N.M. planning medical marijuana program
• APGov. Bill Richardson ordered the state Health Department on Friday to resume planning of a medical marijuana program despite the agency's worries about possible federal prosecution.
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Candidates develop foot-in-mouth disease
• APJust about every Republican and Democrat has flubbed an answer to a question or made a borderline inappropriate comment — some so uncomfortable they make you cringe — only to take back the remarks or seek to clarify them later when under fire.
Error in Ark. law allows kids to marry
• APA law passed this year allows Arkansans of any age — even infants — to marry if their parents agree, and the governor may have to call a special session to fix the mistake, lawmakers said.
Uncut edition of Kerouac's 'On The Road' issued 50 years later
• APNow, 50 years on, the tale of disaffected youth struggling to find a place in post-war America is to be re-released in its original form, unedited, cruder and more erotic, and with the real names of Jack Kerouac's traveling companions restored.
Ron Paul: Stunning Victories
• Stop Wasting MoneyChalk a surprising victory up to Ron Paul in the early days of the presidential race. There was a low-profile straw poll in Alabama, and he won in a landslide. I'm sure critics will laugh this one off, and the mainstream media is ignoring it. But
Ron Paul Left To Tout Small Wins
• 2008 Central[Another message to the supporters of Ron Paul, and his campaign.] The problem for Paul is that a lot of his supporters take things too far; touting online polls or sparsely attended straw polls as evidence of far wider support. That’s not the case
Republican Assembly Holds Informal Straw Poll
• NBC TV13On Saturday, the Alabama Republican Assembly tried to get a sense of which conservative candidate Alabamians are supporting most by holding an informal straw poll at the Bryant Conference Center. Out of 266 ballots cast, it was
Criminal Informants and Corrution
• SF ChronicleThe government's long-standing, secretive practice of using criminal informants is finally getting its day in court - and in Congress. Last month, a federal judge ordered the FBI to pay $102 million for knowingly using the false testimony...
Police Paid By Number Of Tickets Written
• Detroit News Ch.4Redford Police’s recent policy change pays officers time-and-a-half their hourly wages, according the number of tickets written, and not the actual hours worked.
At least one eastern liberal newspaper "gets it" regarding the 2nd Amendment
• Luural InquirerIn the aftermath of the Petit family slayings in Cheshire, all reached for explanations: Time to admit the 'gun nuts' are right!
Commerce, Treasury funds helped boost GOP campaigns
• McClatchyTop Commerce and Treasury Dept officials appeared with Republican officials appeared with Republican candidates and doled out millions in federal money in battleground congressional districts and states after receiving White House
New Giuliani flip-flop: Immigration
• Mother JonesHere's what Giuliani said in a 1996 speech at Harvard: "We're never, ever going to be able to totally control immigration to a country that is as large as ours, that has borders that are as diverse as the borders of the US, and as a soc
Missouri city shortens traffic lights to increase ticket profits
• The NewspaperSpringfield found that lengthening yellow warning times at intersections with photo radar cameras eliminated ticket profits. To increase profits, the city will move the cameras to intersections with shorter yellow warning times.
Iraqi Sunnis slam new Shiite, Kurdish alliance
• AFPLeaders of Iraq's disenchanted Sunni Arab community on Friday slammed the new Shiite and Kurdish alliance formed to salvage Prime Minister Nur al-Maliki's national unity government. Maliki and President Jalal Talabani, however, made fresh at
US agency is swamped by requests for visas
• New York TimesImmigration authorities have received about 300,000 applications for high-skilled-employment visas since July 1, federal officials said yesterday, a deluge unleased after the feds first said it would not accept any applications for those visas
Right There on the Tarmac, the Inmates Revolt
• New York TimesJust last weekend, for example, a Customs computer breakdown at Los Angeles International Airport stranded more than 17,000 international passengers on planes, some for more than 10 hours.
Secret spy court orders Bush to respond to request for information on secret ruling
• Raw SotryIn an unprecedented order, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ordered the Bush Administration to respond to a request it received by the ACLU for orders and legal papers discussing the scope of the government's authority to engage in the
Army Reports Brass, Not Bloggers, Breach Security
• WiredFor years, the military has been warning that soldiers' blogs could pose a security threat by leaking sensitive wartime information. But a series of online audits, conducted by the Army, suggests that official Defense Department websites post mat
New Guatánamo Whistleblowers Emerge
• CounterpunchWhen Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, an Army reservist with 26 years’ experience in military intelligence, stepped forward to complain the entire process of confirming the detainees’ status as “enemy combatants” was severely flawed, often relying on “gener
In 2006 Lebanon War, Most Crimes Were Israeli
• AntiWarThis week marks a year since the end of hostilities now officially called the Second Lebanon war by Israelis. A month of fighting – mostly Israeli aerial bombardment of Lebanon, and rocket attacks from the Shi'ite militia Hezbollah on northern Is
Chinese cyber-dissident jailed for four years
• AFPA Chinese rights activist has been sentenced to four years in jail for subversion after posting politically sensitive essays on the Internet. A court convicted Chen Shuqing of inciting subversion, always maintained his innocence. "We think the s
How Sharks Hide Their Fingers
• LiveScienceThe genetic potential to create fingers and toes apparently existed ages before animals even crawled onto land, dating back to the distant common ancestors of sharks and humans, research now reveals.
Banks in Canada move to ease subprime pain
• BloombergThe accord may lift a money-market freeze in Canada sparked by the meltdown in the U.S. subprime mortgage market. Commercial paper trusts have been unable to sell debt coming due this week. "This is a bad precedent, it's a bailout," sai
The Draft
• SalonUntil last week, we hadn't heard much from Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, President Bush's "war czar," and I suspect that, after his recent remarks on National Public Radio, we won't be hearing from him again anytime soon.
Rout of Asian Securities Deepens
• ForbesIt was a bad day even by the standards of what has been possibly the worst week Asian stock markets have witnessed in recent years, as global equity turmoil from the U.S. subprime credit crisis continued to wreak havoc.
Some Secret Documents Are Too Secret Even for Critical Judges
• WiredMany thought that the Al-Haramain plaintiffs, who look to be the only people in America who can prove they were surveilled without warrants by the government's so-called Terrorist Surveillance Program, would be able to clamber over the legal obst
US army awards contract to develop truck-mounted laser weapon
• APNorthrop Grumman was awarded a contract to develop a mobile truck-mounted laser capable of destroying rockets, artillery shells and mortars, the US Army said. [Good for crowd control too.]
U.S. Considering 'Terror Sponsor' Label for Eritrea
• FOX NewsThe United States is considering designating the Red Sea state of Eritrea a "state sponsor of terrorism" for its alleged support of Islamist militants in Somalia, the top U.S. diplomat for Africa said.
Plan to Allow Some Mexican Trucks Full U.S. Highway Access Nears Approval
• FOX NewsSome Mexican trucks will be allowed to carry cargo anywhere in the United States as soon as a federal inspector general certifies safety and inspection plans, the Bush administration announced.
U.S. general: Iraq 'surge' likely to end in spring
• McClatchy NewsThe U.S military will begin pulling out the additional troops it sent to Iraq as part of the so-called surge next spring and will have completed their withdrawal by next August, the No. 2 American commander in Iraq said.
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