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<p>DALLAS -- Seven police officers filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city Tuesday, alleging they were denied promotions or transfers because they are white or do not speak Spanish.</p> <p>The officers say they were occasionally passed over in favor of minority candidates who had less experience, were on probation or had not applied for an open position.</p>

Thursday, July 1, 2004 2:05 p.m. EDT NewsMax First Warned Stern Could Defeat Bush Shock jock Howard Stern warned yesterday that his radio campaign to drive President Bush from the White House is beginning to have an affect - something NewsMax warned about last month. After adding nine new Infinity network stations to make up for the six Clear Channel outlets he lost in May, the top talker told his audience, "You'll notice that a lot of these markets are in swing states. Our audience is full of independent voters." "Research shows we're having an effect on the election," he...

Immigrant nation … trading freely and building wealth Jack Kemp June 28, 2004 A struggle is under way for the soul of the Republican Party between a minority of protectionist xenophobes and those who are pro-trade and pro-immigration. It's beneath the radar screen but it's not so quiet. I was enormously gratified last week to see voters send a powerful message to Nervous Nellies in the party who remain reluctant to stand on their principles in an election year. In two critical primaries, one for the Senate seat in South Carolina and the other for the House seat in Utah,...

Romney cuts state budget Saturday, June 26, 2004 By DAN RING dring@repub.com BOSTON - Gov. W. Mitt Romney yesterday vetoed $108.5 million from the Legislature-approved state budget, slashing raises for human-service workers, a new fee for boat owners and money for travel and tourism. Romney also vetoed the Legislature's plan to charge in-state tuition rates at state colleges and universities for illegal immigrants who have been in the state at least three years. Currently, they are charged out-of-state rates. The governor also axed $1 million from the budget of the Boston Municipal Court, which he has criticized as a patronage...

After U.S. troops captured former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, the Gallup poll found Bush’s approval rating was over 60 percent. It is now down to 46 percent. Six months ago more than half of those surveyed were satisfied with the direction of the country; now, almost two-thirds are dissatisfied. The precipitous slide gives the Democrats improved electoral prospects this fall in the House and Senate, according to a report in the LA Times. In the House, where 218 seats constitute a majority, there currently are 228 Republicans, 205 Democrats, one independent who routinely votes with the Democrats and a vacant...

Democrats today will present an alternative to the sweeping immigration reform plan announced by President Bush in January. The Democratic lawmakers who will announce the plan at a Washington press conference say the reform is both more concrete than the statement of principles offered by the White House and more likely to appeal to immigrants and their supporters. Among the most significant differences is the Democrats' offer to allow anyone who has been in the country at least five years and worked for at least two to become a legal permanent resident. That would put most of the 8 million...

Thursday February 19, 04:05 AM Mel Gibson's father says Holocaust exaggerated One week before the US release of Mel Gibson's controversial movie, "The Passion of the Christ," the filmmaker's father has publicly reiterated claims that the Holocaust was exaggerated. Hutton Gibson's comments, made in a telephone interview with New York radio talk show host Steve Feuerstein, come at an awkward time for the actor-director who has been trying to deflect criticism from Jewish groups that his film might inflame anti-Semitic sentiment. In his interview on WSNR radio's "Speak Your Piece", to be broadcast Monday, Hutton Gibson, argued that many European...

Welsh star in race row Jan 18 2004 Lucy Ballinger, Wales on Sunday ONE of the biggest Welsh movie stars in Hollywood kicked off a race storm last night after making anti-Muslim remarks. Outraged Islamic leaders in Wales demanded an immediate apology from Lord Of The Rings actor John Rhys-Davies, who claimed an increase in Europe's Muslim population was a "demographic catastrophe" threatening "Western civilisation". The 59-year-old Ammanford actor's comments were originally made in an interview with American journalists from World magazine, but this week they were used by the far right British National Party in a leaflet to campaign...

But Mark Mead, spokesman for the homosexual Republican group Log Cabin Republicans, believes that GOP opposition to homosexual marriage could harm the party's chances of keeping the White House. "The past is a really good predictor of the future. When we ran a culture war campaign led by Pat Buchanan in 1992, we lost, and we handed the White House to Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton for eight years," Mead told CNSNews.com. "So if we run on a culture war campaign, I predict that's what will happen again," Mead said. Log Cabin Republicans are "pleased with the ruling" in Massachusetts...

Howard Dean campaigns in Tallahassee Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean told a Tallahassee audience today that southerners have to quit basing their votes on "race, guns, God and gays." Dean, making his first campaign foray into North Florida, spoke at a rally in Jacksonville then addressed more than 500 people at a luncheon of the Capital Tiger Bay Club. He said Sen. Bob Graham, who announced on Monday that he won't run for re-election, is on his "short list" for vice president - if he wins the Democratic nomination to face President Bush next November. The former Vermont governor, who...