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Tuesday July 31 3:47 PM ET Israeli Criticizes U.S. Sixth Fleet By JACK KATZENELL, Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) - The U.S. Navy (news - web sites)'s Sixth Fleet has stopped making regular calls at Israel's port of Haifa amid the current round of Mideast violence, and a top Israeli security official said Tuesday it was sending a message of weakness to Islamic militants. ``When Americans stop visiting Israel ... the message to the terrorists in the Middle East is that the United States is afraid, that the United States is retreating under pressure from terrorism,'' Israel's Minister for Public ...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) - A man was convicted of felony child abuse Tuesday for using an electric cattle prod on his 5-year-old daughter and 8-year-old stepson as punishment for misbehavior. Jamie Henry, 24, pleaded no contest and prosecutors agreed to drop other charges. Henry admitted to using the prod, which is about 24 inches long, Sheriff's Lt. Jim Castleberry testified at a preliminary hearing. He also said Henry admitted to striking the children with plastic hangers, shoes, his hands and a belt, and to tying the boy up several times.

Frequently-Asked Questions Are either Vice President Al Gore or Governor George W. Bush members or former members of the Trilateral Commission? A. No. What is the Trilateral Commission? When and why was it formed? A. The Trilateral Commission is a non-governmental, policy-oriented discussion group of about 350 distinguished citizens from Western Europe, North America and Pacific Asia formed to encourage mutual understanding and closer cooperation among these three regions on common problems. The idea of the Commission was developed in the early 1970s. This was a time of considerable discord among the United States and its democratic industrialized allies in ...

As part of a 1942 agreement signed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mexican President Manuel Avila, U.S. officals temporarily hired 2.5 million Mexicans to till farmland, build railroads and staff factories in the United States While White American men fought overseas.

What he wanted to say SHUI JUNYI: And, just as the Chinese people are talking about China's bilateral relations, China-US relations, many people believe that China has been putting great importance on relations between our two countries. But there are some confusions or questions again, that people in China feel that why there are always some people in America who always disregard the progress that has taken place in China, in areas like economic development, like culture, and even, to some extent, human rights. These we understand, to some extent, harm our bilateral relations. So people will say why can't ...

A writer in a Houston federal jail for two weeks because she refuses to turn over notes for a book about a society killing got support for her release from two national journalism organizations Monday. But Vanessa Leggett, 33, may be incarcerated for another three weeks, or until the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans rules on an appeal of her contempt citation, said her attorney, Mike DeGeurin. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Society of Professional Journalists filed a brief on Leggett's behalf with the appeals court. They argued such government actions ...

Sean Hannity has request that I appear on Hannity and Colmes to rebuke Jesse Jackson's recent call for a boycott of Toyota over an ad they ran of a smiling blackman with a small Toyota Truck imprinted on his front tooth. Jackson's call of a boycott has been met with a huge YAWN from most Americans and others know this is nothing more than a further attempt by Jackson to keep his name in the news, but the point of my appearance is not to give Jackson's name a boost or thumbs down to his protest. Rev. Jesse L. Peterson ...

Sheriff's deputies say a Spartanburg man has been charged with filing a false report after first claiming he was the victim of a drive-by shooting, then admitting he actually shot himself -- while dancing. Marcus Louis Webster, 18, of 202 Hawthorne Road has been charged in the incident. According to the arrest report, deputies were called to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center to take a report from Webster. He told them he was walking on Sibley Road in Una when men in an old white pickup truck opened fire, hitting him in the lower right leg. As deputies continued to question ...

Susan Levy told her daughter Chandra not to become a "Monica Lewinsky" just before the federal intern disappeared, the missing 24-year-old's devastated mother told reporters Tuesday morning."I told her, 'Don’t you become a Monica Lewinsky, and look what happened,'" Susan Levy said outside her Modesto, Calif., home. "It’s much, much worse," her husband, Robert Levy. said. The informal press conference came about as the prospects for finding the University of Southern California graduate seemed to dim. Washington, D.C., police have said they plan to scale back their search for Levy at the end of this week. They also have reiterated ...

Please see previous thread for info. (linked source). Tar Heel Tea Party at NC Legislature Happening today! NC Legislature under the control of the Democratic Party wants to increase state income and sales taxes because of a budget deficit. ("there is nothing else we can do"). Job cut notices have gone out to 200 State employees today. 600 Job openings have been cancelled. But so what? NC Government employs tens of thousand - hundreds of thousands of employees.....some of them with jobs created just for them because of hefty donations to the Democratic candidates in NC...or just because of ties ...

5 minutes ago on Fox News, Paul Katz, Chandra's uncle, told Rita Cosby that the minster that said Condit had abused his daughter, and then changed his story, was threatened by a male with physical violence, (anyone seen Terry??) and that's why he changed his story.Keep hillbilly on TV, keep electing the GOP

Lizzie and the Suckerfish Tales from America's new class war. It was a pleasant night in the Hamptons, the resort coast on Long Island which is home to both ordinary locals and thousands of rich Manhattanites who flock there on summer weekends. Most of the time, these two groups exist uneasily. The locals wait on tables, tend lawns, paint houses, clean bathrooms. The Manhattanites go to expensive restaurants, arrive by helicopter or BMW, and recreate in the calm atmosphere of the dusty white sand beaches a simulacrum of downtown buzz. You can cut the tension in the air with a ...

From:  http://www.americanpatrol.com/     "George W. Bush is so pro-Mexico that if you hit him with a stick, prizes would fall out of him." -- Argus Hamilton

Israeli Army says soldiers brutalized cab riders By Laurie Copans, Associated Press, 7/31/2001 ERUSALEM - The Israeli Army said yesterday that a group of soldiers beat a Palestinian traveling in a taxi, forced the passengers to beat each other, and slashed the tires of a vehicle. Responding to a complaint by an Israeli human rights group, the army acknowledged the soldiers ''acted with brutality toward passengers'' and said it was investigating the July 23 incident outside the West Bank city of Hebron. According to witness accounts compiled by the human rights group B'Tselem, three jeeps with soldiers detained 12 Palestinian ...

Toyota faces Jackson's deadline By Steve Miller THE WASHINGTON TIMES Tomorrow is the deadline for Toyota Motor Sales USA to comply with the diversity demands of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who threatens a boycott of the Japanese automaker if his conditions are not met. Toyota also is defending itself in a lawsuit brought by a friend of Mr. Jackson's, Greg Calhoun. The Alabama consultant and grocery mogul claims that Toyota's American office has failed to pay a $1 million service fee for the study of enhancing diversity at Toyota. "We are quite surprised that the consulting firm chose to do ...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Heinz is adding ''Funky Purple'' to its crayon box of condiment colors. The company, hoping to build on last year's success with a ''Blastin' Green'' ketchup, said Tuesday the new purple ketchup will be on store shelves in September In seven months, H.J. Heinz Co. sold more than 10 million bottles of green ketchup, pushing up total sales by 5.4 percent and helping the Pittsburgh company boost its share of the American ketchup market to 59 percent from 55 percent immediately prior to green ketchup, spokesman Michael Mullen ...

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Breaking News14:17 EDT Tuesday Consumer group says political crisis looms over energy purchases As the Securities and Exchange Commission reportedly begins probing whether regulations were violated in how the state has purchased billions of dollars of electricity, one of California's energy consumer groups says it's deeply worried. "It means we've moved from an energy crisis to a political crisis," says Doug Heller of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights. "We are depending on an administration that appears to be rife with conflicts of interest," Mr. Heller says. "We're very concerned." The Los Angeles Times, citing sources it did ...

     MR. FLEISCHER:  Good afternoon.  I do not have any personnel items today, but I would like to begin with a short announcement.  I am pleased to report to you today that Senators Snowe and Feinstein plan to offer an amendment to the agricultural supplemental bill which is being considered on the floor of the Senate today.  This deals with an administration concern about a prohibition that ties the administration's hands from reserving options to encourage conservation as part of the National Academy of Science's study on CAFE standards.      We are encouraged by our initial review of the National Academy of Science's study ...

David Boies, the lead attorney for Al Gore’s campaign during last year’s Presidential recount in Florida, has a new client, one who isn’t about to let a vote-counting mess get in the way of his Mayoral ambitions: Public Advocate Mark Green. The Observer has learned that Mr. Green has enlisted Mr. Boies to put together a team of hundreds of lawyers to monitor polling places on Primary Day, Sept. 11, in an attempt to guard against balloting mistakes and the possibility of voter fraud. This year’s election promises to be the most chaotic in recent memory, because term limits have ...