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Monday, September 10, 2001
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LEADING THE NEWS

Improving the SUV
(CNSNews.com) - After eight years, Al Gore's dream of low-emission cars that get 80 miles per gallon remains unrealized, but that isn't stopping a consortium of automakers, universities and the federal government from improving the efficiency of an increasingly vilified vehicle -- the oft-maligned SUV. Sport utility vehicles, prized by owners for their roominess and general heft on the highway, have come under increasing attack by liberals who blame a variety of sins on SUVs; from taking up too much space in parking lots to destroying the environment. There are efforts underway to make SUVs more energy efficient, and engineers have been able to boost the mileage of one particular experimental model by more than 60 percent…

Ballplayer to Sit Out Game For Religious Reasons
(CNSNews.com) - Los Angeles Dodger star outfielder Shawn Green will be sitting out a potentially critical baseball game because of his religious beliefs. The September 26 game against the rival San Francisco Giants, which comes just days before the end of the regular season, conflicts with Yom Kippur, which begins at sundown on the 26th . Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement and the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. While some Dodger fans may be disgruntled over Green's absence, many others are applauding his decision to put his faith over baseball…

Conservative Activists Address Homosexual Journalists
(CNSNews.com) - In a first for both sides of the homosexuality debate, a national organization of homosexual journalists has permitted conservative critics of alleged media bias in reporting of sexual politics to address its annual convention. Amid allegations that homosexual activists are routinely given influential positions on journalists' and writers' panels, the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association invited conservative activists Peter LaBarbera, Michael Johnston and Brian Camenker to participate in a panel on media bias at its convention in Dallas on Sept. 7…
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Privacy Advocates Wants Assurances from New Drug Czar
(CNSNews.com) - A coalition of conservative groups wants the Senate Judiciary Committee to examine how the U.S. war on drugs is trampling on American citizens' privacy rights and civil liberties…

House Democrat Rallies His Troops against Bush Budget
(CNSNews.com) - House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) reportedly has told his fellow Democrats that winning back the House in the 2002 election depends on whether they can convince Americans that President Bush's budget and tax cut has forced the government to dip into Social Security revenues…

Bush Visits Florida to Promote Education Plan
(CNSNews.com) - In the state that provided him with the narrowest of victories in last fall's presidential race, President Bush Monday returns to Florida for the beginning of a two-day tour to promote one of his top legislative priorities as president – education…

Cheers, Jeers Planned for Latin Grammys In Los Angeles
(CNSNews.com) - An organization representing a coalition of anti-Castro groups in southern California will protest Tuesday's Latin Grammy awards ceremony in Los Angeles…
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OTHER HEADLINES

* Hurricane Erin Expected to Avoid US Coast
* Discount Drug Card Injunction Brings Questions About Bush Plan
* Peres-Arafat Meeting On Hold After Spate of Terror Attacks
* Clinton Links Global Warming with Refugee Crisis
* International Monitors Frown on Election Procedures in Belarus
* US to Review Racism Conference's Final Declaration
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Commentary

Out Of The Fire And Back Into The Frying Pan
By Robert W. Tracinski

First the good news: The new administration's officials in the Department of Justice have decided not to murder the Microsoft Corporation and carve up its corpse. Now the bad news: They have chosen the more humane option of slow torture…

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