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LOS OLIVOS, Calif. -- State regulators said Friday they will go after Michael Jackson in court if he fails to meet a Tuesday deadline to pay $100,000 in penalties and $306,000 in back pay owed to nearly 50 workers at his Neverland Ranch. "If they don't comply then we file suit to get a judgment," said Dean Fryer, a spokesman for the California Department of Industrial Relations. The ranch operators have until the close of business Tuesday to pay up. "It's pretty clear that they owe this money," he said. "We've got all these wage claims. People are telling me...

Why the Peaceful Majority is Irrelevant By Debris Trail FrontPageMagazine.com | March 1, 2006 I used to know a man whose family were German aristocracy prior to World War Two. They owned a number of large industries and estates. I asked him how many German people were true Nazis, and the answer he gave has stuck with me and guided my attitude toward fanaticism ever since. "Very few people were true Nazis" he said, "but, many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one of those who just thought the Nazis...

Jeddah. Former US Vice President Al Gore stated Iran’s regime presents threat to the whole world, AFP reports. “Iran is governed by corrupted politicians and religious leaders and presents a threat to the whole world’s future”, said Al Gore during Economic Forum in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. According to him corrupted Iranian government together with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s anti-Israeli views are “a signal for the threat Tehran may pose”.

U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) stands alone in a Capitol Building elevator after a Democratic party-led bid to block Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito January 30, 2006. The Republican-led Senate on Monday defeated a Democratic bid to block Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito -- clearing the way for confirmation of the 55-year-old conservative who could move the high court to the right. REUTERS/Jason Reed

VIDEO FREE FOX News Video:•Last-Ditch Filibuster Effort•Filibuster OptionSTORIES •Obama: Dems Rely Too Much on Filibusters•Bush Urges Up-or-Down Vote on Alito•Alito Filibuster Squabble Causes Dem Dissent•Senate GOP Moves Toward Alito Confirmation•Kerry, Other Democrats Threaten Alito Filibuster•Alito Picks Up More Dem Supporters•Fixes Considered for 'Broken' Supreme Court Confirmation Process WASHINGTON — More than a dozen Senate Democrats supported ending debate on Sam Alito Monday, setting up a final confirmation vote for the Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday morning. On a 72-25 vote, senators succeeded in passing the 60-vote threshold to prevent a filibuster and allow a simple majority vote Tuesday. At least...

John R. Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, warned Tuesday that the United States might bypass the United Nations to solve some of the world's pressing problems if the organization is unable to make management changes that will make it more effective and prevent a recurrence of corruption. Bolton's remarks come as the Bush administration is encountering stiff resistance from poor countries to United States-backed initiatives aimed at streamlining the United Nations' management practices. The influential Group of 77 developing nations recently issued a letter sharply criticizing plans by Secretary General Kofi Annan to establish an ethics office...

The nomination of Samuel Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court raises a lot of questions about the judge's attitudes toward federalism, privacy and civil rights. But it has already answered one big question about President Bush. Anyone wondering whether the almost endless setbacks and embarrassments the White House has suffered over the last year would cause Mr. Bush to fix his style of governing should realize that the answer is: no. As a political candidate, Mr. Bush had an extremely useful ability to repeat the same few simple themes over and over. As president, he has been cramped by the...

THE U.N. Security Council has received the Mehlis report, which points to high-level Syrian involvement in the February assassination of former Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri. What will it do about it? Let us imagine the best-case and the worst-case scenarios. Best case: The council calls on Syria to cooperate with the investigation until those responsible are brought to justice — and Syria agrees, even allowing Detlev Mehlis, the U.N. investigator, to interrogate the suspects in circumstances of his choice. Worst case: The council decides that there is enough evidence to prove Syrian guilt and decrees sanctions. Then, perhaps, Syria defies...

Come Monday, Sept. 19, fans of New York Times columnists Maureen Dowd, Paul Krugman, and David Brooks will have to break out their credit cards. Sept. 19 is the launch date of TimesSelect, a new subscription service designed to diversify the newspaper's revenue stream beyond traditional Web site advertising. The popular Op-Ed columnists are the main selling point behind the $49.95 a year subscription. (The service will be free for the paper's home delivery subscribers). The paper's news, features, editorials, and analysis will remain free, as will interactive graphics, multimedia, and video. TimesSelect subscribers will also have the ability to...

MILWAUKEE - (KRT) - NAACP Chairman Julian Bond bashed President Bush and other conservatives Sunday, warning they have tried to seduce black clergy, created ``fraudulent'' civil rights organizations and backed federal judicial nominees who come from a ``dim and gloomy legal netherworld where few Americans wish to dwell.'' Officially kicking off the NAACP's 96th annual convention, its first in Milwaukee, a fiery Bond told delegates they have won great accomplishments but must continue to fight widespread discrimination

Schiavo-like Woman in Recovery Miracle A severely brain-damaged Kansas woman who couldn't talk or feed herself after a car accident two years ago has inexplicably regained those abilities, confounding the predictions of doctors. Tracy Gaskill, 30, began speaking and swallowing about three weeks ago, family members and medical personnel told the Associated Press. Gaskill had suffered head trauma and internal injuries after her car rolled over on a highway in September 2002.

IN THE MILITARY U.S. Army court-martials captain for mercy killing Medic 'spazzed out' over suspected Iraqi terrorist with mortal head wound -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: March 30, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com As brain-injured Terri Schiavo enters her 13th day of starvation in Florida after nearly a decade-long court dispute over her fate, a U.S. Army captain is being court-martialed in Wiesbaden, Germany, and facing 20 years for the mercy killing of a suspected Iraqi terrorist under battlefield conditions. The tank commander, Capt. Rogelio Maynulet of Chicago, is being tried on a charge of assault with intent to commit murder...

ALARM - Annan takes up on her account the idea of a Security Council to 24 New York (the United Nations) - the secretary-general of UNO Kofi Annan begins again on his account, in a report/ratio on the reform of the United Nations, the idea to make pass the Security Council from 15 to 24 members. ALARM - Kofi Annan proposes a code of entry in war New York (the United Nations) - the Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, proposed, within the framework of a reform of UNO, a code of entry in war in which...

WASHINGTON – It was not a good evening for Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the NAACP, and the Congressional Black Caucus at the Heritage Foundation Thursday as a panel concluded these reputed icons "have utterly failed to provide moral leadership in the Black community and have become the tools for extremist political agendas."

Ever hear of how republican's always call the liberal left "Whiner's"? Well, take a look at Wa. State, ...who are the Whiner's now? LOTS OF LAUGHS! Boy, the shoes on the other foot now! I think it's great, don't you? These people deserve it..! Has anyone seen the comedian on HBO, who gave a discription of a "Republican"? Wow was that great, and very very true.

First, go to the outrageous opinion piece, published in our local rag, yesterday at http://www.jonesborosun.com/archivededitorials.asp?ID=871 Following is my response to this desperate-to-be-relevant jerk: Gaping Irony Rarely have I seen such a well-reasoned, insightful opinion column in "The Daily Fishwrap" as our esteemed editor's "Behind the news" of January 11. In "He crossed gaping line", our editor excoriates TV/radio host, and opinion columnist, Armstrong Williams, for having accepted a sizeable stipend from the Department of Education for promoting the Bush Administration's -- and Teddy Kennedy's -- No Child Left Behind legislation. Not mentioned in the piece was that nothing illegal was...

NEW YORK - America's feminist leaders and their critics agree on at least one current political fact: These are daunting times for the women's movement as it braces for another term of an administration it desperately wanted to topple. "The next four years are going to be tough, so we must be tougher," National Organization for Women (news - web sites) president Kim Gandy recently told supporters. "Our health, our rights, and our democracy are teetering on the brink."

One does not expect honor from those operating in an illegal system. And let's face it, if our Constitution is supposed to be the "law of the land," the federal government we have now must be the most successful illegal operation in the history of this nation. The U.S. Supreme Court has said many times that when we look for an explanation of what is meant (what was intended by the authors) in the Constitution, one should turn to The Federalist Papers as an expert source for guidance. That being so, we see that we now have a government greatly...

You are cordially invited to attend A screening of the film FAHRENHEIT 9/11 Followed by a Q&A with filmmaker MICHAEL MOORE Moderated by Jeremy Kagan of the Directors Guild Monday, November 29th at 7:30pm At The Egyptian Theater 6712 Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood YOU MUST RSVP By phone or email Please mention you are a guest of *********, and include your name, contact number or email address and if you will be bringing a guest (one max) with you. rsvp@lisatabackconsulting.com or (323) 822-4158 (due to the short notice on this event, the outgoing message on the RSVP message line may...

Former President William Jefferson Clinton formerly opens his Presidential Center, which will hold the papers from his two term presidency.Attending the ceremony will be President George W. Bush, former Presidents Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush, along with First Lady Laura Bush ,Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Rosalyn Carter and Barbara Bush.