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NEW YORK (WABC) -- A man chokes to death on a hot dog over the summer but now the accident has been re-classified as a homicide. The victim, a 65-year-old man died when he suffered a seizure eating a hot dog at his apartment in Chelsea. But now the Medical Examiner says Crawford's seizures were caused by an attack against him 44 years ago.

Finally, here is much talked about video of Xavier basketball player Jordan Crawford managing to dunk the ball on NBA Superstar LeBron James. The dunk is played in slow-motion at the end of the video. . . . . (Watch Video)

SHICKSHINNY (PA)– Two people who allegedly pierced three kittens that they marketed as “gothic kittens” on Web sites are facing animal cruelty charges. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Luzerne County filed six counts of cruelty to animals and three counts of criminal conspiracy against Holly Crawford, 34, of Dobson Road, Ross Township, and William Blansett, age unknown, of Sweet Valley, on Tuesday. The charges were filed with District Judge John Hasay in Shickshinny and mailed to Crawford and Blansett. Humane officers with assistance from the state police at Shickshinny executed a search warrant at Crawford’s...

US agents at Guantanamo Bay tortured a Saudi man suspected of involvement in the 11 September attacks, the official overseeing trials at the camp has said. Susan Crawford told the Washington Post newspaper that Mohammad al-Qahtani had been left in a "life-threatening condition" after being interrogated. She said Mr Qahtani had been subjected to sustained periods of cold, isolation and sleep deprivation. Mr Qahtani remains at Guantanamo, but all charges against him were dropped. He had been facing trial on counts of conspiracy, terrorism, and murder in violation of the laws of war.

A Bush administration official responsible for reviewing practices at Guantanamo Bay says the U.S. military tortured a Saudi national who allegedly planned to participate in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the Washington Post reported. "We tortured [Mohammed al-]Qahtani," Susan J. Crawford told the Post. "His treatment met the legal definition of torture. And that's why I did not refer the case" for prosecution. Crawford is the first senior Bush administration official who investigates Guantanamo dealings to publicly say a detainee was tortured.

President and Mrs. Bush returned to the White House today from Crawford TX where they spent part of the holidays.

President and Mrs. Bush left the D.C. area today and arrived in TX where they will vacation at their ranch in Crawford.

Happy 10-4 Day.Cue the announcer: "Whenever the laws of any state are broken, a duly authorized organization swings into action. It may be the called the State Police, State Troopers, Militia, the Rangers, or the Highway Patrol. These are the stories of the men whose training, skill, and courage, have enforced and preserved our state laws. From the web site: Currently, Highway Patrol is not being aired on TV, and the owner of the series, MGM, has never released episodes on VHS or DVD, as far as we know. Bummer. Let MGM know of your interest in a trip down...

‘Jim Crawford’ RepublicansThe GOP is working to keep eligible African-Americans from voting in several states. Jonathan Alter Newsweek Web Exclusive Updated: 2:37 PM ET Sep 11, 2008 It was a mainstay of Jim Crow segregation: for 100 years after the Civil War, Southern white Democrats kept eligible blacks from voting with poll taxes, literacy tests and property requirements. Starting in the 1960s, the U.S. Supreme Court declared these assaults on the heart of American democracy unconstitutional. Now, with the help of a 2008 Supreme Court decision, Crawford vs. Marion County (Indiana) Election Board, white Republicans in some areas will keep...

In his radio address today, President Bush sharpened his attacks on the Democratic-controlled Congress, blaming it of being partially responsible for high gas prices and urging lawmakers to facilitate new oil exploration. The president and Mrs. Bush are in Crawford this weekend. (I wonder if he called 41 and said "Dad, it looks like your choice of Qualye will ne longer be viewed as the worst VP pick in recent history.")

Today the President continued to operate from his ranch in Texas where he is vacationing, a White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe briefed reporters on the President's activities. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Iraq Pray for President Bush -- Day 2899 Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

President and Mrs. Bush Saddened by Death of Zambian President Levy MwanawasaLaura and I are saddened to hear of the passing of Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa. President Mwanawasa was a champion of democracy in his own country and throughout Africa. As President of Zambia, President Mwanawasa launched a sweeping anti-corruption campaign and dedicated himself to improving the welfare of all Zambians. As Chairman of the Southern African Development Community, President Mwanawasa worked tirelessly to uphold the values of good governance, speaking out against human rights abuses and threats to democracy when many others were silent. On behalf of the United...

President Bush and Secretary of State Rice met in Crawford today and then addressed the media about the situation in Georgia. President Bush welcomed Russia's signing of a Georgian cease-fire agreement as a "hopeful step," but also sternly warned Moscow that it must withdraw troops immediately and cannot claim two breakaway Georgian provinces as its own. President Bush Discusses Situation in Georgia The focus of the President’s Radio Address today was Global Diplomacy. FULL REMARKS OF RADIO ADDRESS

The AP gives us a story about some so-called “documentary” about what evil befell the poor folks of Crawford, Texas, after Governor George W. Bush bought his ranch property there. I’ll start right out with the key section that pretty much describes what we’re dealing with, a quote by the director of this film. “I wanted to do a film indicting Bush for this political stagecraft, using this town as a prop.” A guy that wanted to exploit the kind folks of Crawford, Texas is being presented as a wonderful fellow by the press? Say it isn’t so! Naturally, the...

CRAWFORD, Texas -- The president's 1,600-acre ranch in Crawford, Texas, is all gussied up for this evening's wedding of Jenna Bush to long-time boyfriend Henry Hager. President Bush will walk his daughter down the aisle before about 200 friends and family members in a very private outdoor ceremony. The festivities got under way last night with a rehearsal dinner hosted by the groom's parents in the tourist town of Salado, Texas, about 54 miles from Crawford. There'll be a barbecue lunch today back at the ranch. The father of the bride uses his weekend radio chat today to pay tribute...

President Bush gave his Radio Address today from Crawford TX. The focus of the speech was the economy. Friday evening, VP Cheney attended a fundraiser in Tulsa, Oklahoma. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice returned to the Middle East on Saturday to provide a badly needed shot in the arm for the Middle East peace process ahead of a visit by President George W. Bush. Commemorative items for the upcoming wedding of first daughter Jenna Bush and her fiance Henry Hager are now on sale at The Red Bull in Waco, Texas.

April 30, 2008, 6:00 a.m. Voters Are Far from the Biggest LosersLife after Crawford. By Abigail Thernstrom For one of the most anticipated big decisions of the current Supreme Court term, the Indiana voter-ID ruling Monday is certainly a bit anti-climactic. No big deal, Justice John Paul Stevens, writing the lead opinion, said, in essence. The Indiana law requires citizens, before voting, to show an approved photo identification — a passport or driver’s license, for instance. “There is no question about the legitimacy or importance of the State’s interest in counting only the votes of eligible voters,� Stevens concluded....

Officials said they have detained a British man after he flew near President Bush’s Crawford ranch, later taking him to Austin for a mental evaluation. McLennan County sheriff’s deputies were called by the U.S. Secret Service on Friday evening to a pasture five to seven miles from the president’s ranch about a possibly intoxicated pilot, Chief Deputy Randy Plemons said. Bush was not at the ranch when the incident happened. At the time of the call, a heavy thunderstorm was passing through the Crawford area, but Plemons said he wasn’t sure what factors caused the pilot to land in the...

CRAWFORD v. MARION COUNTY ELECTION BD. (Nos. 07-21 and 07-25) Web-accessible at:     http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/07-21.ZS.html  Argued: January 9, 2008 -- Decided: April 28, 2008* Opinion author: Stevens ===============================================================   After Indiana enacted an election law (SEA 483) requiring citizens voting in person to present government-issued photo identification, petitioners filed separate suits challenging the law's constitutionality. Following discovery, the District Court granted respondents summary judgment, finding the evidence in the record insufficient to support a facial attack on the statute's validity. In affirming, the Seventh Circuit declined to judge the law by the strict standard set for poll taxes in Harper v....

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court upheld Indiana’s voter identification law on Monday, concluding in a splintered decision that the challengers failed to prove that the law’s photo ID requirement placed an unconstitutional burden on the right to vote. The 6-to-3 ruling kept the door open to future lawsuits that provided more evidence. But this theoretical possibility was small comfort to the dissenters or to critics of voter ID laws, who predicted that a more likely outcome than successful lawsuits would be the spread of measures that would keep some legitimate would-be voters from the polls. Voting experts said the ruling...

The Supreme Court's refusal to strike down an Indiana law requiring government-issued photo identification at the ballot box could disenfranchise minority and elderly voters at next week's primary and prompt other states to pass similar laws, voting advocates said Monday. The court, in a splintered 6-3 ruling Monday, said Indiana's law, which took effect in 2006 and requires voters to present a state or federal photo ID card at the ballot box, does not violate the First or 14th amendments. The court said the law served as a justifiable protection to the electoral process. "It's especially worrisome that the court...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled that states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights. The decision validates Republican-inspired voter ID laws. The court vote 6-3 to uphold Indiana's strict photo ID requirement. Democrats and civil rights groups say the law would deter poor, older and minority voters from casting ballots.

Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, Case No. 07-21 http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-21.pdf

President, Laura Bush going back to Dallas By WacoTrib.com staff | Thursday, April 10, 2008, 03:11 PM Laura Bush announced today that she and her husband will move from their Crawford ranch back to the D/FW area after a 14-year absence, according to this Dallas Morning News story. In the “who-didn’t-see-that-coming-department,” the DMN’s political blog uses the opportunity to take a potshot at Waco. Permalink | Comments (6) | Post your comment | Categories: Headlines, Around Central Texas, Around the state, National news, Politics Comments By Whew April 10, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this Does this mean we...

Cindy Sheehan barely fits into her "campaign limo," her sister's blue Hyundai Tiburon. She ducks low to avoid hitting her head on the way in, and her knees are nearly at her chest when she sits, even with the seat rolled all the way back. Traveling over the Oakland Bay Bridge, her campaign manager at the wheel--steering with one hand and scrolling through e-mails with the other--the 6-foot-tall antiwar activist turned congressional hopeful tries in vain to stretch out in the passenger seat. It's raining when they pull into a parking spot near Berkeley City College, where Sheehan is about...

Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island PHOTO OF THE DAY Bush Family Photo - President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, former First Lady Barbara Bush, and former President George H. W. Bush sit surrounded by family in the Red Room, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005. Friends and family joined former President Bush and Mrs. Bush in celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary during a dinner held at the White House. ((check the boots ;)) QUOTE(s) OF THE DAY President's Radio Address ~ March 15, 2008 Good morning. On Friday, I traveled to New York City to talk about the state of...

Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island PHOTO OF THE DAY Artist: Robert Alexander Anderson ~ Darien, Connecticut. Subject: President George W. Bush ~ The Yale Club, New York This distinguished portrait was created at the invitation of the President, and was based on life sittings at the President's ranch in Crawford, Texas. Given the extraordinary and auspicious subject, the artist's portrayal is remarkable for its naturalness and aura of friendly informality. This effect is achieved by the facial expression, the unaffected and down-to-earth pose, the simple domestic setting, and the presence of the pet. We are all able to...

CAPTION THESE PHOTOS: President George W. Bush gestures as he escorts Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen (R) to his pickup truck upon Rasmussen's arrival at Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas February 29, 2008.

One morning last August in San Francisco, six women in pink sweaters marched up a hilly boulevard towing pink roller bags full of shoes. They unzipped the bags in front of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's house, dumped the shoes on her lawn, and went on to arrange loafers, pumps, and pink glittery sandals like hawkers at a yard sale. Anchoring their display was a pair of combat boots, placed on Pelosi's doorstep. The boots, like the other shoes, had been pulled from a dead body in Iraq—the body of Casey Sheehan, in fact, whose mother, Cindy, is running as an Independent...

The Peace House in Crawford, which has had its share of publicity the last few years as well as its documented struggles with money to stay open, appears again to need an infusion of cash. This e-mail was sent to the Trib: “I’d Love to change the world, but I don’t know what to do, So I leave it up to you .” Alvin Lee with the band Ten Years After We need your help Five years ago in January 2003 I put a down payment on a house in Crawford, Texas with the hope of giving a home to...

Today the President spoke from his raunch in Crawford Texas on the death of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. He also telephoned Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke with Amin Fahim, who is Benazir Bhutto successor as the head of the Pakistani People's Party and also called Bhutto's widower, Asif Ali Zardari, to express her condolences, State Department spokesman Tom Casey said. During a Press gaggle with Scott Stanzel many comments and questions arose regarding her death etc - Click here for further details Pray for President Bush -- Day 2660 Enjoy your visit to...

President & Mrs. Bush arrived at their home in Crawford, Texas today after spending Christmas at Camp David. Traveling with the First Couple were daughters Jenna and Barbara, and Laura Bush’s mother Jenna Welch. During the flight to Texas, President Bush signed the budget bill that will fund our troops serving in Iraq. This law provides a down payment for the resources our troops need, without arbitrary timelines for withdrawal. The Congress should quickly take action next year to provide the remainder of the funding needed by our troops. (Transcript) And in a new Gallup Poll, President Bush was named...

A Day in the Life of President Bush (with photos): 11-10-07 Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island Transcript: 11-10-07 - President Bush and Chancellor Merkel of Germany Participate in a Joint Press Availability - Prairie Chapel Ranch - Crawford, Texas QUOTE(s) OF THE DAY "First on al Qaeda, we do share a common goal, and that is to eradicate al Qaeda. That goal obviously became paramount to the American people when al Qaeda killed 3,000 innocent souls on our soil. And since then, the United States of America, along with strong allies and friends, has been in pursuit of...

CRAWFORD — With flags waving and banners held high, members of Move America Forward’s “Fight for Victory Tour” caravan made a pit stop in President Bush’s adopted hometown on Saturday afternoon, rallying support from local residents for U.S. troops serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom.Move America Forward, which bills itself as the “nation’s largest grassroots, pro-troop organization,” launched the caravan on Monday in Carson City, Nev., and aims to land in Washington, D.C., by Saturday to coincide with U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus’ report to Congress on the progress of recent troop surges in Iraq.Leading the caravan are several members of...

CRAWFORD, Tex. It was just two years ago that Cindy Sheehan pierced the national consciousness with her roadside vigil near President Bush's Texas ranch in protest of the Iraq war. Several thousand demonstrators came to Crawford to join Sheehan in 2005, capturing the international media spotlight and seemingly crystallizing the antiwar movement. Before long, Sheehan was transformed from a grieving mother moved to protest by the loss of her son in Iraq into a globe-trotting antiwar hero. Eventually banned from the roadside, she bought five acres of land to serve as a base for future protests, dubbing it Camp Casey...

While US public has heavily turned against the Iraq war, the protest site near President George W. Bush's Texas ranch had just one permanent demonstrator Wednesday -- two if you count the dog. "She's full time, and I'm full time," Carl Rising-Moore, 61, said cheerfully of "Sunny," a frisky stray dog bounding around the arid grounds of the camp that anti-war mom Cindy Sheehan set up in tribute to her slain Iraq soldier son. Rising-Moore, a Canadian-born naturalized US citizen, said he runs workshops on how to hold non-violent protests and that the goal is to "create a movement here"...

President Bush’s advisor Karl Rove was interviewed today by Rush Limbaugh. (Transcript with audio). This was Rove’s first interview since he announced his resignation earlier this week. RUSH: You've been the brunt of all kinds of assaults and attacks, personally and otherwise, along with the president. How do you guys deal with it? ROVE: Rush, you ignore it. I mean, if you have to wake up in the morning to be validated by the editorial page of the New York Times, you got a pretty sorry existence.

CRAWFORD — From a wooden bench in front of a shop selling mementos of "The Western White House," tourist Chuck Yorde wondered aloud why he seemed to be the only visitor in town. "If his poll numbers were up there above 50-60 percent, this place would probably be a little more jumping," said Yorde, surveying the empty parking spots up and down Lone Star Parkway. The resident of Youngstown, Ohio, was almost apologetic about his own presence in the town near President Bush's 1,600-acre ranch. He said he was visiting his sister in nearby Gatesville who's "a big Bush fan...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - When President Bush vacations at his Texas ranch he won't be hounded by Cindy Sheehan (SHEE'-han) any more. The Gold Star war mom announced Memorial Day she's quitting as the poster child of the anti-Iraq war movement. She's selling the five-acre piece of land she bought near the ranch as a protest headquarters. A spokeswoman for Sheehan says Los Angeles radio talk host Bree Walker is buying it for $87,000 and will preserve it as a peace memorial. A pro-war group called Move America Forward had wanted to buy the parcel but Sheehan refused. Her...

The liberal website Bradblog.com is reporting that progressive talk radio host Bree Walker will be buying Cindy Sheehan's Crawford, Texas property.According to Bradblog, Sheehan will be on Walker's Los Angeles based radio show tomorrow afternoon to seal the deal.In an interview with Bradblog, Walker says that Sheehan will be selling the property for what she paid for so as to not appear to be making a profit.When Sheehan recently quit the peace movement on Memorial Day, she claimed that she was so broke she couldn't pay her hospital bills. That claim was recently disputed by her friend and mentor Medea...

Bush has been hinting around that he's about to play his big winning card and call his conservative base "racist" for opposing his mass amnesty bill. It makes me wonder if his own personal servants and workers at his ranch are all fully legal...or if they ever have been illegal and working for him. Those living in the Waco area might know. The Minutemen might even be able to find out.

War protesters tired of group's blunders, gripes Sunday, April 08, 2007 Angella K. Brown Associated Press Crawford, Texas -- With allegations of money mismanagement, threats of court action and some members leaving, a group that has sponsored war protests in President Bush's adopted hometown has been anything but peaceful. The Crawford Peace House recently lost its corporate charter with the state, and a former member who has rights to the name is threatening legal action because the group continues operating. Sara L. Oliver and some others are calling for a state investigation as to why only $14,700 is now in...

Did St. Cindy’s peace group commit fraud to attract donations? posted at 10:55 am on April 5, 2007 by Allahpundit Niiiice work here by Sweetness & Light. He’s a teensy bit unfair when he says the process of filing for 501(c)(3) status should only take a few minutes (true with respect to filling out the application, but it can take months to be formally approved by the IRS) but otherwise he’s got himself a solid case of malfeasance. Do their actions rise to the level of fraud, though? To prove criminal fraud you typically have to show intent to deceive...

Anti-war group in McLennan County loses it’s corporate status Updated: Mar 28, 2007 7:03pm A nationally known anti-war group in Mclennan County has lost its corporate status with the state, and a former member is calling for an investigation. Officials in the Texas State Comptroller's office said the Crawford Peace House hasn't handed in required paperwork in nearly a year. The Crawford Peace House is no longer an organization in the eyes of the state, and why that's happened is coming into question by former members. Their questions began in the summer of 2005, when the nearly bankrupt Crawford Peace...

CRAWFORD, Texas - Near the lone stoplight on Main Street, a for-sale sign hangs from a dusty window where a souvenir shop used to sell cufflinks, cowboy boots and denim shirts emblazoned “The Western White House.” Another gift store across the street is shuttered too, though a sign says it will reopen elsewhere. And the biggest souvenir shop in Crawford is reporting a drop in sales. The Washington professionals have their polls, their focus groups and their newspaper editorials. But Crawford, the 700-person town where President Bush’s ranch is located, has its trinket stores, and they have fallen on hard...

CRAWFORD — When Norma Nelson Crow opened her store here offering souvenirs celebrating President Bush and his nearby Western White House, she said she felt as if she was part of the president’s support staff. “We believe so in this man and his philosophy on life,” the 64-year-old Fort Worth resident said. And it didn’t hurt that business was booming. She thought what she was witnessing in the Central Texas town of her youth was something that might well outlive Bush’s presidency. “I never thought, ‘In eight years we’re all out of here,’ ” she said of her store and...

Today the President met with Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Chariman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at his ranch in Crawford, Texas Also tonight I have included photos taken January - April 2006 these photos may not necessarily be the best photos or the most important but they are chosen because they appeal to me and hopefully to you as well. It maybe because of the content, the expression on the face(s) or just an unusual photo. Part Two May - December will be with Monday 1st...

CRAWFORD — War protester Cindy Sheehan and several fellow peace activists were arrested this morning outside President Bush’s ranch where Bush is meeting with Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and others on Iraq war policy. Sheehan, arrested just after 11, said she and others were conducting a “peace surge” to address concerns that Bush may increase U.S. troop numbers in Iraq. The Bush administration is under mounting pressure to change its tactics in an increasingly unpopular conflict. Among the suggestions Bush is considering is a temporary surge in U.S. troops. Just before...

A six-person McLennan County jury Thursday convicted the two Iraq war protesters charged with obstructing a street near the president’s ranch in Crawford. Hiram Myers, a 75-year-old retired Oklahoma lawyer, and Em Hardy, a 58-year-old Austin psychologist, set out on April 14 to be arrested under a McLennan County ordinance, which prohibits tents in the right of way of county roads. They were instead charged and have now been convicted for failing to obey and order to prevent obstruction of a street. “I think this was a waste of time,” Myers said, after the three-day trial. “It was a waste...