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ARAR – Border Guards detained six Somalis – three males and three females – as they attempted to enter Iraqi territory on foot from the Kingdom Friday. The official spokesman of the Border Guards directorate-general, Lt. Col. Salim Bin Saleh Al-Salmi, said the six were in the Kingdom in violation of residency and labor laws. The foiled attempt to slip into Iraq was seemingly a new tactic, possibly being tested for the first time. “The six Somalis tried to get into Iraq using broad daylight as camouflage,” Lt. Col. Al-Salmi said. “Investigations are continuing to ascertain whether they are on...

Portland, Oregon to Owosso, Michigan and return! A special train operated by the Steam Railroading Institute, Friends of the 4449 and the Friends of the 261 will travel over 5000 miles across country and return. This special train will be pulled by "The Worlds Most Famous Steam Locomotive" Southern Pacific "Daylight" No. 4449. This beautiful train will operate on an Amtrak special train on various railroads between Portland, OR and Owosso, MI. Tickets are available for all portions of this trip. TrainFestival 2009 has teamed up with the American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners (AAPRCO) to offer luxury seating...

Officials Question Value Of Daylight Savings TimeReport Says Changing The Clock Doesn't Save Energy UPDATED: 1:44 pm MST March 8, 2008 FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- It not only costs most people an hour of sleep, now officials and researchers are questioning the value of daylight savings time. Daylight savings time starts on Sunday at 2 a.m. Remember to set your clocks one hour ahead tonight. The concept was first put forward by Benjamin Franklin, as a satire, during a visit to Paris. He wrote that fewer candles would be used if people got up earlier and went to bed earlier....

You may have noticed that March of this year was particularly hot. As a matter of fact, I understand that it was the hottest March since the beginning of the last century. All of the trees were fully leafed out and legions of bugs and snakes were crawling around during a time in Arkansas when, on a normal year, we might see a snowflake or two. This should come as no surprise to any reasonable person. As you know, Daylight Saving Time started almost a month early this year. You would think that members of Congress would have considered the...

Arizonans successfully gave the federal government the "MAGIC WIDGET DIGET" three decades ago and stayed on standard time year-round. Arizonans viewed it as a no-brainer, and wanted no part of it. See how we did it then start working in your state to get rid of it.

US plans to change daylight saving hours this spring could wreak havoc on computer systems, Gartner claims. The analyst firm said utomated systems could run haywire this March. Disruptions could affect calendars, billing programs and security systems as well as undermining automated trading systems.

WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers trying to craft an energy bill started with the issues they thought wouldn't generate much heat. But then they tried to tinker with Americans' clocks, by extending daylight-saving time by two months. Proponents figure extra daylight in the evenings will help the nation save electricity. But juggling Americans' biorhythms, lawmakers learned, transcends the energy policy debate. Critics started complaining loudly about children walking to school in the dark, airlines struggling to schedule flights overseas and technicians scrambling to recalibrate computers. House and Senate negotiators, trying to sort out their differences and craft a comprehensive energy bill before...

WASHINGTON — If Congress passes an energy bill, Americans may see more daylight-saving time. Lawmakers crafting energy legislation approved an amendment Wednesday to extend daylight-saving time by two months, having it start on the first Sunday in March and end on the last Sunday in November. "Extending daylight-saving time makes sense, especially with skyrocketing energy costs," said Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., who along with Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., co-sponsored the measure. The amendment was approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee that is putting together major parts of energy legislation likely to come up for a vote in the...

Daniels says he'll fight for time change Daylight-saving time would help businesses, governor-elect says. November 5, 2004 Gov.-elect Mitch Daniels wasted no time jumping into one of the state's most politically treacherous issues, promising Thursday to fight to bring daylight-saving time to Indiana. excerpt due to copyright restrictions, follow link below: Article

Don't forget to set you clocks back tonight! Spring Forward....Fall Back

Just a FRiendly Reminder. This weekend, we turn our clock one hour ahead to take advantage of Daylight Savings time. Those of you in Arizona, Hawaii, and most of Indiana, never mind.

Just a FRiendly Reminder. Turn your clock one hour ahead this weekend. Otherwise you will be one hour late for everything effective Sunday morning. Those of you in Hawaii, Arizona, and most of Indiana (you know who you are), never mind.

I posted this on another thread, but given this issue is near and dear to my heart, I wanted this to be its own thread. If this saves one life, it's worth it: Howlin said:I want people to benefit from what happened to me. TELL EVERYBODY! Thanks for pinging me to this thread Howlin. I'm one of the people you helped. My family and I are here today because I read your story here on FR. It prompted me to check my smoke detectors and REPLACE THEM just a week or so before my own home caught on fire. Had...