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Farrakhan UK ban overturned Louis Farrakhan's views have sparked concern Controversial US black political leader Louis Farrakhan has won his High Court battle for the right to visit the UK. The Nation of Islam leader has been excluded from Britain since 1986. Mr Justice Turner, sitting in the High Court in London, ruled on Tuesday that the ban must be quashed. Mr Farrakhan, 67, will not be able to come to the UK until after the judge outlines his reasons for his decision on 1 October. Nation of Islam representatives were at court for the ruling The government is ...

Smith & Wesson Contracts to Make Rifle Parts for Remington SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- Smith & Wesson would make parts for Remington rifles under a deal between the two gun manufacturers. The three-year contract could be worth $5 million to $10 million to the Springfield handgun maker depending on the volume of parts, according to John Kelly, chief financial officer for Smith & Wesson. The two companies are already cooperating on developing internal electronic safety locks. Smith & Wesson is to make the mental casing holding most of a rifle's firing mechanisms for some of Remington's centerfire rifles, the companies ...

Laura Bush talked to CNN's Judy Woodruff on her husband's first six months as president and her first six months as first lady. WOODRUFF: Ms. Bush, thank you very much for joining us. BUSH: Thanks, Judy. WOODRUFF: This is just about the six-month mark for you and your husband. How's it going for you as the first lady? BUSH: Well, personally, I have to say that it's been so fast, I can't believe it's been six months that we've been here, but we've had a terrific time. I feel very proud about a lot of things that have happened, and ...

Understanding the Libertarian Philosophy Understanding the Libertarian Philosophy by Joseph Knight What is the proper role of government in a free society? To answer this question, we must first understand what is meant by "government." Government is the use of force. To govern means to control. The use of force is implicit in the definition of control. Otherwise, it would be "influence" rather than control. Even the good things that governments do involve the use of force somewhere, somehow. Sometimes government uses force directly to control behavior. Other times, government uses money taken by force to fund activities which ...

With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff For the story behind the story... Monday, July 30, 2001 Reform Party Favors 10-Year Ban on Immigration Unlike President Bush and the Democrats, who are tripping over each other to kiss up to illegal aliens, the Reform Party has pledged to oppose immigration abuses and to focus on U.S. sovereignty. Delegates at the party's national convention in Nashville voted this weekend to align themselves with the ideals of Pat Buchanan, their presidential candidate in 2000, the Tennessean newspaper reported Sunday. ''We need the United States of America Americanized,'' Buchanan told a ballroom full of ...

Court Ruling Affirms Internet Posting Rights E-Mail This Article Printer-Friendly Version By David McGuire, NewsbytesWASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A.,30 Jul 2001, 5:37 PM CST Internet users who post documents written by others can't be sued for defamation over those postings, a California Superior Court Judge ruled last week. Alameda Superior Court Judge James Richman ruled that breast-implant awareness activist Ilena Rosenthal was immune from charges that she defamed self-proclaimed "quack-buster" Stephen Barrett, M.D., by posting an article about him to an Internet newsgroup. In immunizing Rosenthal from prosecution, Richman invoked a clause of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, a law originally ...

At car show stakeout, officers write 139 tickets By Tony Plohetski American-Statesman Staff Saturday, July 28, 2001 ROUND ROCK -- Aaron Morken drove down from the Dallas area last weekend to one of the nation's largest car shows, hoping to show off the chrome engine and custom paint job -- purple and blue flames over an orange and black body -- on his 1999 Trans Am. Morken will have lasting memories of the Texas Heat Wave car show, including two traffic tickets that could cost him $400. It wasn't exactly a speed trap, but the principle was the same: Four ...

Gray Davis' Edison problem The governor struggles to orchestrate a multimillion-dollar bailout of the utility that has spent big bucks on his campaign. - - - - - - - - - - - - By William Bradley July 31, 2001 | Ever since his January State of the State address, in which he dwelled on the state's power crisis but neglected to mention private utilities' central role in devising the deregulation scheme that caused it, California Gov. Gray Davis has been searching for a way to bail out the insolvent Southern California Edison, which has contributed more than ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The man who fired a weapon outside the White House grounds earlier this year has been sentenced to 36 months in prison, The Associated Press reports. Robert Pickett was sentenced today in Washington. His attorneys had reached a plea agreement with prosecutors last month. Pickett was charged in a three-count indictment with brandishing a firearm at authorities February 7 as they responded to reports of a man with a gun outside the White House's south lawn fence. Police said they were forced to shoot Pickett when he refused to drop his gun. He was hospitalized for gunshot ...

DENVER -- It sat there on the grounds in stark and mocking contrast to the beauty of the July day around us. Its multi-paneled blackness, the monolithic blocks of marble, each represented the pain of so many shattered and tortured lives, and the impenetrable barrier between the living and their lost loved ones. The POW-MIA flag flew overhead, a black and white echo of living torment, joining the imagined cries of those in the black mirror; the dying soldiers in Vietnam. The second weekend in July was a day of remembrance at the "traveling wall," a scaled-down version of the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Teamsters will start airing radio ads this week in favor of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. The campaign aligns the union with the Bush administration and sets it apart from much of organized labor. The 60-second spots will air on radio stations in Pennsylvania and West Virginia this week as the House prepares to vote on the issue and other energy proposals. The ads will cost at least $20,000, said Teamsters spokesman Rob Black. Pennsylvania and West Virginia were selected because of the impact energy exploration could have on their economies, union ...

Fox currently airing a Rose Garden ceremony in which Bush is receiving a report from some kind of blue ribbon commission chaired by Pres. Carter. Carter is there in the Rose Garden, and Bush is making very gracious remarks about him.What is striking is that just a few days ago, Carter broke with tradition and bitterly criticized Bush, saying he disapproves of "virtually everything he's done." What we now understand is that Carter knew that he was soon to be a guest at the White House. What an ingrate!

       WASHINGTON, July 30 — The Bush administration is making a fundamental change in how the federal government approaches issues involving reproductive health, scaling back efforts to promote family planning and contraception while aggressively promoting “abstinence-only” programs.        SINCE TAKING office, President Bush and top aides have refused to allow states to expand family planning services for poor women, reimposed a ban on abortion counseling at overseas health clinics, released a report questioning the effectiveness of condoms and proposed eliminating mandatory contraceptive coverage for federal employees.        Most recently, an ordained Catholic deacon working ...

The rigged missile defense test The target destroyed in the "successful" defense shield test contained a global positioning satellite beacon that made it easier to detect. Why has the media mostly ignored the story? - - - - - - - - - - - - By Joe Conason July 31, 2001 | The Pentagon and the Bush administration are determined to sell the American people a national missile defense system that will probably increase tensions with allies and adversaries and will surely cost more than $100 billion. Their latest marketing exercise took place on the evening of July 14, ...

HUGH HEWITT SHOW Frank Gafney on in a few moments. What column did Hugh just has has been widely misinterpreted by FR???

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A new report on election laws recommends, among other things, making Election Day a national holiday, according to The Associated Press. A senior White House aide tells CNN that President Bush will steer clear of specific recommendations but endorse the broad principles of the report from the National Commission on Federal Election Reform, co-chaired by former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford. The commission on election laws recommends only modest changes to federal elections, two senior administration officials told CNN. Bush received a summary of the report on Monday. The White House aide said Bush was eager ...

A judge has ordered blood tests in the bizarre case of a seven-year-old boy whose mother was so desperate for a child that she had sex with four different men on five consecutive nights during her most fertile time in her monthly cycle. The woman, now 45, who with her son and the others involved in the story must remain anonymous for legal reasons, was childless for 17 years after her marriage despite fertility treatment. About seven years after their marriage, her husband, who has a low sperm count, agreed to "turn a blind eye" if she had sex with ...

Robert Mueller reports to a Senate Committee to be examined for his nomination as the new FBI Director. His record has been hashed and rehashed in the media and most agree that unless some surprise is waiting in the wings, he will be confirmed. Two questions loom large. If confirmed what will Mueller do about the entrenched dysfunctional management system that is the cause of most of the FBI's recent missteps? Many in Washington think that Louis Freeh's resignation and the appointment of a new FBI Director will be enough to get the matter of serial FBI goofs off the ...

Don't forget, 3-7 today. Raleigh. Visit Tar Heel Tea Party Against Taxes for directions. ENOUGH: Tar Heel Tea Party Against Taxes WHEN? Tuesday July 31, 2001 3-7pm WHERE? North Carolina State Capital  map WHO? North Carolina Residents WHY? Voice your concern about growing TAXES It's time to let your voice be heard about how being over-taxed is affecting you and your fellow citizens! Your silence will only lead to higher taxes, more waste, and less accountability. Speakers Bill Cobey - State Chairman of the Republican Party Barbara Howe - Chairman of the Libertarian Party of NC Jonathan Hill - Citizens for ...

U.S. Navy steering clear of Haifa Port By Aluf Benn Ships of the American Sixth Fleet have not anchored in Haifa port since shortly after the Intifada began, leading to concern here for the health of the port-based economy and the state of relations with the U.S. Internal Security Minister Uzi Landau told FBI and State Department officials and congressmen last week in Washington that the United States was giving terrorists a prize and that Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat was succeeding in undermining U.S.-Israeli relations by using terror. Landau heard promises from his interlocutors that the "matter would ...