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No-Carb Eating Couple Booted From Buffet for Eating Too Much Beef Apr 23, 2004 The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A couple on a low-carb diet were kicked out of a buffet restaurant after the manager said they'd eaten too much roast beef. Sui Amaama, who along with his wife have been on the Atkins Diet for two weeks, was "It's so embarrassing actually," said Isabelle Leota, Amaama's wife. "We went in to have dinner, we were under the impression Chuck-A-Rama was an all-you-can-eat establishment." Not so, said Jack Johanson, the restaurant chain's district manager. "We've never claimed...

Gun Critics Lament Missed Chance To Track Sniper Law Applies To Handguns, But Not Rifles Posted: 4:43 a.m. EDT October 9, 2002 Updated: 8:58 p.m. EDT October 9, 2002 Gun control advocates say police might have caught the sniper in the Washington, D.C., area by now if a Maryland gun law applied to rifles. D.C.-AREA SHOOTING SPREE Timeline, Map Images From Monday's Scene Victims Of Shootings Residents Cope Share Your Thoughts Maryland is one of two states that requires so-called "fingerprinting" of every handgun sold by retailers. A shell casing from a test firing must be given to police....

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Amazon.com is digging in its heels, refusing to take down a book being criticized as encouraging child molestation. In late September, the United States Justice Foundation, a conservative group based in Escondido, Calif., threatened to sue Amazon.com (nasdaq: AMZN - news - people ) under California law for unfair business practices if the company doesn't remove from its Web site David L. Riegel's book, Understanding Loved Boys and Boylovers, within 30 days. Other conservative watchdogs are joining the fray, including the Rev. Jerry Falwell. The foundation's attorney, Richard Ackerman, went on Fox News Channel's O'Reilly Factor, saying Amazon is making...

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Congressmen Jim McDermott and David Bonior have "MISLED" the American people about their Vietnam service.  During their Baghdad press conference, both McDermott and Bonior touted their Vietnam combat service, while calling President Bush a liar and praising Sadam Hussein's openness and cooperation.  Upon returning to the U.S., the two congressmen held a press conference and again highlighted their Vietnam combat service, as an obvious measure to boost their qualifications to remark on the horrors of war. Following the news conference, McDermott appeared on MSNBC and once again clearly established at the onset of the interview that he had served in...

Call Today: Tell The House Of Representatives To Reject The Gun Lobby's Attack On Gun Violence Victims Next week, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to VOTE on legislation, sponsored by the NRA gun lobby (H.R. 2037 and H.R. 123), that would prevent gun violence victims from seeking justice in our nation's courts and give special legal immunity to the gun industry. We need your help to defeat this outrageous bill in the House. Please call your House Representative and the House Leadership TODAY and tell them to oppose all attempts to strip gun violence victims of their legal...

The NJ Senate race is close. It can be won by a massive get out the vote effort. The Democrats are masters at this, it's time we beat them at their own game. If you live in the surrounding area (NY, PA, CT) please do the nation a favor. Make a trip to New Jersey to help get out the vote. What needs to be done? Here are a few examples: 1. Literature drop at Churches. Target those Church groups most likely to vote Republican. Invite them to schedule an hour out of their day on Nov. 5th to vote....

ebuffed by their own top state court, New Jersey Republicans appealed to the United States Supreme Court today to overturn a ruling that allowed Democrats to replace Senator Robert G. Torricelli's name on the Nov. 5 ballot.Senator William Frist of Tennessee, chairman of the Senate Republican campaign committee, delivered the request by hand to the Supreme Court this morning.The New Jersey Supreme Court cleared the way on Wednesday for former Senator Frank R. Lautenberg to enter the race in place of Mr. Torricelli, who abruptly quit on Monday after a campaign dominated by questions about his ethics. "It is...

I was getting my annual mammogram at the Hackensack University Medical Center today. The office was now called the "Betty Torricelli Institute for Breast Care." Her name had to have been added sometime during the last year because I know it had never been there before. I made a VERY large point to their management and public relations people at how odious it was to honor the criminal Senator, even if it was actually his mother. They acknowledged that the Torch had not paid money for this honor (as is customary for named buildings.) The p.r. person told me that...

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan unveiled a 1.094-billion-dollar plan to renovate the United Nations' historic New York headquarters over six years, starting in October 2004. In a report to the UN General Assembly, he said the 38-storey green glass building, erected in 1949 beside the East River, was "seriously deficient in safety, fire and building codes, energy efficiency and security requirements." The essence of Annan's plan is to transfer the United Nations to a new, purpose-built tower while the landmark building is gutted and modernized for the 21st century. Annual emergency repairs, construction and energy...

Phoenix (CNSNews.com) - Gun rights activists say the outcome of the 2002 mid-term election will be critical in determining the fate of a handful of important gun bills pending in Congress. Issues that hang in the balance include arming airline pilots; not placing undue regulations on private or gun show sales; preempting municipal lawsuits against gun manufacturers; repealing the Clinton-era ban on certain semi-automatic guns; and preventing efforts to ban .50-caliber rifles. "We have to stay on the offense," National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre told several hundred gun rights activists gathered in Phoenix, Ariz., for a gun...

<p>When the Battle of Antietam started, eighth-grade students from Wilson Middle School in Chowchilla were scattered along the rope line, all angling for an unobstructed view of the carnage.</p> <p>For those within earshot, history teacher Mike Martin was offering a running commentary.</p>

If Osama Bin Laden is ever caught alive, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani has one wish: He wants to be the one to execute the terrorist. In his new book, "Leadership," Giuliani revealed how he asked President Bush - three days after the Sept. 11 terror attacks - if he could be the executioner. "What can I do for you?" Bush had asked. "I told him, 'If you catch this guy, Bin Laden, I would like to be the one to execute him.' "I am sure he thought I was just speaking rhetorically," Giuliani wrote. "But I was serious. Bin Laden...

The Reason Foundation LOS ANGELES -- I don't care where my food comes from -- and neither should you. By Ronald Bailey "People should know where their food comes from," an organic farmer from Montana declared at a conference on agriculture and the environment I attended this past weekend, sponsored by the Political Economy Research Center. This notion is increasingly popular among political environmentalists. It is usually a shorthand way to express opposition to genetically enhanced crops and to convey approval for their organic equivalents. From a nutritional and ecological point of view, the idea is bunk. First, a bit...