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RALEIGH - Six states allowed people to register to vote right up through Election Day last year, and those states had 74 percent of eligible people turn out to vote. In the 44 other states, only 60 percent of eligible people voted, according to data from the U.S. Elections Project at George Mason University. That difference widened some eyes last week at the General Assembly, where legislators are considering a bill that would let people register up to three days before an election. Current state law requires that people sign up 25 days before Election Day, but the bill would...

NC AMBER ALERT - Forsyth County (Winston-Salem). Police looking for a Red Chevy Tahoe (1999), NC License SSP-8932. 15-yr-old Jose Puerta (Puerto?) believed to be held against his will. End of report.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will deliver Duke University's commencement address and also is one of four people who will receive honorary degrees from Duke [on May 9th], school officials said. [snip]... Albright, who also served as Clinton's national security adviser, now is a principal in The Albright Group LLC, a global strategy firm that she founded in Washington, D.C.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been penalized 25 NASCAR Nextel Cup championship driver points, fined $10,000 and put on probation until June 1 for intentionally spinning out during Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, NASCAR officials announced Wednesday. The Dale Earnhardt Inc. team, which fields the No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet for Earnhardt Jr., was also penalized 25 owner points for the actions of its driver. Earnhardt Jr. was traveling in Florida when NASCAR notified him of the penalties and was unable for comment. "We regret what this has cost us in our pursuit of...

<p>Thank you all. Thank you very much.</p> <p>Secretary Straw and Secretary Hoon, Admiral Colbold (ph) and Dr. Shipman (ph), distinguished guests, I want to thank you for your very kind welcome that you've given to me and to Laura. I also thank the groups hosting this event, the Royal United Services Institute and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.</p>

none as yet - Live ESPN Coverage (no link)IRL Driver Kenny Brack and Tomas Scheckter were involved in a severe crash with approx. 14 laps to go in the IRL season's last race. Brack was surrounded by close to 15 medical and rescue personnel after his car went airborne, struck the retaining fence, and spun horizontally perhaps 5 rotations before coming to rest.ESPN announcers are fearing the worst. And for good reason, seeing the crash, which occurred at roughly 200 mph. No word yet on Brack's condition, though the presumption is that he is alive at the infield care center....

I recommend NO POSTS to this thread - but go to http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/983893/posts?page=1567#1567 for the initial report.

Lori Bardsley, founder of Citizens Against Celebrity Pundits -- and a 60,000+ signature online petition that takes the Hollywood Left to task for their idiotic stand on an Iraq war -- will be on FOX & Friends shortly (7:50AM EST). No source - turn on the tube - after MANCOW.

THIS HOUR on "The Big Story" with John Gibson on the FOX News Channel, his topics include: • Martin Sheen, Jessica Lange and Janeane Garofalo are just a few of the Hollywood celebrities who've gotten on their soapboxes to rail against a possible U.S. invasion of Iraq. Should these people just stick to their day jobs, instead of trying to tell us what we should think? Lori Bardsley with Citizens Against Celebrity Pundits, for one, is fed up with these Hollywood types mouthing off… and she's doing something about it.Be sure to tune into The Big Story with John Gibson...

Introduction: As a physician who still sees patients on a regular basis I have a keen interest in developing cures for diseases that plague so many of my patients. We all have family members who suffer from disease and we all hope for a cure. I have remained an avid supporter of the NIH and am pleased to have taken an active role in doubling the funding for the NIH so that we can find cures. Scientists have announced that they are working to clone human beings. Today, you will hear testimony from one such researcher. The complete ban on...

I received my form letter about the Ashcroft nomination from Senator John Edwards of North Carolina yesterday (dtd 27 Feb). He has been very coy in publicly declaring his intentions before any vote, thus far, and this vote was no different. So this letter provides one of the few opportunities to assess his views on our new Attorney General. In this letter, Edwards indicates that he "...made the difficult choice to oppose [Ashcroft's] nomination." He cites two reasons: (1) [I'll have to quote this directly, because it is really poorly written:]"Our nation is emerging from a close election that has ...

Host Bob Edwards talks with Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier about this weekend's State of the Black Union symposium in Washington. Participants will discuss, among other things, the African-American agenda during the coming Bush administration. [The following are self-transcribed excerpts from a 4-1/2 minute interview aired Friday morning. This largely speaks for itself, but it is very scary that a whole bunch of The Left believes this stuff strongly. And this interviewee teaches this seditious stuff in an American University. I have not left out important context, nor skewed her words. The audio will prove that.] [Part of an answer ...

McDougal's pardon came just one day after the Whitewater investigation was closed down under a deal in which Clinton gave up his law license and admitted make false testimony under oath in the Monica Lewinsky in return for prosecutor agreeing not to indict him. "She's absolutely delighted," said her lawyer, Mark Geragos. "She is speechless for once in her life. And I think it is especially poignant that it was one of the last acts of Bill Clinton's administration." McDougal went to prison rather than testify in the Whitewater investigation.

It's probably too late for inauguration counter-protest purposes, but what the hey: in the spirit of the Sore Loserman poster, I present the "Audit Jesse/PUSH" Sign. Enjoy (and no, I have no plans to go commercial!!). This image will be available at this site only for a limited time. Large (1024x770) image available by clicking the Source URL link above. Freep on.

There is a lot of airtime that is now being given to the "stinging dissent" of Justice Stevens in this critical ruling. The problem I have is that no one commenting on this is providing a fully contextual reading of what Stevens wrote. He wrote as follows: (page 7) "What must underlie petitioners' [Bush] entire federal assault on the Florida election procedures is an unstated lack of confidence in the impartiality and capacity of the state judges who would make the critical decisions if the vote count were to proceed. Otherwise, their position is wholly without merit. The endorsement of ...

Nothing follows: http://news.findlaw.com/cnn/docs/election2000/uscdecision1212.pdf

(You know the tune!) You know Daschel and Daley and Rangel and Jackson; Begala and Beckel and Nadler and Davis... But do you recall... the most dang'rous Democrat of all? Algore, the Election stealer Has a very lengthy nose; And if you ever saw it You would even say it grows. All of the other pundits Used to laugh and call him names; They never let poor Algore Join in any political games. Then one amazing November eve, Algore came to say, "Lawyers with your court insight Won't you check my chads to-night?" Then how the pundits loved him; Suddenly ...

Peter Fenn was just espousing on 'The Edge' this stupid analogy of errors in machine counting ballots versus the errors you get when scanning dollar bills in drink machines. NOW HEAR THIS: This analogy should be used by the Republicans to make their case, not to undermine it!!! Why? Because a new dollar bill scans just fine. So does a new ballot card. The dollar will continue to scan properly for a while. However, over time, with repeated MANUAL handling, the dollar gets dirty, bent, torn, folded, and otherwise mishandled to the point that it eventually will no longer scan! ...

The full text of Vice-President Gore Tuesday 2PM speech, with running commentary to expose the errors, exaggerations, and lies contained within. Hello, again. --- 'bout time; we waited for you for 45 minutes. But I guess you're going to repeat the same drivel from Monday night. --- Why are you set up facing the sun so that you have to squint for the whole session? As I described last night, since Election Day, we have had a single fundamental goal: to ensure a complete count of all of the votes cast in Florida. Not recount after recount, as some have ...

The Netscape home page (http://home.netscape.com/) simply asks if Gore should concede. Even before this post, nearly 70% of 110,000 said 'yes'. Charge!