents how insects spread disease. It's not the first time the cosmic math has bee
Iran's President coming to address UN same day as Bush
• Drudge ReportFLASH: Islamic Republic News Agency reports that [Iranian President] Ahmadinejad intends to travel to NYC, hopes to speak at UN on Sept. 19 at 7 PM; same day as Bush [whose speech is set for 11:30 AM] and day before Hugo Chavez
Aurora reconsiders using machine guns during stings
• TheDenverChannel.comThe best recommendation a review board could come up with after the execution of 20 year old unarmed Jaamal Bonner who was tasered and shot three times in the back is that maybe SWAT teams shouldn't carry machine guns during stings.
60 Day First Amendment Black Out Begins Friday
• ReasonCompliments of free speech hater John McCain, a 60-day blackout period for "electioneering communications" begins this Friday. Political speech will enjoy less protection than dirty movies. Isn't it time for McCain to be removed fro
Chargers linebacker said to be unarmed
• TheAgitator.comOff duty rookie cop Aaron Mansker shoots unarmed Chargers linebacker Steve Foley 3 times near his own home late at night. Mansker is on paid administrative vacation while internal "investigation" progresses..
Showing his contempt for the rule of law yet again, Bush acknowledges secret CIA prisons
• MSNBCPresident Bush on Wednesday acknowledged previously secret CIA prisons around the world and said 14 high-value terrorism suspects — including the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks — have been transferred from the system to Guantanamo Bay for trials.
FDA approves limited use of artificial heart
• www.news-medical.netThe artificial heart called AbioCor produced by Abiomed Inc, is made of titanium and plastic, is the size of a grapefruit and weighs two pounds.
Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, and Suri Cruise
• www.vanityfair.comPhotographed exclusively for Vanity Fair by Annie Leibovitz on Cruise's property in Telluride, Colorado, July 27, 2006. ( made you look :)
US Senate Debates Iraq War, Democrat Call for Rumsfeld Resignation
• By Dan Robinson - www.voanews.comLawmakers in the Senate have been holding a lengthy debate on the war in Iraq, with majority Republicans supporting President Bush, and Democrats calling for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
Bush acknowledges secret CIA prisons
• chicagotribune.com By Mark SilvaPresident Bush acknowledged for the first time today that the Central Intelligence Agency has subjected dozens to "tough" interrogation at secret prisons abroad
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