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GUN BAN IN CITY PARKS ISSUE FOR LEGISLATUREby the Tri-City Herald Editorial Staff Admittedly, Pasco's short-lived ban on carrying guns in city parks seems a little like a solution in search of a problem. Memorial Park isn't likely to turn into the OK Corral just because the Pasco City Council rescinded the ordinance. After all, before the ban was enacted in April, there didn't seem to be many Wyatt Earp wannabes strapping on six-shooters to promenade along the shady paths. Even so, the idea of keeping guns out of city parks is so logical that the Legislature ought to make...
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NY Times-friendly GOGGLE link..... http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/26/technology/26XSUPE.html?ex=1054526400&en=b290ea28eaf7ab1f&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE
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I can't believe they cancelled this..... Once again, actors should stick to acting. Clennon If you like "The Agency" send CBS a comment here HERE
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.....William Leavitt Jr. of Nevada and Larry Wayne Harris of Lancaster,Ohio, will remain in jail at least until a preliminary hearing Monday Agents also seized other biological material in Ohio from houses owned by Harris, a former Aryan Nations member. That material was still being tested at Fort Dietrick, and those tests will not be completed before Monday. .....Harris, 46, pleaded guilty in 1995 to wire fraud after his arrest for obtaining three vials of freeze-dried bubonic plague bacteria through the mail. He was put on 18 months of probation.
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FR was prominently mentioned by David Vance in an interview regarding Gary Condit....Pretty Paula was not amused.
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Ex-DOE Head Joins Anti-Nuke Trustees Published on June 12, 2001, Article 1 of 89 found. Jennifer McKee Journal Staff Writer Bill Richardson, who has served as a New Mexico congressman, ambassador to the United Nations and U.S. Energy secretary, has been elected to the trustees of an environmental group that has repeatedly sued the Energy Department.Richardson was unanimously elected to the board of trustees on Thursday of the National Resource Defense Council, a 31-year-old environmental and public health organization with 450,000 members nationwide.The group opposes nuclear weapons and works to halt global warming, (Albuquerque Journal (NM), 597 words. )
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ENVIRONMENT, INC. Sacramento Bee Special Series Sunday, April 22: Price of power A century after John Muir served as the Sierra Club's first president, environmental groups have successfully traded on his legacy, becoming bigger and richer than ever before. But in their quest for power and money, have they cashed in their tradition? Monday, April 23: Cause or commerce? When you give $20 to an environmental organization, you expect it to go toward protecting the environment. But creative accounting hides the myriad ways groups can fold a hefty chunk of that donation back into their fund raising and bureaucracy. Tuesday, ...
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Cantwell, Murray: Where were you? We found ourselves missing former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton a bit last week as Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden led the effort to ensure that the Bonneville Power Administration would receive about $100 million it is owed by two struggling California utilities. Wyden argued that, because the federal government forced BPA to ship about $120 million worth of electricity to Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric Co., the BPA should be among the first creditors paid back if either of those utilities goes bankrupt. BPA is itself struggling financially as it tries to meet ...
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GoGov.com Poll How is President Bush doing so far? Moving the country too far right. I'm worried. (28) 34% Just so, so. Not great, not bad. (16) 19% He has made a good start. I'm pleased. (16) 19% Too early to tell (22) 26% Total Votes: 82 Gov's Page-Works Gov's Opinion Links
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UNFINISHED NUKE PLANT DESERVES SECOND LOOK Tri-City Herald (Tri-Cities, WA.) Energy costs soaring to previously inconceivable levels have prompted talk of a previously inconceivable possibility - finishing a partially built nuclear plant in Richland.
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Dueling pistols at ten paces....Gore has a 3-day waiting period for a handicap.
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For Mid-Columbia, Bush best choice Ultimately, the Herald's endorsement in the presidential race comes down to trust. And that's why we're endorsing Republican George W. Bush for president..... ....The way the Mid-Columbia has fared during the administration of Clinton-Gore is key to this endorsement. We are well aware that endorsing Bush presents some contradictions to our sentiments on some issues.... ...(Gore) has his own problems with credibility - not the least of which is the questionable fundraising incident at the Buddist temple. There is also his propensity for exaggeration.... ....Bush and Cheney(sp)offer a leadership that galvanizes, rather than one who ...
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Let's freep this poll a little..... Trigger Lock Poll
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John Lott is on PBS "Think Tank" against activist NOW....
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Will somebody please help me understand why Bush/Cheney have not absolutely pounded on this incessant "alternative energy" line that Gore/Lieberman keep throwing out there ad nauseum....these wishy washy solar/biomass/wind comments make me puke and can add only a small percentage of our energy needs....and this coming from a Chem E whose worked on projects in this area for nearly 20 years...We need balanced energy supply, including coal and hydro (Save the Dams), but nuclear is the cleanest and safest form of energy out there and is the only form dense enough to make a REAL difference in the coming decades. ...
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