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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign bus tour hit a pot hole on its very first stop: a town hall meeting Tuesday at which the governor was heckled by people upset with his position on illegal immigration. The hot-button issue was a theme of a day on which Schwarzenegger emphatically distanced himself from a 1994 ballot proposition, saying "I was wrong" to support a measure that sought to deny illegal immigrants many government services. His day began in the San Diego County community of La Mesa, where about 150 people attended a campaign event. Among them was Sally Plata, a 66-year-old retiree...

Toscana Country Club Indian Wells, California 6:05 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT: Please be seated. Thanks for coming. The lesson of the 1994 fundraiser is, I should have had a better chairman. (Laughter.) I want to thank you all for coming. I really appreciate your support for the Republican Party. We're the party that is the party of ideas, a party of optimism, and a party of people who know how to solve problems, which is exactly what we're doing. I, first, wish Laura were here. She's not, of course. About four people go through the photo-op line indicated that they...

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has traveled to the Middle East and Asia while in office, may get a mixed reception tomorrow as he makes his first trip as governor to Mexico. Schwarzenegger expects a warm greeting at a Border Governors Conference in Torreon, Coahuila, from some of his Mexican counterparts, particularly Baja California Gov. Eugenio Elorduy Walther and Coahuila Gov. Enrique Martínez. But Schwarzenegger's remarks about border security and his effort to repeal a law allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver licenses have inflamed passions among some Mexican officials. A California Latino activist group yesterday predicted the governor...

Bush gets mixed reception at Christian college By Caren Bohan Sat May 21, 5:00 PM ET GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Reuters) - President Bush on Saturday championed faith in American society, but ran into some criticism as courted his Christian base in a commencement speech at a Michigan college. "We need to support and encourage the institutions and pursuits that bring us together. And we learn how to come together by participating in our churches and temples and mosques and synagogues," Bush told graduating seniors at Calvin College, a Christian liberal-arts college. The college describes itself as a "center of faith-anchored...

SACRAMENTO (AP) - One day after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced plans to push his pension overhaul campaign to the ballot later this year, an Assembly hearing into the proposed changes quickly showed more hostility among lawmakers than support. The Democrat-dominated Committee on the Public Sector heard testimony from a Republican lawmaker and key Schwarzenegger official on privatizing the state's pension systems, but openly feuded with them, revealing the growing partisan divide over the issue. "Are we wasting our time here when the governor has already flipped us the bird publicly?" asked Assemblyman Paul Koretz, D-West Hollywood, during testimony by state...

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NEW YORK -- The NASCAR Top 10 will join NASCAR president Mike Helton and the league's founding family, the Frances, Tuesday at a White House reception with President George W. Bush. During the reception, President Bush will hold an outdoor luncheon, weather permitting, and five Winston Cup Series show cars will be parked on the South Lawn of the White House. President Bush will also receive gifts from NASCAR and 2003 champion Matt Kenseth. Many of Kenseth's colleagues will join him Tuesday, including NASCAR Top 10 finishers Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Bobby Labonte,...

<p>Drawing such a cool reception that he had to ask the crowd for applause, Gov. Gray Davis on Wednesday told hundreds of California business leaders he understands the strains they face during the state's fiscal crisis.</p> <p>"You are the golden goose, and if you don't succeed we can't succeed," Davis told executives at the 77th annual Sacramento Host Committee Breakfast at the Sacramento Convention Center.</p>

<p>Erin and Mark Davis spent their wedding night at the hospital, along with dozens of their guests who had a form of blood poisoning apparently caused by something they ingested at the couple's wedding reception Saturday."People started fainting one after another," said Stephanie Ong, Erin Davis' personal attendant. She said the bride also was sickened.</p>

These reports will be somewhat brief since my laptop isn't quite capable of handling complex memory intensive posts.  I hope other conference attendees will chip in with comments. Right after posting my thread regarding the FRiva Las Vegas Conference and Awards Dinner starting Today, I joined the FreeRepubic Network Board and the FRiva Conference committee for a meeting in progress. There BobJ and the group reviewed events for the weekend, discussing necessary taskes that must be carried out and how best to handle them.  Pictured is BobJ, Lowbridge, the Shrew, Auntie Mame and (don't quote me, but I believe) CarieOkie. ...

Selling 'grey-market' satellite decoders breaks federal law: top courtBy SUE BAILEY OTTAWA (CP) - Unlicensed providers selling decoders for foreign-based satellite signals are breaking a federal broadcasting law, says Canada's top court. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled 7-0 Friday that such businesses do violate the Radiocommunication Act that outlaws the unauthorized decoding of an encrypted signal. The judgment is a victory for Canadian satellite giant Bell ExpressVu which is suing a small British Columbia satellite provider. However, the high court left it up to the so-called grey-market satellite providers to make a strong case in court that the federal...