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REPLACEMENT: The governor is confident he can legalize the road for undocumented residents. By / Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO - Gov. Schwarzenegger said Tuesday he was "absolutely positive we'll come up with a great bill" to replace a law granting driver licenses to undocumented immigrants that was repealed days after he took office. It was a strong sign he supports giving driver licenses to California residents in the state illegally. Schwarzenegger said his office has been working closely with state Sen. Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, to craft a successor to SB 60. The law became a lighting rod for criticism during...

Business groups cheer proposal, but smaller firms have doubtsSusie Morrissey is a businesswoman with a direct style. What's her product? "Sparkle." She runs a janitorial service. It's a gritty business, full of competitors who can sometimes skip payroll taxes and use illegal immigrant crews at rock-bottom wages. What does she think of President Bush's plan to temporarily legalize millions of illegal immigrants? "Are employers going to say, 'Oh gee, I am going to increase my costs by increasing my taxes?' I don't think so," says Ms. Morrissey, CEO of Dallas-based Bell Janitorial Supplies & Services Inc. For her business, Ms....

WHEN H.I.V. drained Carlos Sandoval of his health and forced him to leave behind his career as a Manhattan lawyer, he retreated to the East End of Long Island to figure out where his life was headed. The answer, as it turned out, was to the Sundance Film Festival. In September 2000, Mr. Sandoval, 51, was reading a newspaper at his boyfriend's home in Amagansett when he came across an article about two Latino day laborers from the hamlet of Farmingville who had been attacked by white men promising work. Mr. Sandoval, whose heritage is Puerto Rican and Mexican-American, was...

Sorry for the vanity but -Did anyone watch the O'Reilly Factor and hear what Frum and Peale had to say re weapons of mass destruction?

Washington, Dec 29: The Bush administration is working on a proposal to make it easier for immigrants to find work legally in the US. President George W. Bush will soon send his proposal to the US Congress with recommendations for an immigration policy that would help in matching willing employers with willing employees, according to media reports here. Bush has already ruled out a "blanket amnesty", or mass legalisation, for undocumented people living in the United States. Although the White House has not provided many details of the proposal, it is largely expected to draw on an immigration bill sponsored...

<p>President Bush now proposes to give illegal aliens legal status, but this will do nothing to improve our national security.</p> <p>In fact, it would take years and years to do background checks on the estimated 8 million to 12 million illegal aliens who could be eligible for amnesty. An illegal alien who was amnestied in 1986, after all, later masterminded the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993.</p>

MEAT MARKET:Investors fear consumers could reverse their beef-eating binge after the discovery of the disease as hamburger restaurants watched their stock prices drop. This week's discovery of mad cow disease in the US presents the biggest challenge to consumer confidence in the food supply since a crisis three years ago when biotech corn not approved for human consumption showed up in hundreds of supermarket products. A cow slaughtered on Dec. 9 in a tiny town in Washington state has tested positive for mad cow disease, sending shock waves through the US$27 billion US cattle industry and shutting down American beef...

<p>SANTA BARBARA, California (CNN) -- Responding to criticism about his joking demeanor at last week's news conference, Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon Tuesday apologized for some of the comments he made after announcing the arrest warrant for pop icon Michael Jackson on multiple counts of child molestation.</p>

Seventeen year old's father visiting Jackson in the States now asks his son to take the first airplane home.He has not heard from his son for almost two weeks, and is beginning to become worried after all the commotion around the superstar. The seventeen-year-old's mobile telephone doesn't work in the States, and the family depends on their son to call home himself. "VG" had the information yesterday that three Norwegian teen-agers from Oslo have secretly vacationed with Michael Jackson in the States for almost four weeks. NERVOUS The father of one of the boys was very positive toward the dream-trip,...

By Howard Fischer CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES PHOENIX - A visit by Mexican President Vicente Fox to Arizona next month will bring the fight over illegal immigration to center stage. But that's exactly what Fox does not want to do, according to Mexico's Consul General for Arizona Ruben Beltran. Beltran, on Friday, unveiled details of the president's Nov. 4 visit, including a meeting with Gov. Janet Napolitano, a conversation with about 300 business leaders and an address to a gathering at the Phoenix Civic Plaza that requires tickets. One who immediately went to get a ticket Friday was Rusty Childress, one...

<p>MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights — Israeli warplanes bombed an alleged Islamic Jihad (search) training base in Syria Sunday, attacking deep inside the neighboring country for the first time in three decades and widening its pursuit of Palestinian militants.</p> <p>The airstrike -- a retaliation for a homicide bombing Saturday that killed 19 Israelis -- alarmed the Arab world and deepened concerns that three years of Israeli-Palestinian violence could spread through the region.</p>

May 21, 2003   We the undersigned, endorse the following petition: Demand Change! Protect American Values! Target: President George W. Bush Sponsor: Democratic National Committee SIGNATURES: 6,831 GOAL: 10,000 DEADLINE: Ongoing ... President Bush and the Republican Congress are moving forward on their extreme, right wing agenda. Women's rights, our health, our children's future and our own retirement are all at risk. It's time to fight back! Politically active women are the force that can change the direction of our country. The Women's Vote Center is building the momentum we need to reach, engage, and turn out women voters in...

<p>Suspected SARS Case Reported In Tri-State Victim's Name, Hometown Not Released A suspected case of SARS has been reported in the Tri-State.</p> <p>The person suffering from severe acute respiratory syndrome lives in Northern Kentucky, according to the Kentucky Department of Public Health.</p>

EUPHRATES 'POISONED' US Marines found cyanide and mustard agents in high concentrations in the Euphrates River near Nassiriya in Iraq, television network MSNBC has reported. The network said a briefing from Marine officials was its source for the information. The agents were found during routine tests conducted to ensure the water being used is safe, MSNBC said. Neither Centcom officials in Qatar nor US military officials in Iraq have confirmed the MSNBC report. Mustard gas produces painful, long-lasting blisters and often leads to blindness, while cyanide kills by preventing blood from transporting oxygen. Last Updated: 19:01 UK, Friday April 04,...

A very long time ago there was a FR thread with Saddam holding up a rifle. There was speculation about his health at that time. I have been searching and unable to locate this old thread or picture. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.

Islamists Accelerate Religious Rhetoric, Intolerance

Q:Whose style do you most admire? BILL CLINTON A: "When I grow up, I'd like to dress like Russell Simmons."

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.. I just heard that France is negotiating for Saddam to go to Mauritania. Does anyone know anything about this.. I did a search here and nothing.. thanks in advance.

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